Started when i was around 7 or 8, basically press ganged into service for my dad making projectiles and fishing weights. Its been great. I love everything about making your own stuff especially ones...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Started when i was around 7 or 8, basically press ganged into service for my dad making projectiles and fishing weights. Its been great. I love everything about making your own stuff especially ones...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Been using spray mixture of lanolin and alcohol for years and found the best way to clean off batch sizing amounts of brass fast and effectively is to put it in small 1 gallon bucket ,run tap water...
Forum: Cast Boolits
been pairing down to just essentials. just lucky 7 different calibers for me.
I have seen many lee molds smoked casting great looking projectiles, i have recently acquired several new old stock lee molds from a friend and am going to clean them as should be done and then try...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have found powder readily available and in the flavor that i need. At a local store i recently like within the last two weeks purchased 8 lbs of 231 for 193.00 out the door.
I would have bought...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Just wanted to say I forgot how well win 748 loads and meters for 62 gr "j" words. I was cleaning up my reloading bench to cast some 135 grain 9 mm bullets the other day and my loader was set up for...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I didn't see this post and was just asking how people like the feeder for their Star Sizers. I don't know a lot about the feeders and was wondering.
Seems like I will just stick with what I have...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
by the way ANeat,
that is an awesome ideal I have plenty of acrobins for just that.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
is the bullet feeder worth the investment for a star sizer. don't know much about the feeders.
does it work with multiple calibers.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Is it possible to take a Lyman or RCBS lube sizer and turn it to fit a star machine?
Forum: Processing wild game
I hang them from the neck and then gut them, easy to make every thing come out and split their pelvis without getting any urine and fecal matter on the meat.
Forum: Processing wild game
This is really my favorite way to make venison sausage but I like to do 1 lb bulk. Everybody in the house eats it and it is used to make just about any kind of dish.
Forum: Processing wild game
Some Venison Sausage. seasoned like mild Italian sausage.
It is good for everything from breakfast to spaghettis and chili. We use it in everything.
I cant wait until I get one this year to make...
Forum: Gas Checks
I am going to try and put it on my list of things to make. Definitely need one on hand for every caliber I cast.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Sure looks like a lot of fun and great practice. I can't wait to put a can on mine and try my hand at big bore small game hunting. If anything
sure would keep them from telling on me while in my...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
When I lived in AK, I used a .338WM Winchester model 70. It had enough behind it for hunting what I was hunting. But when it came to something hunting me,
I had my Ruger Super BH and a Super RH...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have had no issue using 44 Cal. 310g WNFP GC loads in my 77/44 magazines.
These were commercial True Shot.
I do not have a mold for this heavy of a projectile but want one bad. Puts the hurt on...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Nice Cat. I had the un-easy experience of one stalking me on a mule deer hunt one year in NM.
Didn't even know he was there until I met up with my hunting partner and we started talking, and that is...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Here in North Texas I have quite a bit of experience, with just about every caliber that I own, on putting bacon on the table.
I have not used 7.62x39 cast on any of them but the caliber is well up...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Very Nice.. Congratulations.
Great rifle choice for 1st deer. Excellent short action bolt rifle and in a formidable caliber.
My other half got her first a couple of years ago with my M77/44 and a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
What handles do you prefer for mp molds.
First one I have used. I love it . I used a set of lee handles but they were not as good as an old RCBS set.
They fit like they were made for it. Just...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Not sure if you would want it that low of a melting point.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I have used a star sizer since I was a kid. Love it to death for pistol bullets. you can literally run out of bullets you just cast in no time.
that just starts the whole process over again.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Does anyone know of a company that will test your alloy and give you a ratio exactly of what you have to begin with.
I have some really good old alloy mix that was passed down to me but not really...
Just finished a refurb on my dads old Lyman 55 powder measure. It was a solid piece of engineering. Brass metering barrels fit into cast frame without any room for powder to pass by.
This was all...
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 |