January 1985 I saw a winchester ad for the model 94 xtr ae and had to have one. So I had a lgs order one up, and I still have it. With the 24" bbl it performs just like Mr Waters said it would. And...
Type: Posts; User: ammohead
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
January 1985 I saw a winchester ad for the model 94 xtr ae and had to have one. So I had a lgs order one up, and I still have it. With the 24" bbl it performs just like Mr Waters said it would. And...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Call me crazy but about 4 years ago I chambered a barrel in 6.5 grendel for a takedown 99 Savage. It doesn't feed flawlessly but it will feed reliably. It has a 24" 1 in 8" twist barrel. With the...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
See s&s. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760. Relevant S&S post.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I am making and selling "Star" style/type items.
Unhardened star size/lube dies $55
Hardened star lube/size dies. $70
Unhardened star short dies. $45...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
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Hardened nonlube star die for coated bullets. 14 bhn boolits drop .3553"
$65 all in.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Thanks for the kind words Floyd. I am getting the hardening thing down, and I am ready to offer them now for the super high volume guys. Long/lube style and short dies for coated boolits.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I don't post very much anymore, but I have been hanging with the charter members of this tribe since 1999 when it was "Shooters". I am a retired maintenance machinist with a small shop in a icecold...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I am making "Star style" dies. As of yet they are unhardened, but I have a small forge being delivered Wed. In the meantime I have been experimenting. One experiment is with a .310" die that has a...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I can make this die for you with custom hole spacing/placing. I make them one at a time. Ain't nothing I won't give effort to.
Forum: Cast Boolits
More important than the mould material is the quality of your alloy. For years I strived to find the moulds that cast best. Then I found a source for top quality alloying metals and ALL my moulds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pm me if you find that you need an oversize die.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Pm me please very intereeted at this price.
I'll take it.
Pm sent.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
This may have already been mentioned, but the difference in head diameter really only matters once. From then on they come out of a 6.5x55 size die with the same body diameter as 6.5x55 orig brass....
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Other benefits could be moving the center of gravity toward the drive band area of the boolit more. But no more would be gained over a round hollow point.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Bigslug +1.
At self defence, or even hunting velocity it is near impossible to improve on a wide meplat for creating a wound channel. But ain't it cool looking though! Lol
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I think you would be hard pressed to make single shot 38-55 any more deadly than a single shot 44-40 inside of 75 yards. Especially with a 250+gr and a ogival wadcutter profile. My late step Dad had...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ok I'll go first!
The new trend in all things "rifled tube" is longer, heavier for dia. Mo Betta
Only been doing this since 1991 or so, please be gentle.
I like heavy for caliber rifle boolits. I...
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 |