Haven't coated any for over 2 years, once I got the process sorted I did enough to keep me going for years.
Have run out of a few boolits so cast up another 30kg. Typically I didn't write down what...
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Haven't coated any for over 2 years, once I got the process sorted I did enough to keep me going for years.
Have run out of a few boolits so cast up another 30kg. Typically I didn't write down what...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I wont be giving up J-words in a few of mine anytime soon unless someone comes up with a way to push cast at over 4100fps, I run light for cal in both my swift and 240wby for varminting and the 240...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
If using virgin alloy with known % Ive settled on 3 alloys
1:3:96 for most low pressure handgun boolits
2:2:96 for most of my rifle hunting boolits pushed to 2000fps
2:6:92 for anything I need a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Bit like new cars you can spend very little or a large fortune on something to get you from A to B. The cheaper ones still get you to B but the experience is usually much nicer if you spend a bit...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Im sure the blue fan club will say dillion is the only option. I used a couple of pro1000's for over a decade, they work and produce good ammo but certainly not in the same league as most...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Most are intrinsically safe in design, if they weren't they would have been pulled from the market long ago.
Problems can be traced to the operator, some people shouldn't be allowed to operate a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Im sure there are plenty of worthless tools out there many that have been invented to address problems that don't exist but a I think a lot of it comes down to users that have no idea on how to use...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I weighed when I first started casting I don't worry about it now.
I did a bit of a crude experiment with one batch of boolits for my 357. I only culled those that didn't look something like a...
It happens and can happen very easily, my son has managed it twice with my 22mag. Probably easier to do with sako quad than most as it has interchangeable 17HM2, 17HMR, 22lr and 22WMR barrels. Often...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Ive had very good results with the 158 in 38/357, no trouble keeping 10 shots in the 10 ring of a ISSF target from my 686 and half that size from my marlin.
Has been 6 months since I checked in on...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Only one, 30/30 have a dozen smaller and eight bigger
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Have one along with a 22lr conversion, my sako quad in the factory case along with 4 barrels and the Burris quad scope gets a few admiring glances, even more when they see how it shoots.
Forum: Our Town
I have a few pistols that are the same, designed from the ground up to do nothing more than punch holes in paper as effectively as possible within the rules of the match.
Im thinking specifically of...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Carried 357, 375H&H & 45/70 with NOE HP at various times but every time a shot offered I had the 240wby in my hands. Very impressed with its performance on 600lb+ animals.
Forum: Swaging
I'm the same, would love to get into it but from a cost perspective I just cant justify it when I can buy 10k+ J-words that I know will shoot 0.5moa and handle 4000fps for the same price and no work.
Knew an old timer who shot out the barrel on his 22lr rifle, his estimate was somewhere around 250k rounds.
My 686 is some where past 50k target loads, I think its just starting to break in.
Forum: Our Town
Hard to quantify but I know it when I see it.
Always thought of myself as a average shooter at best until started attending a few different forum shoots and range days.
I guess it was due to...
Forum: Leverguns
Have heard all the micro groove stories but have had good results myself.
Did read one interesting article where the author pointed out that despite the shallow rifling of micro groove the extra...
Better patterns are due to the shot cup protecting shot from damage.
Nice round shot flies straight, shot not protected by a plastic shot cup gets damaged with flat spots etc as it rubs against the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Is it scraping off the coating or taking a thin layer of lead and the coating along with it?
If they are passing the smash and wipe test may well be the latter, wouldn't hurt to give the die a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I reload brass magtec and some 9.3x74r I have fire formed into 410.
Never had the need to full length size them, after 5 or 6 reloads they do get slightly tight to chamber but it is only the case...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I voted other as most of mine get coated with HItek, still tumble lube a few pistol bullets that are used in light loads and shot as cast but even my black powder rifle bullets get HiTek and then run...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I think some have more metallic elements in them, I think the metallic's might offer advantages in certain situations.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Have you looked at the Lee 230gr .309, would be the cheapest boat tail mould I can think of.
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 |