Well reading this thread has made me a happy caster......
Just won a auction the other day that had several Lyman molds in it for $105.00
I think I did fairly well getting a
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Well reading this thread has made me a happy caster......
Just won a auction the other day that had several Lyman molds in it for $105.00
I think I did fairly well getting a
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
Old thread but since I have a 33A in 9.3x57R that I am working up I thought I would post some info. I am using cut down 9.3x72 cases. NOE molds also has a mold that should work. It's a .362 mold I...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I slugged the muzzle of my rifle and I am getting 8 lands and grooves. The bore, at the muzzle, is .452 and the grooves are .464....best I can measure.
I have sized down a soft lead greaser in...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Thanks guys for all the help.
Huvius......I would like to pick your brain about about your loading experience with this cartridge. Check your PM's
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Thanks guys. I am gonna give a .460-429 grain grease groove bullet a whirl on on this roller. The lead a 1/2 inch in front of the case mouth is .467 groove depth so I have to start out fat to seal...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Trying to put together a obsolete cartridge [500/450 No.1 BPE] and PP bullet combo in a old 1890"s Husqvarna Rolling Block.
Was wondering a couple things.....what is the ideal paper thickness...
Well.....I was told there was a large interest in these molds but I see nobody has posted specific interest in any given mold. Maybe we can't without breaking the rules. All I wanted is comments...
Hey guys I decided to post this here to see if there is any interest in a group of molds I have the chance to buy. I am not a mold expert but they are mostly large caliber GC molds made by the best...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I know it has been at least 20 years since this carbine was fired, probably much longer. I have the breech block soaking now in Kroil to try and get the moving breech face plate to move again. If I...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I picked up a 1859 Sharps new Model from a cousin last week. I plan to shoot it some once I get some boolits and some tubes from Charlie Hahn. Are charlies tubes nitrated paper???
Thanks for all the input guys, I will see what NOE has to offer.
Thanks for the input and links guys.....
Does Lyman make custom expanders for their M dies? The case neck length stepped expander described in the above link sounds like the ticket for minimum...
A recently purchased Enfield No.2 Mk1* tanker pistol in 38 S&W has put me back on the path of casting and I have a couple questions concerning Lyman M dies.
In the past when I was working with the...
Thanks for all the input guys. I'll let you know how it comes out.
Thanks for all the responses guys. I have a feeling most of the molds I don't want will be tough to move so they are just a waste of money.
A more accurate count would be 18 molds with handles and...
I have a chance to buy several molds or 31 to be more accurate. They are a mix of Lee with the handles, Lyman and Ideal molds.
Some of the Lyman and Ideal molds have handles but the handles are in...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Hey guys, for what it is worth, I have done a lot of testing with the Swedish 8x58RD cartridge in the Swedish RB rifles. On Gunboards.com you can find the load data and pressure data I collected with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well the bore of the M28/30 and M27 is around .309 The big question is the x39 barrel I bought from Numrich. It is US made I would think and maybe .310 How deep is the throat on any of the barrels,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a 7.62x39 bolt rifle I built on a 1894 Brazilian 7x57 receiver. I also have a Finnish M27 and 28/30 that would benefit from a properly sized bullet. I am not sure about the throats on these...
Forum: Military Rifles
If the old barrel is trash, and it is now because you cut it around the receiver ring, just use a pipe wrench on the barrel and a piece of pipe on your receiver wrench. I would used Kroil as a...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Exactly.........and I don't want any issues with a rifle design from 1867, built as a 44 caliber BP cartridge rifle in 1872 and then converted to a over powered 8x58RD cartridge in 1893 that was...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Thanks Bob.
After reading around that is pretty much what I thought the case was and wanted to here from someone else. The 70gr number was just a number I repeated from the guy who questioned me...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have done a lot of pressure testing with the 8x58RD cartridge fired in a 1872 CG Swedish RB rifle re-built/converted to 8x58RD in the 1890's. All my testing was done with modern smokeless powders...
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 |