I've used n133 for 45-70 300-400/405 and casts 420 and up, I know many who favors it, but for my liking it's a bit slow, needs pretty hard compression for good results, and gets a bit dirty in mild...
Type: Posts; User: Finn45
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I've used n133 for 45-70 300-400/405 and casts 420 and up, I know many who favors it, but for my liking it's a bit slow, needs pretty hard compression for good results, and gets a bit dirty in mild...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Iirc mine came with this basic handi rifle manual:
https://www.borchers.es/idb/manuales/hr/rifle_handi.pdf
Forum: Cast Boolits
We say it simply Lapua, named after town Lapua. I was ten years old when coffins were lined up in tv news after Lapua cartridge factory explosion, some of it here:...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
There's no data for N32C for some particular boolit in some particular rifle, but there's user examples... If I would be doing it, I would start for example 0,7g N32C and see my ways how it goes. I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Yes Tinstar fills the case better, but it's still pistol powder, quickload estimates that N320 has a little less oomph than N310, and N32C has it clearly less than N310, so 0,7g...0,8g would be easy...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
AIRONE, you said that Vihtavuori is widespread in Italy? N120 is a must try, 7,5x55 is slightly bigger in case capacity vs. 7,62x53R/54, and somewhat smaller vs. .30-06Spr... I've had good results...
Forum: Leverguns
Hi, I don't know all Marlin's serial numbering systems, letter prefixes and all, but for model 1895 it's been generally so that subtracting first two digits in serial number from 2000 gives you the...
Look here:
http://kal.castpics.net/
And here for phone:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=20231
Forum: Cast Boolits
Terveeks Verney... Iffin you deside to try renkkupainoja I might have some for trade for your pure lead (but pure only :)). And WW is not so gone yet, it just takes some serious sorting cuz one don't...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Another yes for bringing it back online thank you.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Excellent articles from John "beagle" Goins; fourth, fifth and sixth from the top:
http://hgmould.gunloads.com/casting/castingfellowspage1.htm
Forum: Casting Equipment
My old thread about this:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=2394
Nothing special and the nose section will expand according to the pin dia and depth. Use skinny pin and lube and it...
Forum: Our Town
Gee man, all that... and I'm drinking for the new year and listening newly found Finnish blues artist, female blues artist... a good one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXaRHJLnlrc&feature=related...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
My experiment here:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=18409
Now what ever dimensioning your BC barrel might have, and they seem to be all over, I’ll bet it will shoot well with...
Forum: Our Town
Uhh… Killed a calf today with my 7 yo son, using my Sako with condom bullets and that means Marlin stayed home this time. Shot was a bit difficult, Marlin wouldn’t have barked at that, but Sako did....
Forum: Casting Equipment
Permatex #133; you mean this thread at MO:
http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=23481
Forum: Our Town
Sheesh... better for me to go fishing than hunting I guess. Limited time and obviously frugal mind has driven me in to situation where's no room for errors. And when something can go wrong it will....
Forum: Casting Equipment
Okay guys... what I'm wondering here is that do you all US guys have dual voltage 110/120V - 220/240 in your house/shop? As few posters have indicated, advantage of the higher voltage rating is minor...
Forum: Gas Checks
Just use the quick search (without going advanced) and write:
teflon tape
and you'll get many threads, also above mentioned " Expierment gone good!":...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Holes are for primer feeder:
http://www.leeprecision.com/graphics/shoppingcart/classicprimerfeed.jpg
Forum: Group Buy Archives
If one doesn't have correct punch on hand, you may want to check with NEI; they make RCBS/Lyman, Star and Saeco punches and machine them with the same cherry as the mold.
Forum: Group Buy Archives
.748" @110yards, m39 with 2X pistol scope, year 2005:
http://pyssymiehet.com/shooting/311466_4s.jpg
PM coming, or two...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Took this photo for other purposes, but hopefully it's worth posting here. Longer one is 311407mod GB and shorty is original Lyman 311466. Both are calibrated .313", don't recall as cast dia, but it...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Not even close... Coal was 2.622" and touching the lands would be 2.858"; only gc and two bands inside the neck then. This could be better for the m39 if those two front bands would be full or nearly...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Chargar's GB from some time ago. Finally took the virginity out of it; mix of old WW blend and "fresh" monotype. Alloy was very good, must have been near eutectic, no flush, no frost, too bad it was...
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 |