If you go with Krieger you have several choices for rifling types. You also can pick your land/groove width. Standard is 30/70. Some claim for lead the 50/50 width gives the best accuracy. I have...
Type: Posts; User: M-Tecs
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If you go with Krieger you have several choices for rifling types. You also can pick your land/groove width. Standard is 30/70. Some claim for lead the 50/50 width gives the best accuracy. I have...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I am hoping for better. Manufacturing and machining Technologies have come a long way since the Contender was designed. Too the best of my knowledge Contenders never required the hand fitting some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The old SAAMI spec for 45 Colt was .454". By the 70's most manufactures switched to .452" bores. The current SAAMI 45 Colt bore is .452". The current SAAMI 45 Colt bullet size is .456" -0.006". ...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Hopefully this will be good news.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/gregg-ritz-acquires-thompson-center-arms/
Wabash, Indiana (April 30, 2024) – Gregg Ritz, a prominent figure in the outdoor...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I've never killed a coyote with the 223 and cast. I have killed a lot of coyotes. If you are looking to recover to sell or tan furs expansion is very desirable. In the 70's I shot dozens of a...
Forum: Our Town
Unless you have an explosion venting storage safe storing BP in a safe is not a good idea. If you are storing guns any material that burns other than stocks is not a good idea but you can get by...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Looks like that one gets your attention when you pull the trigger? Very nice.
Forum: Special Projects
If cost is not an issue the technology is here. Printing aircraft turbine blades is a reality.
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Krieger is my preferred. Greem Mountain is a little cheaper and have good reviews.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?135651-357-Herrett-Case-forming
https://www.shootersforum.com/threads/forming-357-herrett-brass.189641/
Not aware of people claiming that the roll crimp is better for most applications of this type. Once the taper crimp came on the scene most prefer it. That being said lots of people claim that roll...
Forum: Military Rifles
The Cannelure isn't correct for the M62A1 bullet.
https://www.ar15.com/forums/AR-15/7-62-NATO-M62A1-Tracer/16-729936/
Forum: Boolit Lube !
https://www.amazon.com/butchers-bowling-alley-wax/s?k=butchers+bowling+alley+wax
Forum: Casting Equipment
The thermal expansion rate of aluminum for the common mold alloys like 6061, 2024 and 7075 are so close to each other that different aluminum alloys will not have a measurable effect on the bullet...
Forum: Our Town
it pops up when you click on "selected messages"
Forum: Our Town
check the box on the right side of the message than go to the bottom right side to selected messages than check the delete circle.
Forum: Military Rifles
https://kirammo.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-understanding-colored-tips-on-ammunition/
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Without seeing everyone's manufacturing process it's hard to make a blanket statement but on the one that I have seen the brass is produced in one area and yes it's the same brass for reloaders and...
Forum: Our Town
This is still current.
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?330867-Lesson-learned-about-shippng-primed-brass
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
If this needs to be moved to the pit please do so. I cannot address your comments without some political overtones.
The 5.56 and 7.62x51 will still be the bulk of the rounds used in the...
Forum: Our Town
I am using it now and it works great for me. https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=001951264366462437169:ggn3vg-bjum
Forum: Our Town
? I stated it worked well. Now it's gone? I did save the link but others should find it useful also unless you don't want people using it?
Forum: Our Town
Can't answer that but your "Custom Cast Boolits Google Search" works well. Thanks.
Forum: Military Rifles
The contract specifies a minimum usable barrel life. I did the research as to what that was but that was on one of the threads that disappeared.
Sig is claiming with the steel and treatments...
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 |