Congrats, and buy a bunch of their die rings.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Congrats, and buy a bunch of their die rings.
Forum: Leverguns
Find yourself a 336 in 44mag. They are scarce, but I don’t think terribly expensive.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I’ve got an AMP, a Giraud, and have annealed with a socket and torch. Here’s my opinion on it all.
Draw a classic bell curve.
Draw 3 horizontal lines evenly spaced, breaking the area under the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I’ve done pipe by loading up the pot and melting, have also use a chisel to cut it open and flatten it, this causes a high percentage of the dried just to just flake off before adding it to the melt.
Forum: Our Town
Was just going to post about these. While I hate helping the voles and mice, it’s a good way to reduce ticks.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I find this thread both interesting and informative.
Thanks all
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Search for “throating”
@dougguy may offer this service.
You’re using an oversized bullet, so it makes sense that the case gauge designed for a smaller bullet isn’t the right tool for testing your reloads.
I like the RCBS collet puller, but if you have...
I was just about to mention the need for a rounded primer punch for the really old ones. If you don’t have one, I wouldn’t try seating them.
Forum: Special Projects
Very nice.
Fingers crossed that you have paid the SOT to do such things, otherwise it looks like you’ve made a pistol from a rifle in violation of ATF regs and maybe federal law. Not saying that I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I’ve only made lump charcoal and I always just go longer than I think it needs. Without oxygen I believe the carbon is fairly inert, so time doesn’t matter. For my application a little ash doesn’t...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Norma has tiny flash holes, at least in 9mm.
In 223 I find Fiocci flash holes are not consistently centered which also bends pins.
Forum: Cast Boolits
This!
If you go to a retail location you’re wasting your time and likely to get bad info. Some folks report that ignorance works for them, the counter person accepts the package, but that’s not...
Forum: Leverguns
I like good old fashion IMR3031. Start at 10-15% below max, plain base is fine, and soften that alloy a bit or size it down another .001.
This assumes no damage at the muzzle, no extreme...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The user everyone is referring to is BNE, no idea if he’s currently accepting samples.
For lead/tin what you describe would work pretty well, add antimony and it gets complicated, add arsenic and...
Forum: Our Town
ATF isn’t the problem, the shipping company rules are.
If you’re shipping to an FFL you can sometimes get them to send you a shipping label, then you can just drop it off. Technically since it’s...
Forum: Our Town
I seem to recall that both Fedex and UPS stopped accepting handgun shipments from anyone that hadn’t executed an amendum to their commercial shipping agreement. Since you probably don’t have such an...
I do not believe that unsuppressed SV or Subsonic 22lr is hearing safe even from a 16” barrel. A few shots won’t make your ears ring, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t causing damage. Goal is to get...
First rule of suppressors is to get one for 22lr, it’ll put a grin on your face every time.
I lost interest in a 223 can years ago because they were absolutely not hearing safe, not sure if that has...
Sounds like a brass problem, rather than a bullet problem. Try gauging 200 pieces of prepared brass (sized, but not loaded) and remove any that don’t pass. Load the remainder and see how many loaded...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Love mine. Will say that I don’t use it for priming, that falls to an RCBS universal bench primer.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
What are you hinting at? There are as many cleaning products and processes as there are shooters, what’s your Gold Standard?
Always interested to learn what folks are trying.
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 |