I have a couple of SAECO mold brochures that came in the boxes... they show all the different styles and specs of the day... there is no 050 number... the closest is 052-148gr WCbb and 053-148gr...
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I have a couple of SAECO mold brochures that came in the boxes... they show all the different styles and specs of the day... there is no 050 number... the closest is 052-148gr WCbb and 053-148gr...
I have the sister to that mold... with the original box... It is a single cavity 240gr SWC-HP and the box label and the mold block are marked 90487
Forum: Our Town
I once sent a package 200 miles by USPO and it took 30 days to arrive- the buyer was PO as I would be and their tracking onlly showed it was received at the sending PO. That was in 2001. That said,...
I collected S&W for a number of years and there are several niches to explore. I bought at the 95% and better price point, now I'm trying to get rid of many of them before my wife has to give them...
I have one of the 3" LHS... still NIB
nowadays I just can't bring myself to shoot it.
I would check that 900fps barrel length again... that sounds pretty hot for a 2"
Federal Classic +P 158 LSWC.HP clocks 778fps out of my SW638 17/8" and 883 fps from a 4" M19. It hits 913fps from a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I weigh them only looking for the really light outliers and separate the best +/- 1 gr together and everything else gets lumped in another pile for plinkers
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm always finding things I forgot I had... one time I found $5000 I forgot I put away....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Somebody on one of the forums built/converted one IIRC from a valve spring compressing tool... durn if I can recall where- either here or maybe on shooters forum?
Do an internet search for the 38 Super load list by Jeff Maass - he has compiled a large load list from IPSC shooters and there are a ton of WW540 loads listed. I have it as a PDF and will try to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Even at gun shows i see em between $35 and $75
Forum: Our Town
I tend to string them along then if they try to tell me my computer is spreading virus I say ' you caught me, now what are you going to do about it' like I am intentionally doing something.... or I...
Forum: AirGuns
I put a UTG on my Gamo and like it - so far its been relaiable.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use Herco in my 6" 686 with a Saeco #382 LSWC and 8.0gr for 1219 fps no leading or other problems. I have gone higher but pressure issues started showing up
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I had a couple dealings with Lyman that I didn't feel were as good as some of the others- snooty lady CS- so i stopped using their products if possible. Dillon refused to fix a power case trimmer...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use the Hornady case lube in a tub- barely requires any at all- then I put on a nitril glove and just wet a finger with lube- the glove stays slick with lube for quite a while and as I pick up a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I don't trust digital scales for powder weighing period.
I have a PACT and one with the Hornady name on it and another thrown away long ago. They all just aren't repeatable using either check...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
In 1964... a Pacific C press- used IIRC, loading 6.5 Jap for a war bringback
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My brother is a lefty who shoots RH locks, from experience, his advice?... don't grow a beard.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Get some magnetic company signs for your truck... "Enviro-Inspection Services" or some such.....
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I had a muzzle brake that leaded up considerably but shot jacketed bullets just fine. Clean it and try some FMJ and see what happens.
Forum: Our Town
BM
Sorry to hear of your problem...
I had base-of-tongue cancer in 2010 and was told 2 weeks to live- my only hope was the Mayo Clinic and they said 15% chance of surviving the operation... that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've compared my 30 year old PACT to my recent production CED, by placing them side by side and tilting the screens so they overlap, one directly behind the other (then repeat with position...
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 |