I shoot when it is in the low 90's and when it is in the high 10's,sometimes even lower than that.30-30,38-55 and 45-70 with cast have shown good performance with 2400 but would print vertical when...
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Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I shoot when it is in the low 90's and when it is in the high 10's,sometimes even lower than that.30-30,38-55 and 45-70 with cast have shown good performance with 2400 but would print vertical when...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Coming in late but here is my 2 cents;for shooting off the bench,my Sharps 45-70.For hunting(I walk the woods searching for my prey),my Ruger no 1 in 45-70
Lots of guys at the club use the Lee 340 unsized with LLA topping 29gr 4198(either one).
In 2019,the only perfect score on 1 target(50/50)has been shot with it and many above 45/50 has been shot....
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I once saw a guy ring a steel gong at 600yds with a .22.The 30-30 can carry farther.While my 30-30s are all lever,if I may suggest a tang sight coupled with a globe front if shooting at a circular...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
First,congrats for having such a nice friend...and such a nice gun.This model is next on my list.
I already own a Billy Dixon Pedersoli Sharps in 45-70 and was so impressed by the quality of fit and...
Your load is a little hot IMHO.I use 22.3 of same powder but with only a 265gr.My barrels don't have any unburned powder in it.During wintertime,the primers look ok and extraction is easy.But in the...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Like OldHenry said;but make only one change at a time and test thouroughly(changing a set up and testing right away won't show you the real change your modification will have made.Modify and wait for...
Forum: Casting Equipment
If you cast one potfull at a time and they fit well in,use them.For my part,I like to cast a long time and add some as the pot gets below 60% to 70% of its capacity so as to have as little temp...
Forum: Testing Area
I would have passed the shot;when wounded,they can be real downright dangerous.
Next time,make sure you venture in the field with enough gun for the job.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Been doing business with them for aprox 10 years;satisfaction rates right up there at 100%.Some say that perfection does not exixts but I bet these folks are pretty darn close to it!
Forum: Casting Equipment
You and me are now 2;all we gotta do is find another 28 guys!
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Dverna,just what I was looking for.I too like many others was counting but that's what I want to get away from.And when the cell phone rings or the radio plays a good tune or wife barges in asking...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I got my new MC in Feb 2017and after aprox 30K bullets cast,am still in love with the machine.
My method is to make 100 bullets,lube the rails then another 100 and lube the rails again + put a very...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I clean my moulds with carburator cleaner.I pour at around 700*F.My MC is rigged with a 4'' drop tube so that I can direct my bullets either in a steel 5 gal pail or in a 5 gal plastic pail filled...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
WW recipes vary so much;hard to say what they put in there,as long as it is not too costly.I've quitted using ww since 2010 but if I'd be confronting that problem,I'd flux at least 2 or 3 times with...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
This is not cable sheating;cable sheating looks like....a cable with a hole in it's center..
This is roof flashing and it is quite soft,pure lead(5 to 5.5 BHN).Perfect for black powder guns,perfect...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Have the same problem about wheel weights up here;I've found that hardness is secundary to bullet fitness.BHN 12 does a very good job in my .44 at chronoed 1304fps(no leading after 100 rds and same...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Bought mine Feb 2017;I confirm the frame is aluminium.The guy at Magma told me so when I asked him why the handle was so hard to operate when the unit was cold while it was smooth when hot(alum frame...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Please.please stop posting these low prices...unless you like seing a 63 year old man cry.The price they go for nowadays!
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
It looks like you will have to start it all up from the start.
My Star dates from the mid '80s.Sometimes,in the mid '90s,I stopped using it for a little over 10 years.When I started using it again,I...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
PSI 51 down to 38 in a few hundred bullets is definitely not normal.There has got to be an air loss somewhere in the system.The soapy water test is probably the tool that'll help you make the right...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I run my compressor right up the 70psi mark(make my own lube and during winter time,lube gets real hard up here)and then shut it up.Even if I size/lube for 2 hours,the compressor doesn't start up...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I wonder who is going to buy them?Hope it stays in USA
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have one 40# Magma,one 20# RCBS and 3 10#Lee which I don't use any more.But since I started on the Coleman stovewith a 4# iron pot,I'm not about to badmouth the Lee.Even if it drips,it sure is an...
Forum: Casting Equipment
That's what I do but occasionally I'll freeze the pot.I think I let it go too low though.I'll try your trick of not letting it go any lower than 2'' from the top.Thanks!
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