I did the same thing, except I added a hole for the thermocouple in order to use my PID to control the cartridge heater. Works really good!
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Forum: Casting Equipment
I did the same thing, except I added a hole for the thermocouple in order to use my PID to control the cartridge heater. Works really good!
Forum: Rimfire Area
The Tikka has an excellent adjustable trigger and uses some of the T3x accessories. I've seen several one hole 50yd groups shot with T1x's. I'm still chasing the one hole group with mine. It has...
I’m really having a heck of a time with my M70 Winchester 7mm-08 with a 9.5” twist. Have been playing with the RCBS 28-168FN cast of Lyman #2 sized to .285”, lubed with X Lox 2500 Plus and seated at...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Before it was stolen in 1996, I had one of those. I learned very quickly to stick with light bullets. Otherwise it will quite simply knock you senseless. But it was a fun gun while I had it.
Forum: Factory Rifles
To me, it would be down to The Ruger American Predator (the model that uses AR magazines) or one of the many Howa 1500 models. Having a 9" twist would be important. Not having the Ruger plastic...
Forum: Cast Boolits
National Pistol Matches Camp Perry Ohio 1979. .45 Timed Fire Match, cross fired 5 rounds on the next left target. Four 10's and a 9, sure could have used them on MY target.
NOE 311-195 FNGC and 24.5 gr IMR 4198 for 1800 fps in a 700 Remington. 10 shot groups at 100 yds are always less than 2". Mean radius averages .5".
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'd be afraid to touch that off also, even the "little" 780 grainers. Maybe we have reached the limit of human capability.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Please favor me with your thoughts for a really good accurate boolit mould for a 357 Mag 10" bull barreled Contender. Now that I have one I'm hearing horror stories about the long throat.
NOE 311-195FNGC, 16.5 2400 for 1530fps, 24.5 IMR4198 for 1850fps, 26.5 Reloader 7 for 1950fps....how fast do you wanna go?
I have one from Amazon. It's a 5.5mm head dia and only looks forward, meaning like what the Cap'n says above you need to be able to look at 45 or 90 degrees to the axis of the bore. Even with a...
I use On Target Precision Calculator from here: https://ontargetshooting.com/. $12 is really cheap for what it does. I bring my targets home and scan them. Open the file with On Target, measure...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I don't think this is a ram alignment problem.......I think the cold lube is pushing the size die out of square with the ram. Which explains why the problem goes away when heat is applied.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Yes, I have done that myself with a propane torch (carefully) and with the same results, I just didn't believe what I was seeing. It appears that the cold lube is pushing the size die out of...
Forum: Casting Equipment
So, I noticed an issue with my 450. Upon inspection of a sized boolit I saw an area forward of the driving bands that
had been sized by the .310 size die. This section of the boolit is .308 as it...
Gebc ballistics calculator? I am not familiar with this one. Please tell me more......Tks, Bill
The NOE 311-195 FN works very well for me. That and A5744 is all you need.
1) To become a better rifleman, casting allows me to shoot more, being slightly less expensive and all around easier to shoot. 2) To compete in my clubs cast bullet silhouette matches. 3) The...
If you can find it, Accurate 5744 works very well with the NOE 311-195FN & Lyman #2. I've been using it a lot in a FN bolt action -06. Works good at the club cast bullet matches! For some reason...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The problem I had with my Ruger American Blackout when I first got it was actually popping primers. The load was 12.4 gr 2400 and the Lee 312-155-2r. Was using Remington primers and the upon firing...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have no experience with PB boolits and the Sportster, having only used GC. And have never messed with changing the sensitivity, it just works. Which is really good because I got tired of messing...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Extreme spread was 77 fps. And yes the Magnetospeed Sportster works really good, never missed a shot. I like the ability to email home the results. What do you mean about "2 peaks"?
Forum: Cast Boolits
So I'm out at the range yesterday happily shooting the Blackout Ruger with Lee 312-155-2R boolits cast from Lyman #2 and sized .310. I've put a lot of these downrange looking for the magic...
"Universal Clays" is not the same powder as "Clays".........Universal is slower. Confusing the two is not a good thing.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
1680.....first bottle I've seen for a long time. Bought IMR4198 at the Sacramento gun show two weeks ago for $21.95 per pound. Just like the old days, sort of anyway.
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 |