The 25-20 case being slightly tapered do you have the top of the shell holder touching the bottom of the sizing die? If there is a gap between the two then the case is not being sized all the way...
Type: Posts; User: Kylongrifle32
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
The 25-20 case being slightly tapered do you have the top of the shell holder touching the bottom of the sizing die? If there is a gap between the two then the case is not being sized all the way...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Hey Jim
I will take the 221 FB brass. PM sent
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
How long is the throat cut? What weight bullets were you shooting?
Forum: Completed Deals
I will take #2 and #6 if SSG doesn't want the whole lot or those.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have a Remington model12 pump. I always hunted squirrels with the 22 longs because I thought they were quieter than 22 shorts. The extra velocity helped with expansion with solids but once I found...
Forum: Swaging
Carl
I sold them separate but Cody bought both of them. He also bought another interesting barrel I had. Fred at Bullberry made a 17 Thorpe magnum he called it for a friend of his. It was a 17 cal...
Forum: Swaging
Here's a picture of a 14 Walker Hornet, 17 Hornady Hornet and the good ole 22 Hornet side by
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Forum: Swaging
Carl I forgot to ask about you 14 calibers. Do you have a source for the 14 caliber barrels? I had a 14 Walker Hornet and a 14-221 Walker in Contender pistol barrels but sold them years ago because...
Forum: Swaging
Carl
I use a free app called "PicSay" it's one of those services where you can and things to the picture. But I use it on all my forum sites. You go to PicSay and download a picture. It gives you...
I have an older leapers (before UTG) 3-9x50. It mounted on a Bushmaster Varminter AR in 223. Its has held zero since the day it was mounted. Now this gun only see around 100 rounds a year between ...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Not illegal just don't like dragging it all outside versus using the stove, pot and ladle. Plus once I'm outside and finished casting boolits I usually will switch over to doing fishing sinker or...
Forum: Our Town
I got my first job at the age of 15 at a full service gas station a block from my house (1981). I was also cutting a lot of lawns in my neighborhood. A guy I worked with had a brother that was big...
Forum: Testing Area
Hope he likes you marring his daughter. Lol
You will need a mentor to help you along the way. Lol again.
This hobby is as easy or difficult as you want to make it. I started out casting 44 cal...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I can still sit down with the Coleman stove, pot, and ladle and run higher volumes of certain boolits than I can with my Lyman bottom pour melter. The added bonus to the Coleman set up is that I do...
Forum: Casting Equipment
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Here is a picture of the newer propane stoves. The back and sides help to shield the pot and flames from the wind.
If you have some fabrication skills. Go to a local scrap yard and get...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My first melting and casting was done with a cast iron 20 pound pot heated with a Coleman two burner camp stove. I only used the pot over one burner and fueled it with 93 octane unleaded gas instead...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You should be ok with the common . 379 molds and sizers.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Will the decapping/expanding rod not adjustable?
You should be able to adjust the rod up to the top of the case body. It will not go into the neck but this will give you enough room to drill into...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Nice way improvise in a stressful situation.
I don't think I even own a white T-shirt now but back in the days when thats all I wore. I have come home several times from night tracking duties...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Great write up. I enjoyed the story and determination to fill your tag. I usually push to hard on the last day trying to fill a tag. See tails but can't get a shot off. You did well.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Try removing the extractor. Then mount the barrel and try with an empty chamber. I had a small piece of lead get in between the barrel notch and extractor on a 22 LR barrel one day and gave me all...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have taken 4 does over the last couple of years with my 38-55. Lee 379-250-rfn cast from air cooled COWW. But only traveling at around 1,400 fps. No boolits yet to be recovered. This on was...
Forum: Our Town
I guess with fewer and fewer WWII veterans around these days of Remembrance just get forgotten in time. It's sad to see the direction our country is going in. Don't hear much about Presidents Day...
Forum: Our Town
Yes everyone have a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.
I'm spending the morning in the deer stand till it time to head in to the bountiful feast.
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 |