You have to register as a member of the Parker collectors site to be able to download the pdf file ... bit of a pain since I doubt I'd ever go back to the site again. Has anyone downloaded his pdf...
Type: Posts; User: Reverend Al
You have to register as a member of the Parker collectors site to be able to download the pdf file ... bit of a pain since I doubt I'd ever go back to the site again. Has anyone downloaded his pdf...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I've had a hankering for a Hopkins & Allen .36 calibre underhammer for years. Finally found and won one on an online auction last weekend! It will go along well with the Heritage model I have in...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcY3W5WgNU
(Monty Python ... The SPAM song ...)
Again, slug your barrel to determine the required bullet diameter. I had a nearly identical 1873 Winchester also mfg in 1891 and shot mine using the RCBS 200 grain cast bullet (likely the same mould...
Forum: Cast Boolits
"Old powders"? Wow ... you're making me feel absolutely ancient! I still reload with powders that were discontinued before I was born!
:-(
https://i.imgur.com/37NuntC.jpg
Forum: Our Town
Contact Rick out at KAL Tool & Die in Winnipeg. He custom swages jacketed bullets for the .40-82 WCF. His 260 grain soft point bullet is designed specifically for the .40-82 WCF cartridge and...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
A very nice (and accurate!) Ballard ... and if you didn't know it owning a Ballard extends your life by 10 years!
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Metal sheet pan with a silicon mat ... so that the biscuits bake to perfection without burning on the bottoms!
https://i.imgur.com/4XuASXW.jpg
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm heading down to my reloading room shortly. Yesterday I had a good casting session and today I will continue to cast some more varieties of boolits that I need for various rifles. Tomorrow it...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Not quite sure ... I haven't bought it yet! (But I'm monitoring a couple more in an upcoming online auction ...)
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I've been monitoring firearms auctions up here in Canada and prices have been crazy high lately. There are a large number of online bidders with most gun shops closed and all of our gun shows...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I've been using about 8.5 grains of Nitro Trap 100 (since I have a fair bit of it on hand) with 1/4 sheet of toilet tissue, then bulk yellow cornmeal up to the case mouth, topped off with another 1/4...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Next time make sure that your fire-forming loads are stiff enough to blow the cases out completely. I've found that light loads will often result in split cases (in nearly any calibre), but good...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Here on Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) our grouse populations have plummeted too. I think there are several reasons to blame for it. The provincial government forced the logging companies to stop...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Strange ... I've fire-formed over 100 rounds of annealed .303 British into .410 Musket without losing a single case to splits ... (knock on wood) ...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I make mine from fire-formed .303 British cases too, but I am loading them in an Ishapore .410 smooth-bore single shot musket that was designed to use straight .303 cases. I load with a single .410"...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I shot muzzle-loaders for years when I first started shooting as a teenager (about 50 plus years ago!) and the usual "rule of thumb" was that you needed a patch that was about the same size as the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Years ago when we still had a mortgage I sold about 15 of the best guns from my collection to make a big payment to reduce the balance. Some of them were real beauties and I'll never be able to...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Was it this one? (Still one of my favorite bean recipes ...)
Canadian Cowboy Beans
1 pound or so of soaked, boiled, and pre-prepared white pinto beans (or a mix of beans, your choice). ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I tend to load a big batch all with the same load and then sort by headstamp as I put them into range boxes ...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Finally ran a few “slicks” out of the KAL PP .50 mould today. Might have been stored with some oil in it since they were still coming out a little bit wrinkled even after 20 or more casts. I was...
Forum: Our Town
LOL ... basically did the same thing myself. For quite a while I was watching for a .310" round ball mould for a muzzle-loader that I bought for my wife to shoot. Was digging through my moulds one...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Heading down to my reloading shop shortly. Heading to the range to meet a friend (our range just re-opened last Wednesday!) to shoot some rifles together, so I need to load a few test rounds in .35...
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 |