The distance between the base and the front band on the 165sil and the lyman 311299 is close to the same its fits nicely in that short neck. Depending on nose (fit) they seem to be good choices. Or...
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The distance between the base and the front band on the 165sil and the lyman 311299 is close to the same its fits nicely in that short neck. Depending on nose (fit) they seem to be good choices. Or...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Short chamber? The bore is supposed to be .300
Forum: Cast Boolits
No offence intended I keep everything simple by parts it's close enough for me. All the ratio's are supposed to be by weight that's why 10 to 1 stated in the books at 9% 20 to 1 rounded to 5% Just...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yes 16lb's plus 1lb =17 lb's total = 5.88%
Thank You CountyGent never thought of that WOW!!!!
Yes and I like the mould and it shoots good in fact I have a container of 600 hundred rounds or so of unsized ones to be used when I get to it. Now remember Lyman #2 RCBS Lino Lee 10 to 1, if your...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My Lyman 311291 puts the check below the neck which I never cared for but never had a problem with it. The 311299 and RCBS 160 Sil doesn't, you might what to look at those two moulds.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks' for all of the replies, I knew the money side would come up, I should have said that it would not be an issue as I can recover it to reuse. I started casting 40yrs ago for the 45 acp and 308...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
If 16 to 1 was good enough for Elmer and the 44mag how about the 9mm.
Forum: Cast Boolits
303 if that's a good measurement, good luck, you don't have much rifling and you need a big nose to help guide a boolit down that bore?
We southpaws feel if everything was lefthanded, including the screw threads, the world would run alot smoother!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have at least a 1/2 ton of 40-60 wiping solder, some pieces of bars but mostly drippings. Some ofit shines some is matte finish depended how it melted and then hardened.
Easy to see why he helped you with the bench, real nice looking rifle with a classic style!
very very nice now a very dumb question, being a portsider myself am I looking at this picture wrong or is that bench setup for a lefty.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Over size chamber or under size die has the same effect.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Look at them you can see their thicker on the rim just like the picture shows.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
No. K is for kit its stamped in the barrel channel of the stock also.That adjustment was factory not modified.When I took the lock to the gun shop the owner said thats theolder style, I said I got it...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My ser. no. is 12thou and some, yours higher or lower?
Forum: Muzzleloading.
OK here is what it was,I had my front trigger adjusted to about 2 1/2 -3 pounds nothing to do with the rear set, that puts it in the oz. range, I seldom used the set mode while hunting.On the bottom...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Not talking about the set trigger adjustment, the front was adjustable also on the older ones like mine. My manual stated that his didnot.There was a small set screw that lessened the sear engagment.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
First post in this section, did'nt know what I was missing.Here it goes, I got my 2nd ML in 76 in kit form,45 hawken flinter for our new deer season , the dealer had to look for it turns out it was a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
dead soft (solder joints 40sn 60pb) they wipe them they use alot of it I pickup them every chance I can
Forum: Military Rifles
nice m1917 char-gar, mine is a nov.1918 eddystone 5 wide lands they spin left .300 nose is snug
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 |