Just to follow up. I had a replacement powder within 10 days. all in all I will say Hogdgon is as good as their word.
Type: Posts; User: tmattimore
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Just to follow up. I had a replacement powder within 10 days. all in all I will say Hogdgon is as good as their word.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I finished my claim to IMR on a pound of 4007 I had. I talked to a real person who reloads. He was very helpful and the whole thing was painless. I would not wish to see it happen again but I would...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The only problem I have with S&B primers is their packaging they tend to get upside down in the trays easily so when I load up the primer tray I have to flip about 20%. I have fired thousands of them...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have been adding two bars to every pot full of wheel weights and notice no difference.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Picked up some lead bars marked 2.58% ISA any one know what it is?
Thanks
I have a lyman 452374 mold that I purchased in the 90's. I have cast many thousands of bullets with it. The last couple of times I have had problems it seems as if the mold will not close all the way...
Many thanks. It is for a 38 S&W special. I will cast a few and see how hard they are to size down to .358
I picked up in a trade a 7 gang mold that seems to be 358 wadcutters. I believe it is an ideal mold, there are numbers on the sprue cutter of 60 344. Is there a list some where of old ideal molds...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I have an 8x57 Persian mauser that is a great shooter. I have also been casting for 20 years all for pistol. I am thinking of the Lee Karabiner 215 mold as both my 8mm's like a heavier bullet. Now...
Forum: Swaging
I found another sack of dies in the bottom of another box in this haul. I now have dies for 3 types of .45, .430, .40, .38 special and .32 along with a few thousand 1/2 jackets so where do I get...
Forum: Swaging
I have a sack full of the threaded shell holders that I thought came with it. They all have letters on them for sizes. I still have not got the bottom nut loose to see if they fit. I may have to...
Forum: Swaging
I found this in one of the boxes of stuff I think it is for making a lube groove or cannelure in a swaged bullet. If you could check and see if it is in your old catalouge.
Thanks
Forum: Swaging
I have just whats in the picture I will mike them and see what size they are. there seems to be matching top and bottom parts. The nut on the ram is still stuck so I may have to give it a little...
Forum: Swaging
I have just whats in the picture I will mike them and see what size they are. there seems to be matching top and bottom parts. The nut on the ram is still stuck so I may have to give it a little heat.
Forum: Swaging
There also is a sack of threaded shell holders in various sizes. I am thinking they allow this to be used as a regular reloading press.
Forum: Swaging
I finaly got the stuff and some time to oil it and see what I've got.
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Forum: Swaging
I am still waiting for it all to get here. I had to pack up a dozen boxes of reloading stuff and ship it home.
Forum: Swaging
I was in Wisc. last week and picked up a Herters bulletmaker press along with what seems to be tooling for it and a large box of copper 1/2 jackets in various sizes. All this came from an "estate...
I have fired about 1000 rds of 180's with 4.6 gr HP-38 not a hot load but a it cycles just fine. Fired in both a star firestar and a beretta cougar.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I will try the 45/45/10 and see if that works better. I soaked the sized bullets in mineral spirits and the will come pretty clean.
Thanks Tom
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I have cast some Lee micro groove bullets .40 175 swc. I lubed with alox. sized and relubed. Both times with a thin coat. I am an experienced reloader who knows how to set up a seating die. I start...
I measured off the part line on the lowest driving band. Sizeing usualy takes care of the out of round. Often I measure in various places to see how OOR I am casting.
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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 |