Dads old Mossberg 152k, the one with the fold down wooden forend. My first experience with a semi auto 22. Loved it then, still shooting it more than 50 years later.
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Forum: Rimfire Area
Dads old Mossberg 152k, the one with the fold down wooden forend. My first experience with a semi auto 22. Loved it then, still shooting it more than 50 years later.
Forum: Castpic of the Month
A Churchill sporterized Lee Enfield No4 Mk1*. Lyman 314299, sized .314, gas checked and lubed with Rooster Red. Loaded over nearly 40 grains of IMR4350 and a 1 grain tuft of Kapok. I use Lee collet...
Forum: Cast Boolits
In my Win 92 SRC (c.1915) i have shot both .427 and .429 with about the same accuracy. The only stipulation is for .429 dia. boolits, case selection is important, some brands feed some do not.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Works just fine in a NEF 30/30 with a GC 165 grain
Forum: Cast Boolits
dverna has got it right. The mastercaster is not all that fast, but is sure is a whole lot easier on you. The six cavity moulds sure can put out, but I find that after all these years, it's no...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Have been taper crimping 44 for years, now especially that I am making 44 projectiles from 40 S&W brass. Used in a lever and a revolver. Work just fine.
Forum: Swaging
Building, testing, shooting, it never seems to end. YAY. These are slated for 2 different Lee Enfield No. 4's, an Enfield P14, a Ruger No. 1 and a custom P14 in 311 Norma Mag.
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
Afew tins from the back of the powder cupboard
Forum: Cast Boolits
Friend of mine has one. A 500 at 1800 it that gun will back you out of your fillings in short order. Even with the screw adjustment, getting it to regulate can be a real female dog. We had best luck...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well, not exactly today, but I finished it off today, 56 pounds of 9mm brass run through my roll sizer, and it is not automated. Worst part it's not my brass, belongs to a reloading buddy of mine.
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
First is a an old 4831 can and a can of 3031 from an old lgs c. 1970s. Then a can of IMR 4350, but the only blue one I have ever seen and then an unusual can of IMR 3031.
Forum: Cast Boolits
just finished turning 300 40S&W brass into 250grn 44mag proj.
Forum: Swaging
Been making .308 and .312 from 5/16 soft coiled copper tubing for several years now. It is time consuming, but the accuracy (from several users) averages somewhere between commercial soft points and...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Oklahoma Rebel, I live in a fairly large city here in the great white north. The utilities guys say there are still miles of lead pipe in the ground, round here it doesn't seem to wear out. They...
glowe, had the same sort of problem with W540. Looked in the old Lyman shotshell manuals for a 1 1/4 oz field load with W540 or HS6 and the hull/wad I wanted to use. The combination I ended up with,...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
stanley2, I am also on the wrong side of the border, in central Albertistan. If you like we can talk trade.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Up here in the Great White North, we had a company called Cooey. Made a lot of inexpensive rimfire rifles, one was a single shot in 25 rimfire. Over the years saw a number converted to 25ACP when...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Add me to the list as well. Sized ever since casting way back when. Got a RCBS, a Lyman, a Saeco, and Lee push thru sizers. Don't think i ever shot a boolit that wasn't sized.
Forum: Swaging
Hi guys, first post, so bear with me. I have been using 5/16 acr coiled tubing for a number of years now to make 30 cal projectiles. The wall thickness inconsistency seems to be minor, usually being...
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 |