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I just use the hottest water I can get out of the tap in an old plastic bowl and it works great for me.

So I have been getting going again on some reloading, and getting the next batch of lead ready to be cast and it had me thinking- why do companies like Hodgdon who have published data for loads not...

I prescribe to the old school way of thinking, which is bigger, heavier bullets make a bigger hole to bleed from, and it's even better if there's an exit hole. In the 45 acp you can shoot 250 gr...

The load I use for deer hunting is the HS6 (RUGER ONLY) charge recommended here using wheel weight alloy in my Lee 250 RF mold and a 50/50 beeswax/vaseline lube. Lead expands nicely and leaves a...

My dad and I went deer hunting on opening day and ran into a large pack of hogs... a handful of 30-06 later, we had lessened the population by ten, one of which was a huge boar estimate at 400 lbs....

Thanks! I wasn't sure if 30 gr was considered too large a difference in bullet weight in 45-70 or not haha.

Hey everyone, I've been busy all year and haven't gotten my deer season reloads started :shock: I went ahead and ordered the bullets here since I won't have time to cast my own this fall. I swore I...

Haha thanks guys! Not sure why I never noticed it :/

Hey everyone! I was starting to work up some standard pressure loads using green dot and 300 gr bullets for 45 colt. Well a bullet got stuck and I was getting ready to tap it out and I found this...

Sorry I wasn't trying to upset anyone, I'm just saying that if the gasses are supersonic or not doesn't matter much in the OP's case because the suppressor takes care of that.

I think OP was talking about developing a bullet that would allow the maximum reduction of sound with supersonic ammo fired from a suppressor.

If you watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OubvTOHWTms&feature=youtube_gdata_player from 3:27 you can see a pretty good representation of what's going on. It's the pocket created behind...

I plan on doing a wood finish at some point as time allows. What kind of finish do you use? Is it ok to use something from the hardware store, or do I need an application specific kind?

It still isn't perfect, but now it makes the needed clearance easily. You can see in the second picture where I filed the wood behind the barrel to fit it. It took a lot of filing and sanding to move...

Ok so I got it all lined up and popped a cap to make sure it would work properly. It went but the cap is destroyed. By destroyed I mean it split in two places from bottom to top. Is that how it is...

Thank you BadDaditood! I've been slowly filing away at the wood on the bolster to set the barrel back. It's starting to line up, but it's slow going. I have maybe half of the amount off that it has...

I removed the lock, seated the barrel as far as it would go, then tried fitting the lock back on. It's still in the same place. It looks like if I can remove some wood I can scoot the barrel back to...

I checked that the barrel was correctly seated but everything seems correct. There were some wood shavings in the channel where the breech plug hooks in so I cut them out with my knife, but it didn't...

Ok so I tried a cap on the nipple and it fit good so I lowered the hammer to make sure it would go over the nipple. It didn't. How can I fix this? Is it safe to rotate the drum to the left the small...

Luckily I just did it in the garage haha

I buy mine at hobby lobby. I don't know if it's cheap as compared to other beeswax, but I can make my own lube wayyyy cheaper than commercial using it and that's my main concern.

Thanks guys, I got it cleaned up today and after removing all the dust, there was a nice shiny bore in there! I'm going tomorrow to pick up powder, caps, a better rod, balls, and a few other odds and...

The gun store checked it to make sure it wasn't loaded before he let me buy it. The rod goes all the way into the barrel haha. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who shoots black powder. I think the...

Hello everyone! I went into the LGS today to have a look around before I headed out of town. I had been wanting to get a muzzleloader to try out and hopefully broaden my knowledge of firearms. I...

I've been carrying factory hollow points in my 1911 but I'm starting to wonder what I'm going to do now because of ammo shortages. I'm going to have to start carrying reloads to be able to carry! It...