Dont know about wheel guns but I have a 9mm PT1911 and I would not buy it again the gun shoots good and all but many parts are proprietary and its hard to modify them which is why I wanted a 1911 to...
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Dont know about wheel guns but I have a 9mm PT1911 and I would not buy it again the gun shoots good and all but many parts are proprietary and its hard to modify them which is why I wanted a 1911 to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I did not realize it was not released yet, it looks like good stuff I will be in line when they release it for sure. Thanks Bonz
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use H335 for 223 21.5g will stack them in a 3/4" group. But iv been using 700x for 9mm and dont think I can get power factor out of it safely.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Dose anyone know where to find some of this stuff, Hodgdon CFE pistol?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I shot about 200 of my lee 358-125 boolets today only down side is that the 700x at 3.3gr is only pushing 800-850 and I need 1k to make power factor and the suggested max load is 3.4 so has anyone...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I went with it and ended up with an OAL of 1.052 and it functioned great with the 15 test rounds and im using 3.1gr of 700X it drops poorly but its what I have.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I guess I should have stated this is for a Taurus pt1911 9mm. Trying to start uspsa and cant afford to shoot as much as i would like so going to extreme to make rounds as cheep and as reliable as I...
This is a great help I am working on the same load for a 1911 9mm and have been searching high an low for a tested OAL thanks. Im trying to get mine to 1000 fps to make power factor.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the link I haven't found that one yet.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Im new to casting an I starting off with a caliber that appears to be a pain, 9mm. I did a lot of research, and the one size that seemed to work for everyone was .357 so I got a lee .357 re-sizing...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the help guys I will be getting a thermometer for the next time as for the melting point of pure lead being 21 degrees higher than WW, I am pretty sure that i reached that temp ill have to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I could try smelting it hotter just to see what happens nothing lost but some gas but I am a beginner and am using a small coleman setup so keeping the temp us it difficult. And I dont have a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I just cant figure out why it melted to the bottom then re hardened while the lead stayed liquid. I didnt lose heat
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ok I can scratch it with finger nail and magnet dose not stick it is very soft, I melted down some ww this weekend and i left about 1.5 lbs melted in the pot and added some of this material to it it...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have come across some old power line anchors the are flat oval shaped about fifty lbs each they seem to be pure lead has anyone ever used these for casting boolets or know if they are pure lead.
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 |