Very smart sharps4590! Cornmeal, flour, Cream of Wheat, are all quite hygroscopic and will even pull moisture from the air. If used at all it should be the same day as loaded. I have went to either...
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Forum: Gas Checks
Very smart sharps4590! Cornmeal, flour, Cream of Wheat, are all quite hygroscopic and will even pull moisture from the air. If used at all it should be the same day as loaded. I have went to either...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Uh, Yes....
The last several posts delve on unsupported nose some..... Is it really?? I suppose it is natural to think the nose steers as we are used to our car..... But to save you a bunch of...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I actually think that Lee bullet would be a better design Bruce?? But it's a speculation as I haven't shot it.
So your thinking that a little 1/16" width of soft copper or the lube on that extra...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have a 3" benchtop lathe I've setup for bullet modification. Collets and precision stops make modifications quick and easy! All the molds I've designed on Accurate except one have had test bullets...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Reading Phil Sharpe is a lot like trying to get somewhere using a 'road map' full of mistakes. He is not the best source out there for sure!
Look again at the picture of the Squib..... WHY is the...
Forum: Gas Checks
I use a 3" jeweler's lathe with positive position stop inside the collet. You can work right on your loading bench. This is fast and accurate! I've went down the thin plain base type mentioned. They...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Kind of reminds me of a story an ol' Montana buddy told me one time.......
Three out of state elk hunters were in National Forest woods in Montana. They stepped on everything that made noise and...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
They are hotter yes. But I'd argue the thicker cup part. The case of WW Small Pistol Magnum I have display very soft/thin cups. It's competitor the Remington 5 1/2 does have a stouter cup very...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have and use all 3.... WW680 (discontinued) W-680 (surplus) and 1680.
I find the oldest WW680 to be the fastest burning of the three. My W-680 surplus is very slightly slower burning. My 1680 is...
I wish you'd 'spell' that out...... Some of us here are old enough to think maybe you meant the .35 Winchester!
Joking aside and un-like many I've shot both quite extensively. They are very close...
I'm in whole-hearted agreement with the 16! It has indeed taken a bad wrap from the keyboard mostly from "guessers" not shooters!! I'm old enough to remember when the 16 was more popular than the...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Those powders I've had go bad all started with DuPont as well. Two different lots of 4227 have went sticky stinky bad in good storage for me. I gave my father an old empty Hercules metal keg to put...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
While I have a tubing cutter modified to do this and a smooth roll for my cannelure tool as well..... These options are best only for non-bottleneck cases. The Krag would be a tough one to do close...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Remington manufactured military (RA) .30-06 had that unique way they crimped the primer. I've seen it in WW1 .30-06 ammo up until the end of WW2. I don't believe it was specific for any particular...
Forum: Leverguns
Winchester Model 1892 in .38 W.C.F. 24" Octagon
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Forum: Boolit Lube !
El Gato is cat isn't it???? Dog hair might cause quite a fight!!
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Forum: Boolit Lube !
Both 450's I have have "450" embossed in the web reinforcement behind the lube chamber.......
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Not yet..... I'll try and get that done as you want it...... and I will eventually need it!
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
Dimensions would be nice I agree....... Lube groove looks too deep in the picture IMHO.
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Forum: Boolit Lube !
Dimner...... You are an honest man!!
I wonder how many actually shoot a fouler first .... before posting a gorgeous 5 shot group with all the shots touching? 6 shots for 5 that count......
I have...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I'll look for a cartridge drawing (reamer drawing) that I'm happy with and modify the dimensions as I would want them to use it for cast bullets......
Probably be looking for a Low-Wall now as...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
My father and I argued .25-20's for many years..... He shot a Stevens Model 44 in .25-20 Single Shot and teased me that the .25-20 "Repeater" (as he called it) was not very accurate..... I thought...
Forum: Special Projects
A .25 Hornet could be made as just a tapered (non bottlenecked) case if desired..... Think of a miniature .32-40 for an example......
Both .25-21 and .25-25 Stevens have a "straight" case; albeit...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
You will get a much better, more uniform finished case if you take the neck down to 27 or 28 caliber as the first step.... You also will keep those 'few you loose' out of a hundred. Anneal just...
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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 |