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Type: Posts; User: vmt_hntr
Forum: Our Town
I realize this stuff is inexpensive and all, but for me...not having much of anything to shoot steel cased ammo in anyway...I just can't bring myself to even think about shooting this stuff in any...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Not many mentioned the Paul Mathews lube from his books. Guess Neatsfoot oil is not used by many....along with the other 2 ingredients..Murphy's oil soap and beeswax....in a 1:1:2 ratio as per...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Not many mentioned the Paul Mathews lube from his books. Guess Neatsfoot oil is not used by many....along with the other 2 ingredients..Murphy's oil soap and beeswax....in a 1:1:2 ratio as per...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Before I retired, I acquired 2 digital heat controllers(will go well beyond 1000 degrees F) and 2 thermocouples that were used for the solder pots there for tinning lead wires for transformers.(being...
Forum: Our Town
I may not express myself in such detail as yourself, but we sure think along the same lines with this matter. I sure want to keep myself up to date on such matters, not only from a personal...
Forum: Our Town
For those of us that use Specialty Pistols(T/C Encore, Contender, Rem XP-100, etal), in rifle calibers, begs the question? : How long will it be before these rifle calibers in handguns will be struck...
Forum: Our Town
My list of calibers are a bit shorter than 37......27 by my count;possibly because of other wildcats that are not common(Gary Reeder Wildcats-7),475 Wildey,45 Silouhette,458x1.5Barnes, but non the...
Forum: Our Town
I have sent 2 e-mails to Ms Kane regarding the above rule cfhanges some time back and am all for it. My first one was regarding the forward thinking of our biologists to add yet another tool to the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My buddy and are getting set up to make a really good score on about a ton and a half(3klbs) of wheelweights. Hopefully the guy won't renig on $15 per 5gal bucket (100# ea)....will post report...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm with 357 Max on this one. I sold some scrap a month ago for $1.15/lb, which was down 10cents from last Nov. No ranges around here that would dump a bunch like that. And besides, unless the...
Forum: Our Town
Last I bought was about a year ago. I always buy 5k of each at a time and I paid $170 for 10K. Wonder what the next price will be for me here? By the way, that included the hazmat and shipping,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The seaters sent with die sets are ok for using the typical jacketed boolits and a small selection of cast boolits, but us casters are still in the backseat when it comes to what we want to do...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have this caliber in a Pedersoli Sharps replica and find the recoil...ah...exhilerating, to say the least even in a 13# gun. Now I don't shoot competition, but I do enjoy the aura about this rifle...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Been a while since I posted much, but another item has come up in loading the RCBS 45-230CM in the 45 Auto. Now I know the original intent of this boolit is for use in the 45 Colt, but it works...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've had this load bench for quite a long while now. It's 3" wide 2 by lumber...5' long and 24 " wide. I glued the 3" boards together and planed them flat....added formica on top and put trim...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the comeback, Tony....didn't realize some areas had a cat problem....you sure this is enuff gun...lol...
I've read in other articles that the .452" diameter bullet won't work in some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This is the RCBS cowboy action bullet intended for the 45 Colt, but I find it useful in the 45 Auto, even tho it has a somewhat of a flat nose and a abbreviated rounded ogive.(it is sized .452") ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yah..Indiana deer in certain places are small. Had a few buddies give me their deer hides, so collected quite a few. Besides, fur buyer only payin' 5 bucks a hide, no matter what the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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Not near as fancy, but made from Indiana deerskin per my pattern for Sharps rifle....where's the buffalo?....yah...
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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 |