I wouldn't mind seeing a bit of that rifle, Vall. What cartridge case do you use? A nail gun blank behind the breech seated bullet?
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I wouldn't mind seeing a bit of that rifle, Vall. What cartridge case do you use? A nail gun blank behind the breech seated bullet?
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I guess you wouldn't enjoy one of my favorite pastimes - breech seating .22 bullets in a .22LR chamber and pushing them with pre-primed empty .22LR cases filled with a pinch of Bullseye!
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I automatically think in terms of flexibility of a cartridge. Everything I own gets shot with a far higher percentage of reduced loads than with full tilt stuff - everything from Hornets to .30-06's...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Surely he jests. Great flexibility to be had, from mild to wild with one gun, ie: a .22-250.
Would one drive his Ferrari at 140mph everywhere he went simply because it's capable of super speeds?...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Ignore uscra112's advice about Stevens 44's at your peril.
I have a 44 chambered for .22WCF and even though a .22 Hornet round will chamber and fire I refuse to do so. I feed it soft 45 and 40...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Hornady makes a hydraulic case forming die. Not particularly cheap but it works a treat for making my K-Hornet brass. Put a Hornet case in the die and whack the piston with a lead hammer and the...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Sorry for the delay. I weeded a bunch of .228 bullets out and am sending a PM.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Since we're on the subject of small (but serious) cannons:
Small one I built a couple years ago. Bronze, 13" including cascabel, .625 bore. Ton of fun using it to snipe crab buoys in the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Looking good! Small cannons rock. Bore diameter?
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I too have utilized old Lyman/Ideal moulds which often drop oversize bullets. My .22WCF has a somewhat tight throat of a fat .225". An old Ideal PB mould, #225230 drops a 1/20 alloy bullet at .226...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I have thousands of .228 High Power bullets. Let me look at them and consider if I can part with any, no guarantees. I've been a devotee of that cartridge for quite a while. As for brass, you're way...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Having owned around a dozen Martinis in different flavors over the years, the three I have now are the ones that "stuck to the wall": BSA 12 in absolutely mint condition, BSA International MkI (the...
For all my .32 loading, including .32-20's, I automatically skip the expander dies that are in my die sets and go straight to the RCBS neck expander die with its simple straight section on the...
Forum: Completed Deals
All molds accounted for. Thanks fellas.
Forum: Completed Deals
#2 (358156) still available. I'll cover postage in order to wrap this up.
Forum: Completed Deals
WTS the following molds. All are in their original 50 year old boxes. None have been cast with. All came to me from a 94 year old gentleman who bought them "back in the day" with the intention of...
Forum: Military Rifles
No point in slugging the bore. Do a chamber casting to include an inch of bore. It'll tell you all you need to know - primarily throat diameter which indicates bullet diameter, and you can mic the...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Title says it all. I have a M98 pre-war commercial Mauser bottom metal (hinged floor plate) with a snappy set of double set triggers in it. Need the sear kicker to go with it. Would be simple to make...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Cheap faux finishes have abounded on el-cheapo hardware store-grade guns since forever. No telling what H&R used at any given time in the 60's-70's. I'll never forget when, as a kid on a mission to...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Well, I guess I know what I'll be doing in my lathe tomorrow!
Made a couple miniature cannons so far:
https://i.imgur.com/Hl4e7sfl.jpg
14" barrel, .625" bore, high-tensile bronze, 1 5/8"...
1935-vintage Colt Officer's Model .22. Minty condition and came with a Colt factory letter stating the date, etc., and who the consignee was (Bekeart, in San Francisco) and the buyer (a Captain Frank...
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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 |
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