Chicken Man uses Prestone to wipe with between shots for BPCR.
Patches are squeezed out to just damp.
He won The Creedmore Nationals w/ a 45 70 a few years back with this method of wiping
between...
Type: Posts; User: runnin lead
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Chicken Man uses Prestone to wipe with between shots for BPCR.
Patches are squeezed out to just damp.
He won The Creedmore Nationals w/ a 45 70 a few years back with this method of wiping
between...
Forum: Military Rifles
Someone previously mentioned a Palma Rifle.The longer barrel of the palma rifle makes a diference in staying sonic at 1,000 yds. What ever you choose keep a l o n g barrel in mind.
Something to...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Do NOT use the supplied aluminum pot for melting lead. Aluminum's melting temperature is too close to the melting point of lead and is seriously weakened which can lead to catastrophic failure when...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I us an 8 qt stainless pot , $3.00 +tax at thrift store.
It holds about 90# & works great.
Also got a couple yards of flannel there for cleaning patches FREE.
Any thing it wants to be, It could go up while going down or down while going up.
SERIOUSLY !
Back when IHMSA had a ruling that you had to use sights available from the factory I got rid of a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
My Pact works great , only problem is it don't work if there is a power outage.
Only other problem is if there is a power outage I can't see to reload so scale not working realy does not matter.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I don't know if Dillon still does this or not .I had them make me a 30 cal & 7mm
powder through expander for my measure. That was in the mid 80's
If not someone like The Lathe Smith on this site or...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
For many calibers you can get an expanding die that works with the powder measure from Dillon.
For something small like . 223 in station 3 if not a highly compressed load you could use an M die or a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I used the SAECO 071 out of my Contender 7TCU & XP 7-08
It's been a long time,closest match is over 4 hour drive now.
Last spring on one of many rainey days I cast about 15 # of 071's
I am just...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I think to figure BC you need to shoot over 2 crono's at once. one with the stop screen at about 10 yds & the other with the stop screen exactly 100 yds & sharing the same start screen.
I will pass...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
A few years ago I loaded my ML then bs wiith a guy .
When I went back to shooting the rifle kicked extra hard & twisted kinda strange.
I looked at the target with my spoting scope,was about 6" low...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
While waiting for some larger sizing dies for lube sizer I tried some bullets sized .459.
I was using TD level loads of 5744 & the heavier TD level loads tumbled BAD.
It worked MUCH better when...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
During The Spanish American War the US Army was issued 30 40 Kraigs.
The National Guard Units were issued Springfield Trapdoors.
They were used by National Guard or State Militia Units In Cuba &...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Just do all cooking at 350 , The mold won't mind.
I plan on having mine Monday.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I can't even remember the names of my great neices & nephews , how would I remember the names of my guns? Cal .& lock type or cal. & make or model avoids confusion.
A friend names all his guns,...
Forum: Factory Rifles
44mag lever or single shot.
A 240 gr plain base bullet,less to mess with.
Why not stick with cast for hunting.
If you feel you need more velocity you can have him also work up a load with a GC...
Forum: Military Rifles
For $500 you could get a K-31 & have $ left to buy brass & dies for it.
You would have a nice military rifle that in a few years from now will be worth
more than you paid.
I felt that I did realy...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
For 7.5X55 Swiss I use a Lee Collet Die with a .303 British mandrel.
For 30-06 & 308 Redding bushing neck size dies,Lee neck expander/ flair & Hornady seater with .303
British alignment sleave.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I would NEVER give Pedersoli sights to someone that I liked.
What did you do to p!$$ him off ?
AND I would never post them for sale here.
Chris
As far as testing hardness ,this works.
http://www.castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=75455
Forum: Military Rifles
What size cartridges? 30-06 ,30-40 ,45-70 ?
that could also be a big help.
Red silicone,the stuff in a tube .
I had the same problem with Lyman handles.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Plan on shooting a little more smokeless out of her.
When you buy her new brass, load them with your smokeless load &take her out
to play & you will have some brass that is fire formed to her...
Steve Brooks,Steve makes great molds, mostly for BPCR.
http://www.brooksmoulds.com/
Last Brooks mold cost me $90, used.
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 |