Have a look at this thread, I modify the crimp band, make it narrower, and I shorten the collet to bring the crimp band right to the end of the case or just a tad below, for the 475 I would suggest...
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Have a look at this thread, I modify the crimp band, make it narrower, and I shorten the collet to bring the crimp band right to the end of the case or just a tad below, for the 475 I would suggest...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I love it when finding the impossible jumps right out at you and you have the $ in your pocket! That was a sweet deal!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow that'a a SCORE! Want to break our hearts and tell us what you got it for? Has to be an insanely good price!
Take something to measure the cylinder throats on ALL of them, that right there might make the decision for you! Or not! Have heard of some of these with .456" throats which would be perfect for...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Ruger BH 9mm have the worst throats of any BH I have honed. Horribly egged, tapered, undersize, it's more of a wormhole than a throat. The Sunnen hone takes care of all that. It's no wonder people...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
^^^^THIS^^^^^^ Nothing else matters!
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I found something VERY cool for home bakers, this would pertain to baking sourdough bread as well, we all have to "proof" the yeast by rising the dough, this is a folding proofer that can rise dough,...
Ok one more, when you are getting ready to drill through the hole in the frame and into the grip panel, put a piece of masking tape around the drill so that when the drill gets the right depth, the...
Now here's an old guitar shop trick, if the roll pin is too stiff to put the grip back on, take the same drill bit or if you have one just a few thousandths bigger, put it in the drill and put it on...
If I want to move a roll pin hole over a tad, fill it in with a piece of hardwood dowel and superglue, spray the accelerator on it and it hardens instantly, sand or file smooth, tap the roll pin out...
I totally neglected to mention that along with uneven throats creating variables in pressure, they also create unevenly sized boolits as well, since boolits will exit the front of the cylinder at...
Well, smaller than the diameters I am honing them to or there would be not much call for honing the throats, Chill Wills post is a perfect example of why shooters go for having the throats honed to a...
I've had several of those cylinders in the shop to hone, most want .4315" for .431" boolits, they respond favorably at that throat size. One or two went to .4305"
I know of one that carried 1 shy, hammer on empty chamber. In John Wayne's last film "The Shootist" the last thing he does before leaving his room and board is load the last chamber, and head to the...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Good luck and Happy Birthday! Which gun?
Ok, the heavier the boolit, generally the slower the powder, and magnum primers even though I use WLP.
Here is a nice powder burn rate chart, you can...
Forum: Our Town
Another thing is attachments. I use some photos a few times over, how could I connect pics that are in my attachments to new posts rather than uploading a new pic?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I am very pleased with the RCBS scale. One of the things I like the best is no plastic funnel = no static.
It also seems to go to the finished weight pretty quickly not any slow to tally and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
When you get to loading, make a dummy with a .432" boolit but don't crimp it, single load it and see if it fits in the throat. If that one fits like a little bit too easy, move up to a .433" the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Anytime you are comparing one boolit that you don't find in the published load data to one that is, and the weight of both boolits is the same or very close, you need to determine how far down in the...
A good can on a pistol length 300AAC with 220gr subs sounds like standing next to a car door closing and the gas system works better.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Start with .428" .4285" .429" .4295" .430" .4305" .4315" .432" .4325" and end with .433" this will cover pretty much all of your 44mag cylinders.
If you want to pin out 44-40 throats, start at...
Don't mistake the barrel for stainless, it is CrMo4 and harder than woodpecker lips. Ruined one reamer thinking it was SS surprise surprise... grrr,,
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hard to beat tried and tested 50/50+2% on pretty much any game in the lower 48. I like the Lee 310 cast where I can scratch it with a thumbnail, and soft lube.
The MAIN ingredient? Shot...
This is a VERY high quality replica, probably the best on the market with fit, finish, and true to original design: https://stdgun.com/single-action-revolver-case-colored-45-lc/
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I think...
Here's a good one for ya, 480 SBH cylinders made of carpenter steel also, not sure it is the 465 alloy, but they machine surprisingly smooth and rather easy. I had a piloted reamer custom ground to...
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 |