I am a big fan of Veral's LBT 250gr OWC-PB which has the largest meplat of any non-straight sided full wadcutter designs. It's very similar to boolits dropped from the Accurate # 45-253M mold.
I...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I am a big fan of Veral's LBT 250gr OWC-PB which has the largest meplat of any non-straight sided full wadcutter designs. It's very similar to boolits dropped from the Accurate # 45-253M mold.
I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Most commercial casters hardcast is BHN22. No obturation, no expansion, will cause leading even when cylinder throats are correctly sized. Often packed with the hard crayon lube which is as the...
Forum: Our Town
With a gas range you have the option of going with NO China made microprocessors, just the electric igniters. All manual, all made in USA, American Range. Pricey but the daisy burners really set...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Look at all the $$ you save taking a bus OUT OF KOMIFORNIA!
That barrel can probably be saved with the right pilot on a piloted reamer. Those solid nose reamers are so far undersized in the nose, you might as well not even have a nose up there. Throating...
I like to sit and box with them. When one flies by, stick your arm up and flick your wrist and watch it duck and evade then return curious, eventually getting mad and aggressive. If you garden,...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Didn't Elmer favor 20:1 for most stuff and 16:1 for larger tougher animals?
I would suggest a 158gr RF GC design cast in 50/50+2% or 20:1 Lee makes a 158gr RF but it's bevel base and I would much...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Your .433" being snug enough to feel the difference when loading tells me that one fits the throat nicely.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Can't believe no one has mentioned fit to the throat this far in the thread! Yes a chamber cast or slugging the throat area at least will tell you what boolit diameter will fit the throat.
How about you invite your family friend to a gun friendly state, NC or VA for instance, to hike the Appalachian Trail or parts of Skyline Drive (Blue Ridge Parkway) it is a national park, but:
As...
With all this discussion about 3 levels of performance (and pressure ceilings per model) this information is basically a heads up for those who may read some of the Ruger Only load data, and use the...
You're quite welcome! Note also that all those loads are listed with the same boolit, the 280 RCBS 45-270-SAA cast.
The 280 figure that is listed in the tables I assume that's the actual weight...
This can be a hard article to find at times...
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The point Sam is making is not to ASSUME you can load the case until the boolit won't go far enough down to seat when using H110/W296. That's 100% load density and using the available case length on...
Don't download H110/W296 below minimum starting weight. Both are the same powder, made in the same plant, one badged for Winchester the other badged for Hodgdon. Load data can be interchanged.
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Forum: Our Town
Another vote for the Silverstar! You can find aftermarket housings with reflectors and lenses for the silverstar bulbs, that would really wake up your visible light without hurting other drivers,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Have a look at this thread, I modify the crimp band, make it narrower, and I shorten the collet to bring the crimp band right to the end of the case or just a tad below, for the 475 I would suggest...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I love it when finding the impossible jumps right out at you and you have the $ in your pocket! That was a sweet deal!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow that'a a SCORE! Want to break our hearts and tell us what you got it for? Has to be an insanely good price!
Take something to measure the cylinder throats on ALL of them, that right there might make the decision for you! Or not! Have heard of some of these with .456" throats which would be perfect for...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Ruger BH 9mm have the worst throats of any BH I have honed. Horribly egged, tapered, undersize, it's more of a wormhole than a throat. The Sunnen hone takes care of all that. It's no wonder people...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
^^^^THIS^^^^^^ Nothing else matters!
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I found something VERY cool for home bakers, this would pertain to baking sourdough bread as well, we all have to "proof" the yeast by rising the dough, this is a folding proofer that can rise dough,...
Ok one more, when you are getting ready to drill through the hole in the frame and into the grip panel, put a piece of masking tape around the drill so that when the drill gets the right depth, the...
Now here's an old guitar shop trick, if the roll pin is too stiff to put the grip back on, take the same drill bit or if you have one just a few thousandths bigger, put it in the drill and put it on...
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