No gas checks. Just coating. Bullets disintegrate on impact with stack of dry newspaper. I haven't done anything else with it since. I plan on trying a little slower and maybe thinning the mix as...
Type: Posts; User: josleynrm
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
No gas checks. Just coating. Bullets disintegrate on impact with stack of dry newspaper. I haven't done anything else with it since. I plan on trying a little slower and maybe thinning the mix as...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
runfiverun
How's your accuracy on the 223 at 2700?
I ran some 55 grain with HITek at just over 2400 and accuracy was horrible, but there was no leading. They pretty much disintegrate in dry...
Forum: Custom Knife making
Nice! I have made one knife so far out of a file. I messed up the heat treat though because it snapped. I have 2 more old files and I intend to have another go at it sometime.
Forum: Swaging
Reload3006,
I was under the impression that as long as I did not do business with anyone outside the country, I would not need to register and bribe the Federal Government. The...person at the...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I did it, but it was a pain. It was faster for me to dip alloy out of the pot than to try to get everything lined up. Like trying to get a tiny pizza in a tiny pizza oven.
Forum: Swaging
I have an 06 License. I had to pay. I called a......person at the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and asking what ITAR had to do with me. He quoted the regulation or...
Forum: Our Town
I expect there will be some push to regulate, restrict, monitor etc people who reload. All for the safety of the public of course. :?
I enjoy reading these posts lots of good info and experience. I have played with cat sneeze loads in the past. I took a Lee .458 500 grain cast RNFP, sized it to .452 and loaded it in a .45 Colt...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I dry tumble my 5.56 cases to get the range boogers off and use Ballistol and denatured alcohol to lube. I mix about 2 tablespoons of Ballistol to 1 pint of alcohol, shake it up and spray it into a...
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 |