So target is ShootSteel 3/8 AR 550 its a 12x20 inch sliloette.... 10 hits 100yds Winchester white box M193 circled in red fired from a BCM Recce 18in barrel, the green circle is 7.62 x 39 Wolf fired...
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So target is ShootSteel 3/8 AR 550 its a 12x20 inch sliloette.... 10 hits 100yds Winchester white box M193 circled in red fired from a BCM Recce 18in barrel, the green circle is 7.62 x 39 Wolf fired...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Lead 1.00 per pound. Tin 8.00 per pound total, assuming a 2lb bar, $9 a bar
Forum: Cast Boolits
Federal and Winchester at my go to primers
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Everyone please review this for accuracy let me know if I've made any errors or need to add updates. Its kind of scary we only have three powder plants in North America, IMR Canada, Alliant...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Zombie thread back to life after 13 years
Forum: Cast Boolits
Industrial shot peening is a process used to remove residual stresses in metals. Just isolating the tumbling of brass with the ss pins. This is a net removal of stress in the brass. If anything...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I purchased a small lot of .44 sp brass WW, WRA definitely old and it had 25 balloon head cases REM-UMC with no extractor grove, The minute I looked in the case I new something was odd with primer...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have 1006s, 610s and Deltas, favorite cast bullet for 10mm brass is the RCBS 200 gr SWC, or the 175 swc, I have a 180LRN for the autos. Use mild taper crimp for the pistols and revolvers. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I prefer to cast at 725 to 750 tops, frosted bullets happen when you build too much heat in your mold, if you are cycling your mold or molds too fast you will start to see the bullets drop frosty. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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I finally finished up my project molds I found 3 old dual cavity Lyman wadcutter molds on Fleabay. The first two had some rusting and needed cleaning, the Ideal 358-432c was in like new...
Forum: Cast Boolits
3 hrs prior to lunch then another 3 hrs after...that's my max, 800-1000 max production.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Hey Guys,
I normally use Blue Angel lube, for its non-stickiness, and its ability stay put with 100 degree range days in the sun during the Summer. I came buy 6 tubes of Saeco Green lube in a...
Forum: Leverguns
I have a Henry .44 also.... I learned the hard way... cast lead bullets need to be sized to .432
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm with Salpal, I reset my dies with each installation into the press so the locking ring set screws do nothing for me. I also have learned over the years to go with a lighter touch when...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My solution is Imperial Sizing wax, I use it to resize MG fired LC .308 brass, simply wipes off, no mess no fuss. Gotta use the right tools sometime :)
Forum: Leverguns
I use Skinner Peep sight for the rear sight, they also make replacement front sights.
Forum: Cast Boolits
When you enlarge the mold via tape or grinding and enlarge the cavities you always risk producing a slightly out of round bullet shoot even factory new molds can be slightly out of round, sizing can...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
You guys are funny my powder deliveriess from UPS, have a hazmat tag "4" flammable solid, smokeless powder. Your mail man and UPS guy take care of your packages, so I'm friendly to them. Don't kid...
Forum: Cast Boolits
OP
1. Your target will tell you what loads your gun likes best,(sometimes, SD/ES do not correlate with accuracy, sometime they do)
2. yes <20 SD with pistol rounds is very good and acceptable....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hogstir,
I own two Henry's one in .44 and one in .357, when I shoot cast bullets(all the time), I have to run .432 in the .44 and .360 in .357, otherwise they will lead my barrel just in front of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hi guys, just a suggestion on the chrony, use a piece of hobby board, heavy poster board, lay it across the rods, works great all but eliminates error readings in bright sun
Forum: Cast Boolits
my Henry .357, likes .360 sized projectiles........358 and .359 es no bueno.
Forum: Cast Boolits
just me, I'm kind of picky about my cast bullets, so rather than invest time "cleaning up" those, I would just melt and recast and make nice new bullets out of them :)
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 |