When storing brass, I include a dessicant pack (I save them from medicine bottles, etc...). Seems to help.
Type: Posts; User: laveritt
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
When storing brass, I include a dessicant pack (I save them from medicine bottles, etc...). Seems to help.
Forum: Swaging
Another factor is resale value. Carbide dies hold their value much better than do steel dies.
Carbide does cost more, but your net cost of ownership is normally cheaper.
Forum: Our Town
We are encouraged to pay our dues at the Christmas banquet for the upcoming year. Those who don't or are absent are emailed a reminder or invoice.
Dewey are good rods. But I think the best rods are Ivy
Forum: Swaging
Sta-Moly is a distributor for Hines Jackets, as is Bart
Forum: Swaging
Nice looking set. How well do the bullets group?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I scrounged some plastic 1 gal. large mouth jars at a nearby pizza takeout. Seems that pizza sauce & some of the toppings come in them.
I put some 1/2" aluminum angle in them for baffles, using tiny...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I measured the seating depth for a 30BR and sized cases. Need to tidy up my reloading bench, as usual.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
thanks for the recipe. It obviously works well.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
hard to beat the older model, made in USA, RCBS Rockchucker. Easy to obtain & well-built.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I have done both internal reaming & outside neck turning. I prefer to outside neck turn. I use a Pumpkin made by Don Nielson. PMA & K&M are also very good.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Since I rarely trim over a 100 cases at a time I'm not trimming with power - all manual. I use a Wilson trimmer with the micrometer adjustment.
Using their case holder system I know I'm trimming...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
.270 to 25-06 when 25-06 brass was unobtainable.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Consider keeping/ storing it. You seems to really care about the hobby. Time issues may improve as some time passes by. Things change.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
RCBS A2's are nice old presses and plenty stout. Watch eBay for them. They appear there often. They don't seem to fetch the high end of the range as often as they once did.
Bullets maker really...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
very useful & informative. I'll give it a try soon.
thanks for the info and the great pics.
Forum: Our Chapel
I had both eyes done late Dec., early Jan. I felt no pain or discomfort. I can see like I did when I was young. The cataract surgery is indeed a blessing.
Then I had to have 2 more stints placed...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
wow - how did you move all that- use a semi?
Forum: Swaging
hello,
I am the guy who had the 2 Redding Big Boss II presses, modified by bullet die maker, Bill Niemi. Yes they are now sold so I deleted the For Sale ad in the classified section.
That's why...
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 |