I suppose there are but I've never used one. The odd thing is I notice more powder 'clinging' to the inside of the measure when I load smokeless; as if BP is less likely to accumulate static in the...
Type: Posts; User: JSnover
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I suppose there are but I've never used one. The odd thing is I notice more powder 'clinging' to the inside of the measure when I load smokeless; as if BP is less likely to accumulate static in the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Longer boolit: "Short" (fast) twist.
Short Boolit: "Long" (slow) twist.
Velocity is determined more by weight than anything else, but since you can't change the twist rate you can load up or down...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I've done it. Commercial cast .30 and .32 boolits that weren't bad, but I bought molds that shot better.
Forum: Our Town
I'll read a good book cover-to-cover, and I've read a handful more than once. I tried one of those Kindle gadgets and it was pretty neat but I just couldn't get used to it. Two of my favorites are...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I almost never crimp but the velocity and pressure deviations in the chart would give a lot of people something to think about.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I haven't tried the breechblock bushings but my experience with the others has been the opposite; I love the knurled rings with set screws, can't stand the O-ring style.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
This thread will be old enough to buy itself a drink in a few years. Maybe whoever inspects primers at CCI won't be there much longer.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I don't know what the OP needs but there was a thread recently where this came up: A boolit cast from 1:20 may slump a bit when fired. If it's good long-range design, it just might not shoot well in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Doesn't take much. No phone or TV when I'm loading.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I'll second that. Didn't care much for the Cool Mist fluid but the unit itself works just fine with the right mix.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I wondered the same thing. I just flux by stirring with a stick and letting the ash cover the surface.
Forum: Our Town
After my latest experience with USPS I will never ship a package with them again. I've had them rip the box open. Another time they literally broke a stock in half. Lately, they 'lost' a box of molds...
Forum: Our Town
My mailbox is mounted on a telephone pole. But I also live on a pretty quiet street, so it'll probably never be an issue.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I don't worry about the surface. I flux, stir, skim, and it doesn't cost a penny.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Best idea yet! The other answers; any of them could be right but any of those functions would work just as well by turning the cases base-up in a typical loading block.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Do you have a specific need for this or are you just curious? A clean surface is nice if you want it but for what we do, it doesn't need it to be that clean.
Forum: Casting Equipment
For my turkey fryer, I made a windscreen out of stove pipe to shield the burner itself. Without it, even a mild breeze would carry off a lot of heat.
I've lapped a handful of iron molds and the cavities usually turn purple afterwards, almost like they're bluing themselves. Doesn't hurt anything.
Forum: Military Rifles
The other version I've heard was about soldiers using urine to refill the cooling system on water-cooled machine guns.
What he said!
If you decide to shoot it just clean it afterwards. Corrosive primers didn't ruin any barrels; Not cleaning properly or often enough has ruined a lot of barrels.
I shot WW2 surplus...
I don't know if the results would be "better" but I think cryo-treating the boolits would be more likely to change the game. People have quenched and annealed their cast boolits, baked them for PC,...
For most purposes I love 4"-6" barrels but for concealement (in my case) 3" is about the max, and even that's too much if I'm sitting.
With a true 'snub' you may as well use WC or SWC because the...
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 |