I did one in .32 H&R Mag. using the barrel stubbing method several years ago. It is a pretty straightforward process with a lathe and mill. So far I've done the stubbing process to make them in .32...
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I did one in .32 H&R Mag. using the barrel stubbing method several years ago. It is a pretty straightforward process with a lathe and mill. So far I've done the stubbing process to make them in .32...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks for the input! I shot some of those bullets lubed without coating, and they expanded normally. I was just surprised that the twice coated and quenched bullets turned out as hard as they did.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I finally got around to trying powder coating some .357 140 grain bullets I cast this winter. I used 1 quart round plastic bowls with lids I got at Walmart, .25 gram black Air Soft Pellets, and a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Have to wait until this fall. No hunting season open right now. The .45 Colt may get some use when I bush hog the back pasture. Coyotes will come out to the edge of the field when 2/3 of the 35 acre...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The .45ACP extractor was a bear to get right. Extractor shaft was heavily modified to let it tilt in the round channel. I made a small 'rocker' to let the extractor claw slip under the rim on...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I did two Rossi shotgun conversions this spring, one in .45 Colt and one in .45ACP. Reamed out the shotgun chamber area on both and turned Green Mountain 20" barrel blanks with .452 groove diameter...
Forum: Gas Checks
I downloaded the PDF and read it. Looks like a project I can take on in the shop. From your photos it looks like it does a good job, too. Soon as hunting season is over I'll try my had at it. Thanks!
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 |