Triple 777 is DEFINITELY corrosive, and no, percussion caps manufactured in the United States after 1975 are most DEFINITELY NOT corrosive. 777 is far less corrosive than Pyrodex and black powder but...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Triple 777 is DEFINITELY corrosive, and no, percussion caps manufactured in the United States after 1975 are most DEFINITELY NOT corrosive. 777 is far less corrosive than Pyrodex and black powder but...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I was looking at some bullet designs offered by NOE and came across a HBWC intended for the 32 S&W long and started thinking that it might just work in a 32 caliber TC Cherokee as a light plinking...
Forum: Casting Equipment
This type of story is soooo true anymore. The old saying "They don't make them like they used to" holds true here. Cheap, Quick and Quality. You only get to pick two. I like using the comparison of...
Forum: Swaging
Considering buying a .450 Bushmaster barrel for my Savage project gun. A nice 16.5" heavy barrel dropped into a synthetic stock with a 1X Scope will be a dream for very close quarters work on white...
Forum: Military Rifles
I thank you all for the info. Now I just need to find one that won't set me back too much. That is easier said than done...
Jeff
Forum: Military Rifles
Is there really any appreciable difference between the two with regard to overall accuracy? Looking for a good cast bullet shooter. Is one really any better or worse than the other?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
First powder I ever bought was Dupont IMR 4350 in the Mid 70's. I got my first real job outside cutting lawns and shoveling snow at the Dunham's Sporting Goods store in West Bloomfield Michigan. This...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Our experience is the same as Blankets. Original Hodgdon 4831, the powder that got him into the business from de-milled WWII ammo. My dad purchased it in 1965ish time frame. Powder produced the same...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I can load a box of 12 gauge one ounce trap loads for $4.15 using $40 a bag shot, Wads at $75/5000 Primers at $110/5000 and powder at $ 12/lb. These are current prices from a supplier that frequents...
Forum: Military Rifles
Looks like a 62 GR long range tracer with the red tip cleaned off from polishing to me.
Jeff
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have always purchased my corn cob media from the local "The Andersons" terminal here in Webberville. See if you have one in your area. It's been awhile and I am down to my last 10 pounds or so out...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My experience with small threads is this... Always Always ALWAYS make sure the threads are absolutely clean on both the male and female surfaces to prevent cross threading. This is especially true...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I know this in an old thread by I have some of this brass and from my experience, I would not load anything in it that exceeds black powder pressure at all. My failure rate with this brass was over...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well, The actual out of pocket expense for my lead is zero. The time is another issue all together. I manufacture lead shot and have an arrangement from people that if they send/bring me clean...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I got this response from these guys in response to my email today.
Jeff,
We do still produce the tool and the cutters that are listed. The website is still active for purchasing the...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
For those of us less educated.... What does FWFL stand for? Something Something Felix Lube??
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Thanks for all of the input guys. Sounds like I'm gonna get dirty no matter which method I try. lol!
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I have a Lyman 450 sizer that is full of a lube that requires a heater to use. I really want to get all of this lube out of the sizer and switch over to something that is a little more user friendly...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I am a Type 6 FFL holder (commercial reloader) I have been using Wolf primers exclusively in my products for a few years now. Not a problem with any size including 209 shotgun. There is absolutely no...
Forum: Swaging
It will only take a little swaging lubricant on the jacket and a push through the die to get your answer. My gut feeling says yes.
Jeff
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I do know that when I tried to use truck wheel weights to make shot out of on my Stewart shot machine, everything went south in a great big hurry. There is something (I have heard some say copper)...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The LC 52 cases you had were not LC 52 as stated in Poygans post. All LC ammo made here for the M1 carbine is boxer. What you have are a cheap Chinese copy and they were extremely erratic and in my...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
WW-231 has been my go to powder for 45 ACP and 38 Special for a lot of years. Economical and clean and meters very well. Watch Graf's. The often sell cannister powders with the prefix SMP. SMP = St....
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 |