If I'm not mistaken...the Savage Axis AP is a button rifled barrel. Button rifling doesn't need to be lapped after production because it is smooth...unlike cut rifling or broach rifling. I don't...
Type: Posts; User: b2lee
Forum: Factory Rifles
If I'm not mistaken...the Savage Axis AP is a button rifled barrel. Button rifling doesn't need to be lapped after production because it is smooth...unlike cut rifling or broach rifling. I don't...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
IF you have a friend at a scrap yard...AND they happen to have an XRF Analyzer....they can tell you exactly what's in it.
Forum: Swaging
I've made over 10,000 40S&W's with one of BTSnipers very first dies. 180gr xtp tipped monsters. They hit HARD. I shot some hogs with the AR down in GA one time and a little 80 pounder dodged the...
Forum: Factory Rifles
1969 model .308 right handed? Bolt is lockable? Those are nice.....I like them because you don't have to lift the bolt as high around your scope. I have a 540X I got through CMP many years...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The simple answer is...when you start out...you can't find any...but you are making contacts and spreading the word. I remember I couldn't even get a single ounce no matter what I offered to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I don't even want to even entertain the idea of spread sheeting all my costs. 3 Presses, dies, molds, tumblers, tools, dehydrator, case gauges, trays, powder hoppers, trimmers, annealers, primers,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the heads up. I called work and had central stores order some for the company. At that price, how can you not buy any? Now...back to enjoying my day off :)
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
De-prime and run through the Hornady tumbler for 2 hours with a squirt of Dawn and a teaspoon of Lemi-Shine. When done I pour off the excess water and then pour the brass and steel pins into the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I'm going to take a stab at it here and see if I'm halfway right.
80 20 is an industrial lead used for joining metals that have a low operating temp....like car radiators. 20% Tin and 80% Lead...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
you could always get a gold pan and pan off the rocks...and then get into another hobby that sucks up your time :)
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I usually start off my day with that statement.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I always decap and then wet tumble. For those that say why have a progressive if you decap in a seperate stage?...I simply dump the pistol rounds in....turn on the case feeder and only have the lee...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Installed a hose reel so I can keep my work bench tidy-er and have a handy within reach air nozzle to blow the work bench down after a long session.
Sorted and posted for trade on the sister site...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Stainless pins for me in a Hornady tumbler set for 2 hours and I walk away. When done I rinse, shake, rinse...and then pour off water and put brass and media in a Hornady media separator. The one...
After further search...because I'm bored...it appears to be part# 16610 Universal Shellplate according to: http://www.dillonprecision.com/docs/AT500v3p3.pdf
The 1,2,3,5 or the shell plate numbers...
Forum: Our Town
Loading up some 60gr 5.56 boolits I made from 22lr brass. Trimmed the meplats all uniform and tried to re-tip a bit. Going to run them downrange and check the speeds and spreads with the labradar...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I went from a RCBS RCIV in Feb of 2011 to a Hornady LNL. Originally I used my RCBS/LEE dies in the new bushings and the included powder measure. It speeded things up but I wanted it even easier and...
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 |