I've got a 1965 Winchester super grade model 70 that I want to dedicate to cast. Lots of good info here. Has anyone tried PP?
Type: Posts; User: JWT
I've got a 1965 Winchester super grade model 70 that I want to dedicate to cast. Lots of good info here. Has anyone tried PP?
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I use RCBS competition dies for my M1 and M1A rifles. Based on Larry's study I will be ordering x dies tomorrow
Forum: Factory Rifles
Shiloh Sharps 40-90
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I finally received the Sharps 74 that I ordered five years ago so I guess I will be getting into the 40 straight challenge with a 40-90. I have been accumulating brass so I am good there. Any...
Having the same issue myself. I've got a batch of rifles and shotguns from my dad here in Michigan that I need to sell for mom as well as a batch of rifles, shotguns, and handguns in Montana that I...
Forum: Our Town
My father just went into a memory care facility Thursday. A combination of alzheimers and severe sleep apnea (refused to use a CPAP) landed him in full time care at 73 years old.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I used Bismuth in my 1937 L C Smith. It didn't take too many boxes to convince me to buy a new shotgun for steel and keep my old beauty for upland hunting.
Forum: Helping Hands
Your son needs to do all of the paperwork for the report and construction including the drawings. He will be asked about the drawing process in his board of review.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I spoke to Kirk at Siloh on Friday and he recommended the standard chamber with the 7 degree lead modification and removal of the stop. He told me that this was a good chamber for paper patch but...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Is it more difficult to achieve consistent results with a bottleneck case than a straight case with black powder?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
On Friday I hit the half century mark and my wife has agreed that it is time for me to order an 1874 Shiloh Sharps. :smile: I have been wanting one of these for 25 years. I wanted to seek the...
Goldenrod is a low power heater. When the air inside the safe is warmer that outside it drives out the moisture (lowers the humidity).
Forum: Our Town
Brakes, rotors, struts , and wheel bearing are all fairly new. My mechanic diagnosed the lower control arms. He a good guy (also supplies me with free wheel weights).
I had the same thing happen with a tub of desiccant. It un-blued a couple rifle butplates. I use goldenrods now instead of chemical desiccants.
Forum: Our Town
I wanted to take care of the shaky front end end sell this car. I think I will take a huge hit in the price with the shaking, and I don't want to pass on a potential safety problem.
Forum: Our Town
Just got back in the house from trying to work on the wife's 2009 HHR. The lower control arms are shot. I looked up all of the information on how to replace them as well as the costs and then went...
Forum: Casting Equipment
These look interesting and fairly cheap.
https://www.uline.com/PDF/RS-8506-SPFR.pdf
Forum: Our Town
That's quite a valuable log you have.
Depending on your future projects I would take one of the following directions:
1. Dry the logs
- Cut into approx 3' long sections.
- Remove bark.
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Forum: Our Town
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Good advice. Cut the Wonderboard by scoring and snapping just like drywall.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I dispense with an RCBS Uniflow with micrometer adjustment and weigh with an RCBS 10-10 beam scale.
Forum: Our Town
Look at all the old aluminum Body By Fischer rocker moldings. With Michigan salt you can just about watch them disintegrate.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have 2 pots. My cast iron pot is used only for dirty work. My RCBS pot is for casting. I mix for casting in the RCBS using bumpo's calculator and a scale that reads in grams.
Lately at the...
Forum: Special Projects
Glad to see that Luger exception.
But if it's ok for a Luger why not a 1911?
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 |