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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Get large pieces of REAL wool felt. I cut up an old policeman's coat from the 1930's label read 100% wool felt. I cut the patches into approx. 8" x 10" pieces, I heat bees wax & crisco combo in an...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I remember being in high school, think I was a sophomore at the time. The seniors in the metal shop class built a cannon to shoot 1" ball bearings. Needless to say they loaded it and blew the shop...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Picked this up on Ebay, He was selling them for $18.95 .
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150567471839
There are many non-stick surfaces out there. The ones I use don't give off anything. They are not like teflon etc. I've used them for years!
Forum: Cast Boolits
If I wanted the cylinder throats reamed is this something I could do or is there someone on this forum that can do it?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have an old Colt that when I slug the barrel I get .454-when I slug the cylinder throat I get .451. This Colt revolver was made in 1904. I don't want to ream the cylinder. I have a mold that will...
I have an old 1903 Colt revolver that when I slugged the barrel measured .453
I called Lee Precision and talked to customer service who put me on with Pat.
Told him I was looking for a 250 gr....
If I am loading a 255 gr. cast bullet with lets say 7.5 grains of Unique, that leaves an awful lot of space and would lay on the side of the case. Should I be using polyfil or something in front of...
I have an old Colt 45 (1906), Bullets for it should be .454 diameter. I was wondering if it is possible to seat a .454 improved minnie ball (Lee .454-298m) in the 45lc cartridge with final results...
Any good suggestions on Load Data for this 310 gr. cast bullet. I'll be using 7.5" Ruger Superblackhawk at around 950 ft/sec. I have on hand Unique, W-231, Bullseye. Thanks in advance for your help,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Anyone currently producing a mold similar to the lyman 429352 44 caliber full wadcutter design? I really want one and don't know where to look.
35 Remington---The load I am talking about is 6.6 grains of Unique behind a 230 grain Lead Round Nose. I have a buffer in place to protect the frame. What in your opinion should be the maximum load...
I'm loading 230 grain LRN over 6.6 grains of Unique. WLP Primers. Shooting out of a modern 1911 Kimber. Anyone think this load is too HOT?????
Lyman 47th. manual shows 225 gr. LRN up to 7.3gr....
Try this' I did and it's great!! Since your talking about replacing your front sight anyway, I simply filed a V groove in the top of mine and epoxied in a piece of red fiber optic my gun store owner...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I remember seeing a chart of the different BNH ratings for different alloys like straight wheel weights to different mixes. I thought it was a Sticky but can't find it . Could someone tell me where...
I need load data for W231. I shoot ruger super blackhawk 44 magnum and will be using200 grain cast RNFP plain base bullets. I am getting conflicting data from book to book I need help. Thanks
Looking for load data using UNIQUE. Ruger Super Blackhawk, 200 gr. cast RNFP.no gas check plain base. I'll be loading for 44 mag casings.Looking for minimum and maximum data. Thanks
Forum: Reloading Equipment
What is the difference between the crimp I can put on my cast bullets using the Lee bullet seating/crimp die ----or a Lee factory crimp die? I want a nice crimp but don't want to be shaving lead as...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Anyone have a used Lyman 450 for sale. E-mail or PM me.
If you had your choice between a lyman 4 cavity mold or a Lee 6 cavity mold which would you prefer?
Lyman is steel
Lee is aluminum
Forum: Cast Boolits
Microed the front of the cylinder, measures .428
I've been shooting .429 cast from National Bullet Co. but they went out of buisness.
Just figured that bullets dropped from a Lyman 429421 would...
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 |