I am having trouble with the OAL which is waaaay below the OAL I see published for cast lead. I am using a Friendswood Bullet that is .356 but it wont chamber in a Wolf barrell for G17 unless it is...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I am having trouble with the OAL which is waaaay below the OAL I see published for cast lead. I am using a Friendswood Bullet that is .356 but it wont chamber in a Wolf barrell for G17 unless it is...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well loading 4.3 of BE helped the ejecting issue and making a full crimp using Lee dies fixed the feeding issues. Now I have to work up to maximum to try to help accuracy or change to a different...
Forum: Cast Boolits
[QUOTE=JeffG;2658693]Give Alliant a call and tell them what grain lead bullet you are using. They will send you a recipe sheet for 9mm for their recommended powders with starting and max charges. I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have most of the powders I do BC i used to shoot shotgun about once a month and just enjoyed loading. Now with the price of shot-41.99 at my club, that has slowed down. Now doing cast for the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tried the 3.5 BE and it was a dismal failure for feeding jambed almost every time. After reading others post on 9mm I may have OAL to long 1.125 in a G17. Did not size but ran as came. Accuracy...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the response. On the Hodgdon site site what does LCN stand for. I would guess Lead Cast but I can't think of the "N". Don't want to "assume" to much. I have 125 grn. flat point...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Looking for some plinking loads for 125 grn. I have Alliant powders Bullseye, Greendot Reddot Promo. But I am looking for all options for sometime when I may not be able to get one of these.
What...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
When you find out can you post? I have some of the National lead things too.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
What exactly is "surplus" powder and how do you buy it?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Red dot for loading shotguns for skeet & doves. 1982? Still use the Pw press mostly use Promo now since it is basically same. Hercules back then. Bought a 4 lb. about the same time which followed...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
It has a bent bolt and an awful stock. If this thing still shoots terrible with the scope I'll entertain a new barrel. Problem is I don't see any 8mm barrels from the usual places. I can find many...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I bought the Dayton traister and Weaver bases and a bolt handle from Midway. None is installed yet and will take a look at the others suggested.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thanks! Nice looking round. Looks like it's out to the first lube groove.
Maybe my neck was to large in the first one causing it not to chamber.
My first experience with bottle neck loading.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Sorry about the bad typing on previous post. This machine got away from me!
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
mac60
What overall length do you seat the Lee 160 grn. boolit to?
I just dummied one up at 2.745 trying to get it close to the rifling had some marks on the nose that makes me think that would be...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
flounderman love the handle. Seeing that makes me long for the saltwater. Mine comes from when I grew up on the Texas coast, not the mountain types like where I live in the Western part of the...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have a 98 Mauser I want to scope. It has a hacked up stock and is not a numbers matching gun.
I want to know what combination of bases and scope rings I can use and still clear the bolt and use...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Can the 16 grn of 2400 apply to a 125-150 Grn. Jwort as a plinker also?
Forum: Casting Equipment
going to make mine similar out of 2 propane tanks bought for 5.00 at scrap yard while looking for lead and cast iron pot. Tanks already cut above half way with a torch so clean up necessary. They...
Don't mean to be a smartXXX but if you eat at resturants no matter how high end you have eaten food prepared in aluminum, and cooked in aluminum.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am a noobie also and am trying to learn the lingo. What is Sb? and 2/6/92? If I get lead from old pipe joints what sort of makeup should i expect it to be? This seems to be a common scrap at my...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I am really new to metalics reloading so I have some questions. Looks like you have some impressive results. Your mold drops the boolits .3125 and you sized them to .311 when the gas checks were...
I am new to loading metalics and especially casting. Don't have all I need to start but was wondering if the above mold would make a nice load for the Nagant? I am also open to suggestions.
Forum: Our Town
My mother was awsome. She took care of 3 kids and a house and would not let my father be put in a nursing home. Unfortunately she suffered a stroke 3 years ago and they both had to go into a home. ...
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 |