just read the 5 pages of this thread .. here is some of my thoughts .. i live in a 250 yr old stone farmhouse .. natural never dry (last 35 yrs) spring house .. dead end road backed by no easy access...
Type: Posts; User: Slim Chance Pistolero
Forum: Prepper Talk
just read the 5 pages of this thread .. here is some of my thoughts .. i live in a 250 yr old stone farmhouse .. natural never dry (last 35 yrs) spring house .. dead end road backed by no easy access...
Forum: Our Town
interesting that they use the symbol for the Black Panters, raised clenched fist, for this NEW holiday ... so, 44 current federal holidays, just 321 more holidays and our great government will...
follow this link and the many more that can be found on Google on this subject ......
Forum: Our Town
jeez only such a short time.... married my HS sweetheart of 2 yrs .. this past summer it was 54yrs .. taught her to shoot rats a local dump and if her parents knew i would have been gone ... we both...
Forum: Swaging
i used to use the reamers but find it hard to get each pp the same .. so bought this ... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0063IDAX2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ...cost $44 ...
Forum: Leverguns
wife and i shoot Uberti win 73s in SASS ... use Unique (4.2gr) and 124gr RNFP cast bullets .. about 3,000 a yr .. we have not cleaned our guns in at least the last 5 yrs ... IF action get stiff,...
Forum: Factory Rifles
wife and i shoot Cowboy Action ... we both switched from a hammered SXS many yrs ago and have not looked back ... i have an original winchester 97 that is back-up gun but have never needed it in the...
Forum: Our Town
i have been reloading since about 1974, last 12 yrs or so i have been Cowboy Action Shooting .. this CAS has increased my bullet reloading substantially .. so, i built an Excel spreadsheet to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
i got one of those back around 1979, they called mine a "Tennessee Poor Boy" ..it was a kit gun, stock came as a long block of wood with only lock inletting ... you pinned the barrel .... great...
look up the serial # located on the left side grip rail .. that will give u the year of mfg
this forum can be a big help on the Iver Johnson .....
Forum: Cast Boolits
thanxs for the welcome ...
am casting with a lee 4-20
bottom pour
540 - 600 degree
No PDI
digital thermometer
some ingots were frosty but all bullets were shinny with sharp edges
the ingots...
Forum: Cast Boolits
farmbif ... i cast lots #1, #2 and #3 from the same mold ... BUT i bought lot #4 AND #4 is the 0.004 smaller size
Forum: Cast Boolits
RU shooter ..diameter outa the mould was consistant between batches #1, #2, and #3 but #4 was 0.004 smaller
Forum: Cast Boolits
these had NO stick on WW ... i also "sort out the stickon wheel weights and melt them down separately for when we need pure lead"
scp
Forum: Cast Boolits
Winelover
Don't over think the hobby. It's not rocket science. Just strive to make usable bullets for maximum enjoyment.
i think you hit the nail on the head ..... scp
Forum: Cast Boolits
i reweighted 4 different batches ...
* Is this weight difference measured on naked bullets or lubed bullets for each batch of bullets
called batch #1 (PC eastwood red), #2 (PC eastwood blue), #3...
Forum: Cast Boolits
this is my first post to this forum, but not my first forum ... been reloading bullets since 1974 but just started casting my own bullets this past month ... my wife and i cowboy action shoot so we...
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 |