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    Dads old Mossberg 152k, the one with the fold...

    Dads old Mossberg 152k, the one with the fold down wooden forend. My first experience with a semi auto 22. Loved it then, still shooting it more than 50 years later.
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    A Churchill sporterized Lee Enfield No4 Mk1*. Lyman 314299, sized .314, gas checked and lubed with Rooster Red. Loaded over nearly 40 grains of IMR4350 and a 1 grain tuft of Kapok. I use Lee collet...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    In my Win 92 SRC (c.1915) i have shot both .427...

    In my Win 92 SRC (c.1915) i have shot both .427 and .429 with about the same accuracy. The only stipulation is for .429 dia. boolits, case selection is important, some brands feed some do not.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Works just fine in a NEF 30/30 with a GC 165...

    Works just fine in a NEF 30/30 with a GC 165 grain
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    dverna has got it right. The mastercaster is not...

    dverna has got it right. The mastercaster is not all that fast, but is sure is a whole lot easier on you. The six cavity moulds sure can put out, but I find that after all these years, it's no...
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    Have been taper crimping 44 for years, now...

    Have been taper crimping 44 for years, now especially that I am making 44 projectiles from 40 S&W brass. Used in a lever and a revolver. Work just fine.
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    Building, testing, shooting, it never seems to...

    Building, testing, shooting, it never seems to end. YAY. These are slated for 2 different Lee Enfield No. 4's, an Enfield P14, a Ruger No. 1 and a custom P14 in 311 Norma Mag.
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    and still more

    still more from the back of the shelf
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    no not on vacation

    been busy building these. 26 pounds of .312 174 grn.
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    and a few more vintage tins

    Afew tins from the back of the powder cupboard
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    Friend of mine has one. A 500 at 1800 it that gun...

    Friend of mine has one. A 500 at 1800 it that gun will back you out of your fillings in short order. Even with the screw adjustment, getting it to regulate can be a real female dog. We had best luck...
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    Sticky: Well, not exactly today, but I finished it off...

    Well, not exactly today, but I finished it off today, 56 pounds of 9mm brass run through my roll sizer, and it is not automated. Worst part it's not my brass, belongs to a reloading buddy of mine.
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    A few old tins and one oops

    First is a an old 4831 can and a can of 3031 from an old lgs c. 1970s. Then a can of IMR 4350, but the only blue one I have ever seen and then an unusual can of IMR 3031.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Sticky: just finished turning 300 40S&W brass into 250grn...

    just finished turning 300 40S&W brass into 250grn 44mag proj.
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    Forum: Swaging

    Been making .308 and .312 from 5/16 soft coiled...

    Been making .308 and .312 from 5/16 soft coiled copper tubing for several years now. It is time consuming, but the accuracy (from several users) averages somewhere between commercial soft points and...
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    Oklahoma Rebel, I live in a fairly large city...

    Oklahoma Rebel, I live in a fairly large city here in the great white north. The utilities guys say there are still miles of lead pipe in the ground, round here it doesn't seem to wear out. They...
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    glowe, had the same sort of problem with W540....

    glowe, had the same sort of problem with W540. Looked in the old Lyman shotshell manuals for a 1 1/4 oz field load with W540 or HS6 and the hull/wad I wanted to use. The combination I ended up with,...
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    stanley2, I am also on the wrong side of the...

    stanley2, I am also on the wrong side of the border, in central Albertistan. If you like we can talk trade.
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    Up here in the Great White North, we had a...

    Up here in the Great White North, we had a company called Cooey. Made a lot of inexpensive rimfire rifles, one was a single shot in 25 rimfire. Over the years saw a number converted to 25ACP when...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Add me to the list as well. Sized ever since...

    Add me to the list as well. Sized ever since casting way back when. Got a RCBS, a Lyman, a Saeco, and Lee push thru sizers. Don't think i ever shot a boolit that wasn't sized.
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    Hi guys, first post, so bear with me. I have been...

    Hi guys, first post, so bear with me. I have been using 5/16 acr coiled tubing for a number of years now to make 30 cal projectiles. The wall thickness inconsistency seems to be minor, usually being...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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