O.P. needed something six feet tall but collapsible to 3 feet to fit in his trunk. An expensive solution would be a camera tripod with a broomstick stuck on top somehow. Broomstick topped with a...
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O.P. needed something six feet tall but collapsible to 3 feet to fit in his trunk. An expensive solution would be a camera tripod with a broomstick stuck on top somehow. Broomstick topped with a...
PVC shatters with even a grazing hit. Ask me how I know.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
........made for Craftsman [by Atlas].....
Forum: Rimfire Area
Back in the '50s there was a fad for zinc bullets in the .38 Spl and .357 Magnum. It faded away pretty quickly. I have a boxful of somebody's reloads that came in an auction lot, but have no plan...
Insufficient draft angle in that big lube groove? Hard to fix, if that's the case.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Lee dies appear to be nitrided, judging by behavior when I've modified them. Very thin very hard skin, core cuts like 12L14 or similar. Can't be annealed, can't be re-hardened in the conventional...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Only done a double charge once - loading .25-20 at the range with onlookers around. Fortunately the result was that I proved a Stevens 44 is stronger than people say it is.
At home I load in...
A dozen years ago I learned a similar trick to convert Berdan-primed 7.5x55 Swiss to boxer priming. Chuck the case in a lathe and carefully drill into the fired primer with a 1/8 center drill, (NOT...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Cram that case as far into the 25ACP as you can with the strongest press you have. Stopping 1/4 from the rim will probably leave you with an extremely thin ring after you turn off the "bulge".
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Forum: Rimfire Area
Again I ask: reformed Hornet cases? Are you boring them on-center?
I've done chisel tips in guns that didn't have enough ooomph behind the hammer. Stevens used a rather large round tip, so...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Lucky you! One in a million! And you obviously know what you're doing.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Remind me of address and email
Yes I can run 'em thru a FL sizer.
Forum: Rimfire Area
The twist is only 1 in 17, so 65 grain bullets will be a better bet as far as accuracy goes.
Don't seat those 86 grainers any deeper than you absolutely have to. They'll use up powder space...
Forum: Rimfire Area
If you've actually got a .25 RF that small I want it, because I've never yet seen one. I still think they're a myth. (I think I have 7 .25s now, none less than .256", and the UMC factory drawings...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I bought a batch of 2R cases a few months ago with the idea in mind to convert them back to .25-20, since the demand for those is greater than for the Lovell. If you can stand the price of a...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Correct me if necessary: I think I read a short while ago that the Henry receiver is a zinc injection casting, and that's why they're painted
Forum: Rimfire Area
My Dad's near-mint 39a carbine is as accurate as some of my Ballard and Stevens target rifles, and with care a 39a will outlast your grandchildren and still shoot like new.
It loves MiniMags. ...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
According to >outpost75< the purpose of the case cannelure on .38 Special and .357 was to locate the bullet upon assembly, since smokeless loads could not do so. The case was sized down and crimped...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Most of us just rolled them on a coarse double-cut file.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Something slapped together in a hurry so as to have ammo they can sell in California?
Powder space would have to be EXACTLY the same as the Short round. In these small cartridges, tiny changes in seating depth produce large changes in pressure.
Personally I never had the best...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I grew up calling starlings grackles. because my mother didn't know the difference. Not terribly bright, my mother. Dad married her for her "other virtues" I'm now 100% sure.
Many years later i...
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 |