clockwise or the other way ? I've tried both, with leather over the tip, she's TIGHT.
Figured knowing the right way to turn might help some
thanks !
Type: Posts; User: Throckmorton
clockwise or the other way ? I've tried both, with leather over the tip, she's TIGHT.
Figured knowing the right way to turn might help some
thanks !
Forum: Reloading Equipment
up until a few months ago I never cleaned pistol primer pockets,as it defeated the purpose of having a Dillon progressive press.
One day it was pouring out, so I decided to clean some pockets,for an...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
keep the hopper as full as you can,and when u fill the hopper, give it several light knuckle taps. Then run about 10 dumps thru it, to get the powder settled in. I've had this work well with various...
Forum: Rimfire Area
[QUOTE]i think rugers average trigger pull for their new guns is about #8!
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you are correct, when I bought my BX I had my trigger pull gauge with me to test one,and the counter man and I...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I understand very little of what y'all have said, lol, I just know it's 4 full turns on the scope knob to get close.Clays on a sand berm let me walk it in,but the coastal winds at my range do not...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
well, son of a gun.
for a couple of years i've had way too many 'dud primer's' with a couple of my handguns. always tried to blame the primers,and/ or myself.
well...it turns out that the Lee...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I"ve had my Ruger BX trigger for bout 6 weeks now, and going from a 5.5lb pull to 2.5 has really been nice.
For the money it was a good upgrade, certainly not on par with the more expensive...
Forum: Leverguns
38-55.
Love that it's a straight walled case, and man it rings the ram target at a hundred yards.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I"m learning all kinds of cool tricks in the forums today . I gotta come here a lot more often !!
I can remove my breech,but the copper tube trick would be easier, especially in the field if need...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
any problem using the product 'straight' for cleaning bp rifles and other guns,so does it just seem to work better partly diluted ?
I learned a lot from reading this,btw.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
182005from an older Lasercast manual for cast boolits.
what does an xtp have to do with asking about cast bullet data. ? Hodgdon's site sux as far as i'm concerned.The word 'boolit' on this page means a cast bullet.
The only powder in town this month so far is HS-6. Small town.
for cowboy velocity ammo using 200 grain rnfp CAST boolits, I came up with one load ,after a lengthy search,and I DON'T TRUST IT.
...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Just have that one bullet and powder right now, will add another powder soon.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
.54 cal. hunting load, i've long forgotten exactly what,but it was right up there.173030
Lasercast is closed today,so thought i'd as here. Pretty sure the book is just wrong,but here goes.
the diagram of that round in 3 books shows a loaded length of 1.590
However..looking over at...
Forum: Leverguns
I have an early...5 digit... model 1894 in caliber 38-55 that shoots boolits sideways. :(
I inherited 2 of them,and this one was the worst,I suspect it was destined to be a parts gun by the...
Forum: Leverguns
Congrats on the new 'family member' . ! If it's anything like the one I had in 45Colt,you'll shoot lots of bulls' eyes.
Forum: Our Town
I went online once to the post office site,and they show way more sizes for their flat rate boxes than my local PO carries.Takes a while to get them,but they will deliver them to your house just like...
thanks for the replioes,I"ve still not seen the gun,but sounds like it's gonna be a go.
a friend is getting back into shooting,and we were wondering if there is a reason not to shoot cast in a German made Sig. ie: do they use std rifling.? I wn't see the gun for a week or so,so thought...
Forum: Leverguns
this goes way back,but I saw a 'real' model 92 being worked on by a 'smith,and it was not the same innards as a Rossi. If I'm wrong....welll,it won't be the 1st time. LOL
to clarify,I"m not sure...
Forum: Leverguns
good to know oneokie.bad to hear,but good to know. I'll make a dummy round and test for size before I load up a bunch of them.
Forum: Leverguns
OK,found a supplier who will sell me a hundred bullets to try out,so next week most likely we'll load 'em up and see what happens.These are .382,med soft,flat based,from Rim Rock Bullets.
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 |