Is there anybody out there having load data for the 358009 boolit and aa8700 powder for the 35 whelen?
Type: Posts; User: castormd
Forum: Cast Boolits
Is there anybody out there having load data for the 358009 boolit and aa8700 powder for the 35 whelen?
Forum: Special Projects
Machinery Handbook, Tubel Cain - youtube videos, practical machinist.com, Ebay/metalworking tooling, yard sales, garage sales, craig's list- under tools. I am about a year into where you are headed....
Forum: Military Rifles
Gentlemen,
I just went through and noticed that a few more replies have come into this thread since I first posted it.
I haven't yet sprung for a .308 auto yet. Trouble is... everytime I go to...
I recently got a CA Bulldog Pug in 44 special stainless. It is a used weapon, and the lockup is sloppy. I shaved one of my cast boolits the other day and it sent me a piece that cut into my cheek. ...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
wiljen,
Thanks for the reply. I guess I should slow down when posting as when I went back and re-read what I wrote it can be misinterpreted.
The 630 powder (that was given to me by a reliable...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have a couple pounds of 630, which I used back in the seventies. A guy gave it to me and it looks and smells okay.
The powder is more modern than the 70's vintage, but, I just loaded some...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Gentlemen, Thank you again for all this valuable information. I did the wally world $4.97 set, today. Going into the man cave to play now.
castormd
Forum: Military Rifles
Well, I really have a M1A1 stuck in my brain. It'll be awhile off, as I'll probably wait until the price goes up. LOL, (if that is possible)
Really would love to pull out all the stops and get the...
Forum: Military Rifles
Greetings to all.
A question that has come up in my life, which may or may not need an answer soon, is:
If you were going to buy a new semi-auto in .308, would it be a springfield match- m1a,...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Thank you, James!
All who contribute to this site are truly dedicated to the cause of improved boolit performance.
It is refereshing to come to a website, and gleen pure experiences of folks who...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tazman1602, Thank you!
I found a Remington Mod. 788 ,243 in really good shape. The stock has some normal "hunting and usage" scratches and dings but the rest of the rifle is beautiful.
I saw...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Fb I think my choice of the word "unpopular" was wrong and "not so common" would be a better choice, but anyway I have just initiated a deal on a 243 which I will soon become the owner of, and I'm...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been looking at all the normal suppliers of molds and notice there are very few .243 molds available.
Is there something particularly strange about that cartridge, that makes it unpopular to...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Has anyone experimented with 8700 in the following and with what start load with the heavier boolits available?
.308 Win
.35 Whelen
.35 Rem
.375 HH
:)
If you were only given one choice for a 22 cal mold of these two:225415 flat or 225646 semi point :drinks:-Lyman's?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Sounds by the dimensions of it may be bar solder. If it came from a body shop, years ago they used to rebuild fenders and quarter panels with wiping solder, before the invention of body bondo. It may...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Not that this is the only way but for over a hundred years, the professional plumbers of this country used to cut the ingots with a good heavy mash hammer and a sharp cold chisel. The lead was...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I just want to take a few moments, to help anyone who may be about to get hurt.
Next, it might help to explain that I've been in the plumbing trade for 38 years. In the first half of my career I...
Forum: Our Town
Well, thank you one and all. I just got back from the range with some cast boolit handgun programs in progress.
I did not think about the break-in program but I am now. Somewhere I have about 90...
Forum: Our Town
Okay, here is the scenerio.
A person, (me) has a brand new rifle. A Remington Baikal single shot.
It is going to be protected by unwritten, personal law that absolutely ONLY home made cast...
Forum: Gas Checks
What year was that article in "handloader"?:coffee:
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 |