I have one for large primer pockets, wish I had bought a small one when they were available. Mine has seen enough use that it is getting worn out. As has already been mentioned it works like a...
Type: Posts; User: Alan in Vermont
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have one for large primer pockets, wish I had bought a small one when they were available. Mine has seen enough use that it is getting worn out. As has already been mentioned it works like a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
243 Whack-a-mole in 1968, that provided the instruments of death for uncounted Woodchucks & Crows via an amazingly accurate post 64 model 70. Moved up to an RCBS Jr. in 1970, then to a Rockchucker...
The product I use for locks is "Lock-Ease", a powdered graphite lubricant in a very volatile carrier, its in either a small aerosol can or a plastic squeeze bottle, both of which are dark blue with...
Forum: Leverguns
Only if I was having a VERY bad day! I think they are about the ugliest
firearm made
I know this is going to be a little strange to see here, but I didn't see any where else where it might be a reasonable fit, Mods move it if you are so inclined. I'm not in any way connected with...
Forum: Our Town
Try hooking up to the grille again and open the tank valve VERY slowly. There is a high volume cutoff that serves to shut off the propane flow if it is flowing too fast, as would be the case if the...
A couple weeks ago I started a thread about a Colt clone that has come into the family (Opinions-needed-for-cast-in-45-Colt)
Since then I have gotten a set of Lee dies(I won't do thatagain, and a...
A couple weeks ago I started a thread about a Colt clone that has come into the family (Opinions-needed-for-cast-in-45-Colt)
Since then I have gotten a set of Lee dies(I won't do thatagain, and a...
My son-in law has been given Uberti clone of the 1873 Colt single action in 45 Colt caliber.
We have dies coming and I'm going to get a mold appropriate for the caliber. It will be a Lee DC...
Forum: Our Town
When the urge to copulate becomes overwhelming he'd be better off to slam it in a door instead!
For many years I thought I would like a 10 -hole H & G mold, then I lucked into one here, a 38 wadcutter. I'm also 72and have a bad shoulder along with some nerve damage in the left arm. I cast...
Forum: Our Town
Where are you coming up with a need for a DC outlet?
I've never seen any homeowner/ light commercial welders that require DC current input. Usually if they are designated AC/DC that is their...
+1, that's how I did it when I was in my "pre-Star" days! A quarter US coin works if no washer is available.
Forum: Our Town
I have been looking for bullets suitable for use in the 350 wet dream. No, I did NOT buy into that poorly thought-out , latest & greatest from The BIG W. But my son-in-law decided that was what my...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I just checked the couple hundred pieces of 7.62X39 that I have, it's all PPU. Now that I know to watch for Remington SP cases I will set any that I find.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've been considering getting into ss pin tumbling but never seemed to be able to get the funds together
Last weekend there was a Model B on Craigslist with some pins. It took me most of a week,...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Something weird is happening, my Promelt when filled to the rim and then emptied yields 22 pounds of small ingots.
Forum: Our Town
So was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. But he was still able to count coup on Nagaina, the Cobra.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Lately I have been seeing this message "Another quality Bushnell product" as part of the description of RCBS branded products.
Has some change of ownership gone down in the past few months? If...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I just checked the label information on a new bottle of Nu-Finish, nothing listed for ingredients , one way or the other about ammonia in it. Like many here I have been using it for years and am...
Forum: Our Town
George left his mark yesterday in my town, 20+/- miles from the Quebec border in Vermont. I can't find anything missing but he did leave behind a shell plate that fits my RCBS Pro 2000 press.
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That's a "New Model" Blackhawk. Since 1973, IIRC, all Blackhawk variants have been "New Models", with the transfer bar innards and only two screws through the frame.
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Have you considered charging the case and inserting the wad before you neck the case down?. for subsequent loadings you could probably get away with expanding the neck just enough to get the wad in...
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 |