For CAS I use a 1860 Henry in .44-40 and 2 Remington NMA 1858 Conversion in .45 Colt. The. 44-40 is my favorite caliber for shooting holy black in a lever action! Yes it is a bit more difficult to...
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
For CAS I use a 1860 Henry in .44-40 and 2 Remington NMA 1858 Conversion in .45 Colt. The. 44-40 is my favorite caliber for shooting holy black in a lever action! Yes it is a bit more difficult to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Reload since 1995, started CAS 2012 and it was the reason to become a caster :-)
My first molds were Lee, prefer Accurate molds now!
Cast for. 357, .44-40, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .454 Casull and .45-70...
Forum: Cast Boolits
lar45 and bobthenailer, thank you for your replies.
Will try to get such boolits to test it in my Raging Bull.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Howdy folks, what mold in the 300 grs range would you...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Since almost 3 years I am a proud owner of a LNL AP, one and a half year ago I upgraded it with a casefeeder. I am very satisfied with it. Before I bought the LNL AP I've read a lot about the hornady...
Forum: Leverguns
Thank you both for your answers. 40-82 hiker, what you said was in my mind as I wrote the post. I also don't want to tempt fate :-)
I bought the Lee .459-405-HB a few months ago for my Sharps, but...
Forum: Leverguns
Since last Friday I am a proud owner of a Browning 1886 in .45-70. Yesterday I've cast some Lee .459-405-HB, some of you use this bullet in leverguns. I am a bit in doubt if it is safe to use this...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Since a few months I use the Lee Pro Auto Disk on my Hornady LNL for .357 and .45 Colt CAS loads with Hodgdon Clays and Titegroup and I am very satisfied with it. With Hodgdon H110 it leaks a bit, so...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I use range lead for .357 and .45 Colt CAS loads, for 1 oz Lee slugs for 12 gauge shotgun and also for 360 grain bullets for .454 Casull without any problems. Sometimes I get the range lead (with all...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
No need to be sorry! I agree with you, it is always interesting to get to know more of other countries.
My class for getting a fishing license takes 3 months (2 evenings every week). The german...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks to all for the responses!
I hope my explanation is understandable, my english is not perfect.
For single shot muzzleloaders you must be 18 years old, no extra permission needed....
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If not capping your 1858 Remington cap & ball revolver with your fingers, which capper do you use? Straight line capper? Selfmade capper?
Anything similar to this:...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Imho the nickel plated ones are more brittle and do not expand (in german we say "lidern", sorry I don't know the english word) in the chamber as good as the pure brass.
And the plated ones get...
Forum: Casting Equipment
A few years ago I bought a flue gas thermometer at eBay, it looks similar to the one from RCBS and works fine.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I started casting with a second-hand Nei-mold with 4 cavities, then bought a 6 cavity Lee 358-158-RF for CAS. I like the Lee 6 banger, my wife also does CAS, so I need a lot of bullets :-)
Forum: Casting Equipment
Last year I bought a Lee Pro 4-20, it also comes without a plug. From several dealers the pots are available with a plug, but more expensive! The difference is, the cheaper pot, as I bought, comes...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lower Bavaria in Germany, 90 km southeast of Munich, nearby a nuclear power plant
Work without modifications on a Nei .451-345-PB (#320B) with four cavities. I don't know the age of this mold, bought it used.
Forum: Cast Boolits
303british.com, thank you for your words.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
For my first experiments with cast bullets and black powder in my Sharps .45-70 I use a recipe from BPCR.net:
40% beeswax
30% conola oil
30% lanolin
They say, this looks and feels a lot like...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank you for the welcome.
@Grandpas50AE: Maybe casting (and shooting) seems a little expensive, but its our hobby and we have a lot of fun. For the Sharps I'm working on black powder rounds, this...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello everyone,
after lurking for some months, yesterday I have joined this great forum. Thank you Ken, for register me manually.
My name is hermann, live in Bavaria, started shooting in 1994 and...
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 |