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I just had a Rolling Block barreled to 32-40 and am trying the black powder route at first. Not ruling out smokeless and will continue to watch this thread

ACC, what are you shooting that you need that hard of a bullet?

Add another reason to why I’ll never buy another Rossi. Bought an M92 in 45 Colt years ago. Would not reliably feed a Lee 255 or a Hornady 250 or 300 XTP. Groups at 50 yards ranged from 5-15 inches....

With black powder, you can’t go wrong with water or Ballistol

You might try a broken shell extractor. What caliber?

Schutzen-jager. What you described is case hardening. Although similar to flame bluing which doesn’t involve carbon or bones, it’s a different process altogether. Flame bluing does however result in...

I don’t tumble mine. I think it peens the case mouth to the point it makes a slip fit with a bullet hard to do. Sonic cleaning, or sometimes just a touch of Dawn in my water, rinse, repeat and load...

Track of the Wolf had 43 Spanish brass at $3.99 apiece.

If you don’t size after firing, thumb seat the bullet, don’t crimp and your brass will last a long time. Find the right powder column height and set your compression die accordingly so a loaded...

For what it’s worth, during WWII, Remington put two band rifling on 03’s and the have a reputation of shooting cast extremely well

How fast are you pushing them? If at bottom end of allowable velocity, try bumping it up a bit and see what happens

Agree annealing is a contributing issue. Not to beat a dead horse, but canning paraffin is refined to the point it only has about 0.5% oil remaining. Before using GF #1, my lube was a concoction of...

The caution against petroleum products doesn’t apply to paraffin. Gato Feo #1 was originally a Winchester lube for heeled bullets and black powder. In the 40’s, American Rifleman published the...

Mea culpa. I reread post more carefully and it’s NOT a 458 Win Mag as I misread but a 45 Win Mag. Quite a difference

I’d advise doing a chamber casting. Not that hard to do and it might save an old rifle. Rolling blocks are relatively strong. They are stronger than a Trapdoor but generally not as strong as a bolt...

If you’re going to make your own lube, nothing’s better than Gato Feo #1. By weight in a ratio of 2:2:1 respectively of mutton tallow, paraffin, and beeswax. Combine in a double boiler. Is your tar...

I have a die and have made my share of them. I like the idea if not being subject to shortages. There are a few things I’ve found when using my own caps:
*Soda cans tend to “blow through” sending...

Try this:

https://www.militaryrifles.com/rifle-id-wizard

For my Sharps, cartridge pistols and cap and balls, I clean with Ballistol and do a final oilingnwith jojoba. Rust never a problem

Best guess of manufacture is 1876 +/- a year or two

I’m surprised you’re getting those velocities from a pistol. I’ve stoked up my Win 92/20” barrel and am close to what you’re getting with a pistol, also with a 270 grain mould. Actual bullet, cast...

Any idea what the B means?

I recently purchased a military RB and am having it rebarreled. As stated, it’s military with a 3 line patent on receiver. The Smith didn’t do a chamber casting but stated it’s probably 43 Spanish....

The “load” is the amount of black powder that allows the bullet to be seated. Amount will vary according to how much compression you apply. Without lube, I think you’d be lucky to fire two cylinders...

Delkal, there’s nothing wrong with paraffin in a black powder lube. The warning about petroleum doesn’t apply anymore than it would if using a plastic sabot, another petroleum product, in a...