Thanks guys. I thought I would be, but I just wanted to ask others who knew more than I do.
Joe
Type: Posts; User: J Miller
Forum: Gas Checks
Thanks guys. I thought I would be, but I just wanted to ask others who knew more than I do.
Joe
Forum: Leverguns
I rely on neck tension more than the crimp to prevent bullet set back. The crimp is mostly just insurance.
For jacketed bullets I've found the crimp ring in the seater die to work just fine. My...
Forum: Leverguns
For the longer rifle cartridges I prefer Winchester. I do however have one 94AE Trapper in .45 Colt.
For the shorter pistol length cartridges I prefer Marlin.
Joe
Forum: Leverguns
I think it was more than 3-5 years ago. I have a 1894 Cowboy Limited with a 20" barrel it was made in 2005. They had discontinued the 24" barrels before that. But ... I don't know when.
...
Forum: Gas Checks
I'm assembling some of the Lee .45 Caliber 300gr FNGC bullets for use in my lever guns. Both the bullets and the gas checks were given to me. The bullets are unsized and unlubed. I don't know...
Jack,
I just replied to your other thread about this, wish I'd seen this one first.
To keep it light and reliable I'd try the Wolff springs like I suggested above.
http://www.gunsprings.com/...
littlejack,
I had my ancient Uberti Cattleman rebuilt a couple years ago by a gunsmith that specializes in cowboy action shooting. He had a bit of trouble finding parts for the 75 vintage frame...
Forum: Leverguns
I had this happen to mine when it was tuned. The GS got the ejector spring too light. Without a cartridge on the carrier to help kick the previous one out it would do just what yours is doing.
I...
Forum: Leverguns
Muskeg13,
Hopefully someday the cause of this incident will come to light. It will make me more conscious about the way I load the ammo for my lever guns. That's for certain.
Take your...
Forum: Leverguns
muskeg13,
I'm also glad your injuries were not more severe. w30wcf asked about the possibility of a high primer so I won't duplicate his question.
I do have a thought about bullet shapes...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
ktw,
The current hand prime shell holders are numerically numbered. The older ones had an alpha system to them.
Joe
Forum: Reloading Equipment
[QUOTE=legend;376342]vintage,lee makes a set for thier hand held priming tools.
its around 15-16 bucks for the whole set,i bought one after buying singles here and there;glad i did.
hope this helps...
Forum: Rimfire Area
None of my guns has plastic trigger guards or triggers or barrel bands. Come to think of it, none of my guns has any plastic on them at all.
AND IT'S GONNA STAY THAT WAY!
Joe
Yes it is a .45 Colt. Generally that is the only cartridge that will work in it unless you have the extra .45 ACP cylinder.
There are some less available rounds such as the .45 Schofield that...
Forum: Leverguns
Rufracer,
The ejector on the Puma is spring loaded. When the bolt gets back to a certain point the ejector kicks out and throws the case out. If the extractor hook is machined at an angle and...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Lloyd,
That drawing that 452.1 did looks a lot like the 70's vintage Lyman 454424 I've got. The only thing with my mold is it casts out at 268grs from wheel weights.
If I've read right your...
Forum: Our Town
Late last year I picked up several pounds of powder at a gun shop. The powder was from the estate of the shop owners friend.
Most of it was powder that I already had some of, so all I had to do was...
Forum: Cast Boolits
MT Gianni,
If you'll count six rows up from the bottom of the big mold pic I linked to above you'll see the 454190 forth from the right, and the 454485 on the extreme right.
The 454190 is the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What I'm trying to find out is why this modification of a proven design was made.
The 454190 is a very accurate bullet out of every gun chambered for .45 Colt I've shot it from.
So, why mess with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
A member of Levergunluvers fourm posted a large pic of all the Lyman molds.
http://www.three-peaks.net/bullet_molds.htm
In there, down towards the bottom is the bullet #454485. This is a GC version...
Forum: Leverguns
Here's an AE time line that should help:
Winchester 94 AE
Rebounding hammer introduced 1981
Angle Eject introduced 1983
.45 Colt Trapper model introduced 1985
Hammers drilled and tapped for...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Crash,
You load Pyrodex in a by volume basis. In other words you can't put enough pyrodex into a .45 Colt case to get in trouble.
Pyrodex does need some compression so about all you can get would...
jim4065,
I bought several thousand Nyclad bullets from an eBay seller a couple years ago. He stated in the text that they "might" need to be resized. That was an understatement. I ordered one...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
berkmberk1,
That is absurd. That gun should never left the factory.
Joe
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I understand. For the record I have a S&W 25-5 that has .457" chamber throats and a .4515" grove diameter. About as far off as you can get. About the only factory ammo that shoots well in it is...
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 |