Here I've been giving my hard bound books to smarter folks who don't spend half a small fortune at Cabelas... It pains me to think of the lost research opportunities!
I always keep at least an...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Here I've been giving my hard bound books to smarter folks who don't spend half a small fortune at Cabelas... It pains me to think of the lost research opportunities!
I always keep at least an...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'll second (or third, or fourth....) the vote for Accurate Molds. I just got my third mold from him a couple of weeks ago--this one for my muzzleloader. Considering his quality work, quick...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you want to try something new, I've been using a mold from Accurate Molds (a new guy in the custom mold making market). I bought his 45-220A and have had great success. It's very accurate, has a...
I've got aluminum molds from Lee, LBT and recently bought two from Accurate Molds. I live in the Northwest where humidity is alway high. I love aluminum because I don't have to employ rust...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Go with Trail Boss. I called IMR one day and they told me that the starting load for any cartridge is to fill the case, dump the contents on a scale, measure what's in there, reduce to 3/4 of that...
Since you're using a SWC, for a top punch, use anything designed for a flat nose. I have one punch I've ground off totally flat that I use for almost everything. In fact, I don't think I cast...
Forum: Gas Checks
The only time I've loaded checks without a bullet was making shot shell loads. I add the powder, seat a check on top of the powder--making sure it's seated well, then I add as much #9 shot as will...
Forum: Gas Checks
I don't know what kind of powder/charge you're using, but a charge that fills, or nearly fills the case would help keep the check in place. If there's lots of empty space in the case, a filler might...
No worries. If I had the cash to drop into CNC machinery, I think I would just buy more guns for now (or pay pay off my house.........nah, I'd buy more guns)!
Here's a couple more pics. If this keeps up, I'll have to send him a bill for marketing services.
The lead around the bottom of the mold obviously didn't come pre-installed.
Hopefully these show a good representation of the boolits. This forum shrinks the files, so I hope they're not too grainy.
I think I saw the same link somewhere too. I'm certainly not the owner though.
I've been browsing the site looking at converting a Marlin 336 to 375 Winchester, but ended up just buying a Model...
Fair enough. I'll get some pics of the boolits I've cast in the next day or so. Naturally, they'll be worth a thousand words a piece :)
I know I'm a newbie here, so take my two bits with as many...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't know if you're stuck on using Unique. If not, try Trail Boss. I load a 355 gr boolit under 14 gr of Trail Boss, no filler. Gives me 1200 fps with an extreme spread of 17 fps. Great powder...
Exactly...the whole setup seemed well built. It doesn't look like this guy cut any corners.
Like I said originally, I bought the first mold to see how this guys work was. I planned on...
Yes, nice and round. As best as I can mic them by hand, they're perfect.
In reference on the 45 Auto, the boolits dropped from the mold at .4515. I used a .452 sizer die to lube the grooves. ...
Hello everyone...brand new to the forum.
I've bought two molds from this guy. To say the least, I'm super impressed. For one, he's quick to respond to e-mail. Second, the molds function very...
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 |