8mm Mauser. The neck will be a little short, but it hasn't caused me a problem. I have gone as far as simply swapping the projectile on surplus ammo with some 150 grain .312 projectiles that I had...
Type: Posts; User: HumptyDumpty
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
8mm Mauser. The neck will be a little short, but it hasn't caused me a problem. I have gone as far as simply swapping the projectile on surplus ammo with some 150 grain .312 projectiles that I had...
100 Grain SWC, 2.7 Grains of Red Dot. According to Speer No 8 (printed in 1970), that is actually below max for the S&W Long. This might be an example of downloading over the years. 324304
Hmm, in my succesful endeavor to duplicate Buffalo Bore's ballistics in my 32 S&W with Red Dot, it appears that I have exceeded the 32 H&R, at least according to that edition of Speer. But I am not...
Forum: Cast Boolits
From his measurements, if I am reading these drawings correctly, it should be 32 S&W. Or course, it's easy to check, sin 32 S&W shouldn't fit into a 32 Colt chamber.324190324191
Forum: Cast Boolits
You know it's funny, I never thought to try weighing the charge; I just used the volumetric measure, and assumed that it was different. Good to know. Of course you are also correct about balloon-head...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Black powder is very simple and the exact charge isn't crucial, though the original 32 S&W was loaded with 9 grains (by volume, not weight) of 3F. In the past, I've just eyeballed it with 2F and an...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Since you are just getting started, definitely slug the bore, and buy a mold to match, However, I have a wide variety of 32's and I've found that using .312"-.313" projectiles works pretty well...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
In have roughly thirty barrels to choose from (though not in person, unfortunately), in varying states of completion; some are chromed and some are not, but all are rifled and unfired. If they can be...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
I have my pick from a large number of partially-finished barrels. Most have no gas port; if there is one,I will simply plug it. My source is looking for one without a finished chamber, but that isn't...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Thirty-two caliber barrels for a Winchster 1885 are expensive, whereas I have the ability to get an SKS barrel for free. Is there any way I could make that work?
Forum: Rimfire Area
It's definitely a fluke,. The entire box could be bad, or even that production lot, but the basic design of the round is sound. I have the CB shorts, which feature the exact same loading (I didn't...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I don't think I can make those work; 500 Jeffrey features a rebated rim and a bottleneck.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I am looking for any sort or loaded ammo (even unknown handloads) and/or brass, as well as dies. Thoroughly used is fine.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I acquired a smattering of partially-full pistol powder cans about two year ago, and I tried them all out, including Bullseye, with 220gr, jacketed projectiles. I've misplaced my notes, but other...
Heck, I don't bother cleaning primer pockets unless/until it becomes difficult to sat new primers flush.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
There may be something more to this; my supposedly standard Lee 9mm sizing die, under-sizes cases, with every loaded round having a bulge for the seated length of the projectile. The ammo chambers...
Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
Just a failed attempt at a little word play on my part, perhaps I should have used purple font.
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 |