A few years ago I was cruising the junk shops with my (much) better half. I found a box with old rusty tools, an old solder iron ( the type that needs heating with a torch), along with 2 full bars of...
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Forum: Our Town
A few years ago I was cruising the junk shops with my (much) better half. I found a box with old rusty tools, an old solder iron ( the type that needs heating with a torch), along with 2 full bars of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Around 1986 or 87. A Lee handpress (the ThighMaster) and a set of Lee dies (with the data sheet/instructions included). A pound of Clays powder rounded out my equipment.
No scales, no tumbler,...
Forum: Our Town
Over the course of my life redheads would occasionally pop up.
...I still remember a strawberry blonde at Virginia Beach over 40 years ago...green eyes and green bikini....
A great deal of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Well, I congratulate your ingenuity, but...
To be honest, I've used a Lee 2 disc measure, and managed to be able to manipulate the discs to acheive almost any conceivable load that i could use.
...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Several years ago I did something very similar. When loading rifle I would mount a powder measure between two Lee Challenger single-stage presses.
Moving left to right I would size and prime, move...
Lyman 3rd edition Casthas data for SR4756 in rifles. Specifically, 30-06, but there are others.
Generally, it stays with lighter boolits for cartridge. No heavyweights.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sort of late to the party here, but in my Mosin applications I prefer the C312-185-1R.
I shoot them in M39s and a 1926 Tula ex-Dragoon 91/30.
I find the Mosins seem to prefer a heavier boolit.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I wanted to Mexican Match some 7.62x54r surplus some years back. No way in the world was I going to hammer out 100 rounds. Screw that.
Got one of those Hornady Collet pullers; best money I've...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Emptied my 5-gallon bucket bullet trap(s). Almost 50 pounds of raw range lead between the 2 of them.
Man I love free lead.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tumble lubed 3 pounds of Lee TL314-90-SWC. Sized .313 first, for the 32L revolvers.
Forum: Our Town
I've been off the forum for several months. Sometimes one just needs to take a break.
I'm back now, and I think I'm ready to contribute again.
Lee TL358-158-2r
6.4gr HS-6
CCI SPP
45-45-10 lube x2 @ 1/4 tsp per 2 lbs boolits.
3" SP101 (One of the French Police trades-ins)
856 fps, ES 49 fps, SD 15 fps
Chrono'd 10 rounds.
This shows...
Forum: Our Town
Okay, get a debit card, as I stated, and have it pull from (linked to) a special account that isn't your checking account.
No big deal.
Either way, the debit card has to draw from (debit) an...
Forum: Our Town
So get a debit card, free from your bank, that is linked to your checking account. Everyone accepts them.
No big deal.
That's what we get with Gov't employees. They are almost impervious to being fired, and there is no competition for their services.
They don't care.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I hope you purchased the limit at $45/1000.
I believe that in 2 years we will be looking back wistfully at that price.
Maybe this will help:
I shot the Lee 90gr SWC - the tumble lube one, in a 6" Taurus 32 Long.
2gr Promo gave me 850 fps. Good accuracy too.
I have some loaded with 1.8gr Promo, but haven't...
I too have a Ruger SRH in 44 Mag, a 9.5" barrel version. It is indeed a tank, and a heavy one at that.
The good thing is that all the weight absorbs recoil on the heavy loads.
The bad thing is...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I just cut a piece of coffee can to fit over the top. It has cutouts to clear the PID temp probe, and etc. Cheap/free, because I'm frugal.
Forum: Our Town
I think you are on the low side. I expect $50-60/K at retail. I think the days of 1K bricks in the $30 range are nothing but a (soon to be fond) memory.
Although, I hope you are correct.
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
DDG uses Google results. The only difference is that DDG claims to not track you. It's merely a filter.
you are actually still using Goggle, and adding to the Google coffers.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
1/4 teaspoon LLA (cut 50/50 w mineral spirits), BLL (the one with the Lundmark wax), or 45/45/10 per 2 pounds of boolits.
Tumble, dry, tumble again (another 1/4t), dry, load, shoot.
I have...
Forum: Our Town
Tooling. Dies, die mounting plates, an APP press.
Some specialty tools also. Neck turning and trimming, etc.
I'm actually pretty set for primers....
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 |