My neighbor is remodeling his shower this week and I asked the construction crew about the pan liner. It must weigh about 80#'s and was sure heavy to carry home. Made in 1963, I am sure that it is...
Type: Posts; User: Silverboolit
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
My neighbor is remodeling his shower this week and I asked the construction crew about the pan liner. It must weigh about 80#'s and was sure heavy to carry home. Made in 1963, I am sure that it is...
Forum: AirGuns
I have the Benjamin Discovery and run it off CO2, not HPA. Lots of shots per fill, just plain fun. Academy fills the bottle for about $4 IIRC.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I second the Brimstone. They did mine and it is a great improvement.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
For my 9mm, I use the LEE PTX die with the insert for .38 S&W, not the .38/.357 insert. All is well and it doesn't resize my slugs.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a Rem 11 and have tried many different reloaders for it. Ponsness-Warren was the only one that would put a taper on the hull and feed flawlessly. They are not cheap, but they will make your...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have used them for years and had no problems. You did deprime the cases first? Your case length seems to be about the thickness of a primer.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Maybe your PC is getting in the way? Did you try a 'plunk' test with just the cast, uncoated boolits? Sometimes it helps to find someone in your area who loads cast boolits that would help you...
I have made CM brass out of 22-250. Works real well, easy to do. The downside is a slightly shorter neck. I run the brass into a LEE 6.5 CM sizing die after I anneal the brass. Can be done without...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Except for the LEE, most turret presses are just a glorified single stage. IMHO, a turret that doesn't auto advance doesn't make much sense over a single stage. I just got the LEE breachlock auto...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use it for my 308. I needed a .312 bullet for my throat and use a .303 British mandrel with the .308 die. I did have to order the rod as well as a new .308 bushing. Just have to open up the...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Not to resurrect an old thread, but I got some brass pipe screens from Amazon. Use these with a Tipton brass jag for the first pass to set the screen into a cup shape. I used 2 patches to enlarge...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
4/0 steel wool on a dowel sized to fit. Cleans them right up.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Are you running your loaded rounds through a LEE factory crimp die? If you are, pull a loaded round and see if the case has swaged it down. I have a GP100 and it helped a lot to have the cylinders...
I purchased a CPX-1 with the safety. The safety kept cutting into my hand and made it uncomfortable to shoot. I e-mailed SCCY about the problem and asked if I could purchase a CPX-2 frame so I...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I also have the 20 HB version and could not be happier. I did change out the Hogue stock to a thumbhole by Boyds after I got it. Now it looks as good as it shoots. I use mine for cast only rounds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have the 4595 and seat boolits to normal length for a .45. About a fingernail thickness from where the angle starts. Mine really likes the Lee 200 gr semi-wadcutter and eats them all day. I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Got mine a couple of months ago and have only loaded some .40s with it. Seems smooth, no jams that were caused by the machine. I got the case feeder and it works well. The only issue that I have...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have the same Howa and it is a 1:10 twist. However, it's measurements seem a little off. In mine, the groove diameter is .309, not .308. So, discovering that, I did a pound cast of the chamber...
Much like good fences make good neighbors, Safes and locks only keep honest people honest.
Last year , for my birthday, my daughters gave me a surprise birthday present. they gave me a CVLife 6-24x50 scope! OK, so it is not top drawer, but they are great and did not buy me sox and...
Can't remember where I read it, but someone used cut down .308W brass for the .45 Super. Don't recall the details, but sounds realistic that it could be done.
Try the Tasco warranty center. I believe that it is in Kansas City, I think. They can probably help you out.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I did slug the barrel on my new CZ455 the other day. I then mike'd some of the various .22s that I had laying around. There is quite a difference in .22 bullet diameters, I found out. The one .22...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Check the instructions how to set up the LEE dies. The expander /decap rod should be even with the top of the die. If it isn't, it will start to expand before the neck of the cartridge has exited...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I realize that reloaders are, by nature, cheap. But come on, using unknown powders is foolish and dangerous. Read the reloading manuals. Look at the pressures that are generated by known powders. ...
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 |