Ditto on the 1858 with BP. Soooo much fun and it draws a crowd at the range. :) I have two BP cylinders and if I fire them back to back without cleaning, it almost locks up from the crud build up....
Type: Posts; User: rowdyjoe
Ditto on the 1858 with BP. Soooo much fun and it draws a crowd at the range. :) I have two BP cylinders and if I fire them back to back without cleaning, it almost locks up from the crud build up....
I've been out of the cowboy game for a couple of decades (early to mid 90's) and I miss it ...sometimes al Lot. :( However, when I was playing (SASS Badge no. 3835), my tools included two...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I received my Lee 456-220-IR mold early this week and immediately fired up the melting pot to try it out. After prepping the mold and heating the pot, I cast about 100 bullets from "pure" lead. ...
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 |