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    The 215 Karabiner is a very accurate and quite...

    The 215 Karabiner is a very accurate and quite effective boolit at about 1800 fps. I shoot it in several of my 8X57 Mauser rifles. I cast of air-cooled wheelweight + 2% tin and the meplat on this...
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    .454" is correct for .45 Colt on any platform....

    .454" is correct for .45 Colt on any platform. Most, if not all .45 Colt firearms are rifled with .4525 groove diameter. Smaller lead bullets will leave leading behind bore leading where larger will...
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    Kroil, heat, cool, and re-heat, and an easy-out...

    Kroil, heat, cool, and re-heat, and an easy-out will eventually win out. I had broken two easy outs before I got all of the nipples from my original 1858 Remington Army revolver. New nipples are...
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    I Have the Rhineland Enfield .45 ACP conversion...

    I Have the Rhineland Enfield .45 ACP conversion wiht the 20 inch barrel. With factory 230 grain hardball that chronographs 850 fps in my 1911 with 5 inch barrel, I get about 1050 fps in the Enfield...
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    Jonp: Check out Midsouth's 8mm Karabiner 215...

    Jonp:

    Check out Midsouth's 8mm Karabiner 215 grain flat point mold. I have found it to be a bit more accurate than the Lee 175 grain slug and significantly more effective for hunting. 17 to 19...
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    Racing, In the post-Civil War period there were...

    Racing,
    In the post-Civil War period there were a fair number of gunsmiths in New England and in the Great Lakes region making target rifles. Investment casting and improved techniques for...
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    Forum: Boolit Lube !

    Bull Plate was a high temperature mold lube that...

    Bull Plate was a high temperature mold lube that prevented galling with aluminum molds using a steel sprue plate. It also prevented lead smearing under the sprue plate of a Iron mold. It was marketed...
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    If this gun was originally rifled with a gain...

    If this gun was originally rifled with a gain twist, shortening it left you with a slower twist rate than original. My original Frank Wesson .45 caliber rifle has a gain twist that starts at about 1...
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    +1 to LAGS advice. I also use industrial strength...

    +1 to LAGS advice. I also use industrial strength ammonia (10% Ammonia hydroxide) to dissolve copper fouling in older milsurps. However, the copper or copper/nickel fouling is often layered with...
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    When you first fire form your brass, lightly lube...

    When you first fire form your brass, lightly lube the case necks so that the shoulder forms properly without stretching the case head. There-after only neck size your cases. Lee used to make a .35...
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    The occasional failure to fire is usually due to...

    The occasional failure to fire is usually due to the very small shoulder on the .35 Whelen's case being pushed back when the cases were resized. The .35 Whelen headspaces on this small shoulder and...
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    +1 on plastic bag liners for "sand-bags". I don't...

    +1 on plastic bag liners for "sand-bags". I don't use sand instead buy rice when on sale (WalMart?) which works as well and is much lighter. A friend buys plastic "bead" stuffing that is used for...
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    hpdrifter: Congratulations on acquiring a .36...

    hpdrifter: Congratulations on acquiring a .36 Seneca. They are great rifles. I have two of them and they get regular use when teaching small shooters who are recoil shy. Thompson Center applied a...
  14. Baltimoreed; Most of these Cadets had a .32-20...

    Baltimoreed; Most of these Cadets had a .32-20 reamer inserted into the breech so that commercial ammo could be used. However, the .310 Greener Cadet has a .320-.322 groove diameter that will not...
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    Gentlemen, Avoid having to remove a broken...

    Gentlemen,

    Avoid having to remove a broken bore brush from your muzzle loading rifles by purchasing the correct kind of brush. The cheap-Chinese knock-offs that simply swage a threaded sleeve...
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    Try loading the REAL bullet over one or two .125...

    Try loading the REAL bullet over one or two .125 card (28 Gauge) or felt wads. You are working with the shorter of the two .54 REAL bullets so it will shoot quite accurately with a "round ball"...
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    The action pin retainer is typical of Whitney...

    The action pin retainer is typical of Whitney rolling blocks. Do a chamber cast with Cerosafe to determine what the gun is chambered for. .437 bore "could be" .43 Spanish, but a chamv=ber cast will...
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    toot: All brass shells are much thinner walled...

    toot: All brass shells are much thinner walled than plastic or paper shot shells.A proper wad size for 12 gauge all brass cases is the 11 gauge wad. On over shot card wad needs to be a bit larger in...
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    My experience with White Hot pellets is that they...

    My experience with White Hot pellets is that they are easily contaminated by oil or high humidity. I suspect you loaded the first shot without popping a couple of 209s with an empty barrel to clear...
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    Richland arms and Hopkins & Allen both offered...

    Richland arms and Hopkins & Allen both offered those kinds of imported kits in .36 and .45 caliber in the early 70s. The give-away was the breech plug with allen wrench recess and the straight tang....
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    If it were loading all-brass cases for my...

    If it were loading all-brass cases for my damascus barrel shotgun, I would start with 70 grains of Fg black powder, one 11 gage .125" card wad, a 3/8" fiber cushion wad, also 11 gage, 9 #00 pellets,...
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    Guy La Pourge: What is happening is your...

    Guy La Pourge:
    What is happening is your slightly longer cases are buckling (bulging) when you try to seat the bullet and crimp at the same time. Experienced reloaders ALWAYS crimp as a separate...
  23. MGM also makes the "30/221 rimmed" barrels with...

    MGM also makes the "30/221 rimmed" barrels with fast twist to shoot .300Blackout/AAC or .357 magnum brass necked to .30 caliber. Extremely versatile with both subsonic and super sonic loads. The MGM...
  24. When shooting black powder, a low grade...

    When shooting black powder, a low grade "explosive", air space between powder charge and bullet can cause a rapid pressure spike. Whereas with no air space and a lightly compressed powder charge,...
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    Lyman # 573602 Minie' mould?

    Hi to the smoke-belching brethren! I have recently come across a Lyman mould # 575602 which appears to be a 400 grain hollow base minie' type slug. Any one on this august board have experience with...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check