accurate powders here are 34-39$ a pound on average
Type: Posts; User: Silicon Wolverine
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
accurate powders here are 34-39$ a pound on average
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
did soem shooting today. accuracy is on par with regualr ammo out of my 2A1 ishapore at 50 meters. 100 it opens up a bit but still good plinking ammo for 14 cents a shot
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
fired a few loaded at 23 grs today. two were totally normal, one had some primer flatteneing but no other pressure signs. this weekend might do a 25 round test if time allows
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
any further testing on this? im an alliant junkie and use 300MP in handguns, but hadnt thought of it as a rifle powder. Usually IME ball powder doesnt like reduced rifle loads. im going ot try...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
been playing with spray on coatings and baking at 250 and 450 deg. they go in at about 19 BHN and are coming out between 8 and 9 BHN! the coating is very good, but the bullets get so soft they dont...
Forum: Cast Boolits
well that didnt work in the least. 30-30 was a total dud. keyholes all over the place no matter what powder i tried. upped into my 30-06. with 2400 it wasnt going fast enough to stabilize. tried...
Forum: Cast Boolits
ive seen the mold modified in a mill to make the boat tail a flat base. i was thinking of doing the same thing to mine.
SW
Forum: Cast Boolits
using don millers twist rule it should only take 1050 FPS to stabilize a 230 gr bullet in 1-10 rifling. thats what my marlin 336 has.
SW
Forum: Cast Boolits
tinkering with the idea of using the lee 230 gr blackout bullet in my marlin 30-30 for silhouette shooting. 150 gr bullets often dont tipthe 200 yard ram targets and im thinking the 230 would give...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
contrary to popular belief there ARE pople out there who have no clue about reloading. My videos get thousands of hits evey month and 98% of feedback i get is positive, plus a good majority is from...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
IMR SR7625. originally a midrange shotgun powder. ive made these loads for 308, 30-30 and 30-06 all waith good results.
SW
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
New video today on my ten cent 308 load.
http://youtu.be/e2f8vbDRJLY
SW
And here is the range video and updated load information with new components. The original Alcan vented gas seals are no longer avilable so i redeveloped the load with a modern gas seal.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
yeah you lift the tray assembly and the primers slide down into place. it needs to slide up and down so the primer has enough clearance around it to seat in teh hull.
SW
Forum: Reloading Equipment
After much discussion with Lee personell on the safety of the system i went back to a press mounted primer for my load all II. Here is my review after 1000 rounds of usage.
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Forum: Swaging
ill vouch for these. i have one and have made hundreds of bullets with it for my 40 and 10mm.
SW
Forum: Cast Boolits
it looked similar (but in a much bigger chunk) before i ingoted it.
SW
Forum: Cast Boolits
i came into some pure lead with an average BHN of 4.5 (tested on lee hardness tester). whats it worth per lb?
SW
Forum: Our Town
How lame would it be if SHOT spent 20 grand setting up teh show, and the only people who showed up were a couple dozen self serving print journalists? SHOT is about getting your product out to as...
Forum: Our Town
http://www.shotshowblog.com/gun-bloggers-and-internet-media-instant-viral-coverage-of-the-shot-show/
"Now the question is when you are going to start qualifying internet media? We have to crawl...
Forum: Special Projects
thought you guys might like these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuWFqNTTYLo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tpNGbH_Og
enjoy!
SW
the only problem i had with mine was teh pivot pin dropping out when it gets hot enough to cast good. a bolt and nut took care of that.
SW
Forum: Swaging
its known as a "sporting exception". all it requires is a form to be filed and approved by teh BATFE. not a big deal.
SW
Forum: Swaging
moose, hell! you could knock down elepahnts with that cannon! :-)
SW
Forum: Swaging
another thought i had was using 223 brass. alot easier to find that 5.7 and you could trim to legnth for whatever bullet weight you wanted.
SW
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 |