Well I drooled on the keyboard enough and finally jumped on the wagon, probably not going to be as pretty as yours, but I'll give it a shot. I bought one of those $40 barrels for a receiver I have...
Type: Posts; User: Cmasailor
Forum: Special Projects
Well I drooled on the keyboard enough and finally jumped on the wagon, probably not going to be as pretty as yours, but I'll give it a shot. I bought one of those $40 barrels for a receiver I have...
Forum: Special Projects
stunning. did you bed the barrel and make a bushing for the band? aesthetics really, but curious nontheless
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Clover? comes in many grits doesn't it?
Forum: Leverguns
Just picked up the wife a Rossi with a 24in octogon bbl, cant wait to see her face on Christmas :D
... Ive had the 358 105gr lee SWC and 358 140gr lee SWC And a groupbuy 180rnfphp mould forever...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i don't personally trust 777 in cartridges meant for true antiques, pyrodex is what I use because I don't have any true black either. put enough powder in the ctg to fill it to the bullet/boolit...
Forum: Cast Boolits
in another ctg or firearm you could get some educated guesses in both directions and it might work with or without a gas check depending on your alloy, lube, powder selection... However, having...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
uhm... no I've never done it, and I've never heard of anyone doing it. sounds like a modern... mini... semi auto navy percussion revolver type terminal ballistics ... ...thing
and a pain to do...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
hey Sweede, I cant afford this anymore. Tom in Pittsburgh can have my RG2
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
curious, what kind of crimp are you using? if you're using one... a compressed charge cant really compress much I imagine, but I still wonder cause it's a tube mag
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
really??? no one has suggested shooting it in half yet?
Forum: Leverguns
Sounds like a Headspace issue. I would have it checked out, asap. and I wouldn't continue firing it untill it's sorted out. MHO
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I hope it's not too tough, it's supposed to be confetti ;-)
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Not I, generally speaking, shiny paper has more clay in it and if I remember right, the PaperPatch book suggests against hi clay content, but I forget why. good luck, if it works, post how and why,...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
my dad found one on gunbroker for less than 100 because it needed another bbl... well we have yet to replace the barrel it shoots just fine with RB and thick patches. you'll be pleased
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
do you think the mosin is strong enough for the 60,000PSI Max that the commercial ammo is potentially loaded to?
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I followed some advice on loading pyrodex in my 50-70 and i'm happy hits what i aim at and went through an eight inch tree ( for the record I had to cut it down anyway due to power lines) Just enough...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I was wondering if you beagled or drilled out the gas check seat on the mold Or if you plained off the mould making it a shorter boolit?
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I lucked out and use the .329 lee has, they drop at .330 for me and the push thru sizer is .329
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
the problems with these rifles, as reported by others, is that the throat is generally so worn that you can chamber a 338 cast...
what happens when you slug the barrel is you get a measurement of...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
pics or it didn't happen :) Sounds plausible though.
Playing with those 50's eats up lead quick, my 50-70 sure eats a lot.
how much work did the bolt face require?
Forum: Hunting with CB's
They're already way out of my pricerange... Crazy how it happens. The so-called cheap rifle ends up highly sought after and limited run mfg. the pnly downfall was the pressed checkering and plastic...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Another one falls to the mighty 600. Congrats!
Mine is in 243, and I will be buried with it.
been looking for that same setup actually, cause my 243 only eats J-words
Forum: Group Buy Archives
As I see it I thought we got the 30th order... But the schedule hasnt changed...
We're all frustrated, and this isnt the discussion thread, (one has been started elsewhere i believe), however, its...
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 |