Artful did fine by me. Great swap and great communication.
Type: Posts; User: truckmsl
Artful did fine by me. Great swap and great communication.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sometimes I think guys are overthinking cast bullets. Granted, some calibers are more adverse to cast than others, but I have great success with .40, .357, 45 acp, and 7.62x39 with range lead mined...
Forum: Gas Checks
I've got a Freechex 3 set up on a drill press and it is unbelievable how fast you can crank out checks - as fast as you can pull the handle.
I've found that if I hit mine with a spray of One Shot...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have loaded and shot over 70 thousand cast rounds through my glock 40's with Lone Wolf barrels.
Both of my Lone Wolf barrels would not reliably chamber .401 boolits of any shape or length until...
Forum: Gas Checks
FreeChex III is the way to go. One stroke and you're done. About a thousand an hour.
Forum: Gas Checks
I just received a Freechex III from Charlie. 3 day delivery! I set it up in a drill press and using .014 aluminum (30 caliber) I cranked out 500 in just a few minutes. What a fabulous tool! If...
Forum: Gas Checks
Has anyone had success with the 30 cal FreeChex 3 using .014" aluminum?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Love my lnl ap. No problems with any brand primers. Over 25k rounds through it so far. Got 4 buds that love theirs too. Can't understand all the hate. If you cant make it work maybe just stop whining...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've got over 21 reloads on IMI and winchester brass, but I anneal every 5th reload or so, and don't shoot max loads.
After slugging my barrel I use a .314 diameter boolit.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I've got thousands of cast rounds through a norinco AK and I can tell you that it is definitely possible to consistently get much better than the 4"-6" grouping that was stated above.
The AK can...
Well over 70K cast .40 rounds through my Glocks. 3.7 grains WST and a 180 grain truncated cone at OAL 1.135 gets me to 850fps for my target load.
I run close-to-top-end Unique loads through a 357 revolver and levergun and it is extremely clean burning at the pressure I run at.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've pushed it 1800 fps through my marlin lever with no problems using carnuba red through a Lyman 45 lubrisizer. Plenty of lube capacity there.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
After reading up on this mixture I see where the end result is an aqueous solution of lead acetate, which is considered highly toxic, so maybe not such a good idea after all.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Hey George - let that sit in a small container of 50-50 hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar for a few minutes and it will be clean as new.
Forum: Leverguns
IF this is true, I wonder what it'll be like getting parts for our Marlins?
Shooting more jacketed should help with the muzzle leading if it's due to a gas port burr. I've got a MAK and shoot cast through it all the time with no leading at the muzzle end, but have also...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Why worry about bumping up diameter, if your boolits are already the proper size?
I find water quenching very convenient for handling purposes and get very good accuracy without leading, even with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Depending on what dies you have and how much they are expanding the case, 11BHN could get sized down when seated, causing leading problems due to an undersize boolit. I shoot a lot of cast through my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yikes! Occasionally I have worried about neighbors mistaking the funky smell of outdoor smelting for a meth lab, now I gotta worry about being accused of being a pot head? This boolit casting is...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tried some of Pat Marlin's flakes that came with the Checkmaker, and was impressed by how slow they burned and how little smoke was generated. I hate the idea of spending money on flux, but they are...
Forum: Our Town
I received mine from Pat as well. Works great on my ALL American turret press. The priming stem that came with the press works perfect to pop out the newborn checks. Fabulous tool - I'm pleased. Made...
Forum: Cast Boolits
GabbyM - thanks for the reply. Maybe I'll give em a try.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I had a Dillon SDB without a strong mount. I determined what my optimal height was and built an elevated box bolted to my existing bench and mounted the dillon to that. Custom height without the...
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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 |
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