Where did you find a mold for the 85 caliber ball? Or did you have one made custom?
Beautiful rifle...I wish I was your neighbor. I'd love to see it first hand.
redhawk
Type: Posts; User: redhawk0
Forum: Factory Rifles
Where did you find a mold for the 85 caliber ball? Or did you have one made custom?
Beautiful rifle...I wish I was your neighbor. I'd love to see it first hand.
redhawk
Forum: Leverguns
i just checked my load data for the a 350gr...38.8gr of IMR4198 shouldn't be a problem. It's a fairly light load. Pressure should not be a problem with this load with the bullet seated 0.1" deeper....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have always taken an average of my final boolit configuration weights...then load for that weight. If it weighs more with a GC or lube or PC...it's part of the final weight of the boolit. Load...
I love the Burris Signature rings with the inserts. They leave no marks at all.
Always tighten the bolts until they snap off...then back off a half turn
redhawk
Forum: Our Town
DO NOT DO BUSINESS with them....I was scammed $265 for primers....their shipping company is a sham too.
redhawk
Forum: Completed Deals
PM send on the 311284.
[EDIT] Payment sent...thanx for the mold.
redhawk
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I use a retort with two holes in the lid. Packed FULL of my wood. I put the retort in my patio fire pit and once it gets good and hot I light the two holes with a lighter to keep the flame going....
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
We always shucked it, then a quick 2min dip in boiling water, then used an electric knife to remove the kernels. The we'd put it 1.5 cups at a time in zip-lok freezer bags. You can adjust the...
Forum: Our Town
Now...if you said Funk (1970's)....I'm there. Phonk just isn't gonna cut it for this old dog.
Nice Brass...case prep and music go together...I prefer silence when I'm actually loading...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have an Ideal 225450....its 48gr pointed tip....what a pain in the butt to cast...ALTHOUGH....I haven't tried casting with it since I started using a hotplate. I think my problem was that the mold...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Yeah...I can understand rough starts....glad you're still ok....anyway...thanx for getting back to me in a PM.
Bump for the OP....looks like the LEE is still available.
redhawk
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Have you checked your PMs....Are you still with us?
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have two drip-o-matics. My first is the 10lb model...the one I am using now is the 20lb model. I rebuilt my 10lb-er once. I obtained all the needed parts from LEE's web site and purchased some...
Forum: Shot Guns
^^ ^^ ^^
I agree with the Mossberg 500. I just purchased a fully rifled cantilever barrel last year. Mine loves Hornady American Whitetail sabot slugs. Good out past 150 yards.
redhawk
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I'd like this one...PM coming
#2 LYMAN mold for 44 cal. # 429360. Single cavity Flat Base SWC. Nice bullet, mold in VG condition. $25 shipped
redhawk
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I did just that for a church pig roast about 15 years ago...it was delicious.
My church family loved it......we had a homemade bar-b-q contest to go along with it.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Yeah....stuff him with oven roasters, wrap him in chicken-wire and throw him on the grill for 10 hours....I love a good pig roast.
Forum: Factory Rifles
I remember some of the 70s....but much of it was a fogggggg!
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Don't you mean "murder"? :kidding:
[EDIT] - OK...my chain-yank comment above got me to thinking about where this originated....here is a link I came across that I thought was interesting.
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
Where I deer hunt in Mid-NH we have many hundreds of crows that roost, play, feed in the area. It's not uncommon to see 300+ on any given day during the Fall seasons.
redhawk
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I crimp hunting loads for 30-06 in my bolt action. I was finding the bullets were getting pushed back into the cases due to recoil of bumping up against the front of the magazine. (obviously...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I've used a similar method for years...but I still shoot 3 to 5 shot groups to verify when I'm finished. I sandbag my rifle (or shotgun) on the dining room table and bore sight to the corner of a...
Made a purchase from Gary....great communication and fast shipping...A straight Shooter in my book.
redhawk
Forum: Our Town
The wife and I got a good chuckle out of this....
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 |