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Type: Posts; User: just bill
Forum: Swaging
Thanks, misread the drill chart. I need the lapping procedure. I had some kind of instructions using wooden dowel and finishing forceps, however it’s lost in the world wide Webb.
Forum: Swaging
As I continue to recover my Swaging dies and jacket dies for my .308, it appears I don't have a core seating die. I need to find out the ins and outs of the die body. I can either drill and...
Forum: Swaging
Thanks for the list of references, I don't remember how I found ,just no w it was attached to a post years ago.
Forum: Swaging
Well the auto think got me again, the thread should be SWAGE not sewage, oops!
Forum: Swaging
I've been searching for the paper that Ted Smith of SAS dies wrote about making swage dies. I've lost the reference and can't locate it. I've referred others to it on this forum as well as sent it to...
Forum: Swaging
It is starting to come back to me, as I thought I followed Dukes instructions I was crushing the necks when expanding. The expander I have is from KM Shooting. Perhaps neck expanding could be done...
Forum: Swaging
Thanks, I know he was fighting cancer. Like I said its been a while since I've been on this forum, however I was looking for his posts about on 57s to .308 jackets, I believe they were stickies.
Forum: Swaging
I've been searching for the articles from Duke down south(I think) formerly Duke up north. I thought he had an in depth article about 57's to .308 jackets, I've been off the forum for a while and am...
Forum: Military Rifles
Thanks to all for the information it gives a wider choice other then the prescribed 24" barrel powders, Varget, 3031 and 4895. I just like a safe alternative.
Forum: Military Rifles
That's really interesting, this morning when I visited the site for IMR 4227 the infotmation didn't go I to that much detail, very interesting, I loaded the information 3 times??????. My point was to...
Forum: Military Rifles
Here is my starting data: .308 150 gr fmj 100 yd max. Powder IMR 4227.
I went to the IMR website and it appeared to give data for straight wall case bullets . What is the logical next step?
Forum: Military Rifles
Yep Quick Load greatest thing since sliced bread !!
Forum: Military Rifles
I've just started reloading .308s for my Socom 16, however all of my reloading has been semi auto and magnum pistol. That has left me with an abundance of powders not really suited for rifle...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Well well well, looks like I had 2 birds with one stone, first what I did and still have: 1 LANOLIN and alcohol not beeswax, and 2: that beeswax thing had to be a YouTube thing. So far nothing...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Many years ago I made some lube with Randy Rats bees wax, red dry gas and I think there was another ingredient. Recently I read that beeswax lubes should be tumbled with corn cob and lemishine ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks, Varget supposedly one of the well chosen powder. I was given food for thought from a fellow gun nut at the shop. Because of the M1A, socom 16 shorter barrel faster burning powders should a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
45 colt, thanks, that is an interesting chart. If the ranges are correct, the large bar should cover my needs. According to quick loads the .308 doesn’t reach
50 gr. on most all data I’m trying to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks, I found the large bar in my array parts bin, after searching quite a few more sites, I found this,
Charge of less than 3.0 gr - extra small charge bar.
Charge between 3.0 gr and 20 gr -...
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 |