Somewhere in GONRA's Junque Pyle
is a loose leaf folder of WW II era IMR 4831 data,
lot nrs, charge wt. etc. for is original application:
20mm Oerlikon auto cannon.
Type: Posts; User: GONRA
Forum: Cast Boolits
Somewhere in GONRA's Junque Pyle
is a loose leaf folder of WW II era IMR 4831 data,
lot nrs, charge wt. etc. for is original application:
20mm Oerlikon auto cannon.
Forum: Cast Boolits
GONRA used 94 grain .358 inch diameter Lyman IDEAL U358242 cast boolits
for all sorts of locked breech .380 ACP loads/pistols.....
Then developed (with lottsa help from Corbin! !!)
swaged ~40...
GONRA only loads range pickup brass for semiautos, but, for wot it's worth, here goes:
For 9mm Luger, older RCBS dies hava small mouth entrance radius.
These do a nice "back to factory...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
GONRA sez - its like screwing in a spark plug -
Use FINGERS first to get started, then yer all set to finishup!!!
GONRA sez these are Collector Items.
Pleeeeeze don't "Pop 'em off" just for the hell of it.....
Forum: Gas Checks
GONRA as similar memories (?) to the various "Wilkes holy gas check stories" above.
Believe ready-to-go "holy gas checks" were sold.....
May have seen some ata Gun Show (remember those?) or got...
Forum: Cast Boolits
As previously, GONRA sez - keep Wife, 3 kids, 2 cats & hamster off into SLUMBER LAND whilst reloading.! !!
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
GONRA sez - just make SURE "range pickup brass" hasn't gone thru the burn barrel !!
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
GONRA reminds ya'll - a "stuck bullet" in any blowback semiauto - KABOOM! !!
WATCHOUT! !!
GONRA's justa Collector/Tinkerer.
Used WW 231 for all (normal) auto pistols, aged collector items etc.
(Developed "loads to function" - NOT beat up the pistol !!)
BUT -Used Blue Dot for .44...
Forum: Swaging
GONRA sez - watch for COPPER .22 RF cases.
When they show up, are really easy to dehead, etc.
Forum: Swaging
GONRA sez the bullets pictured could be made on an
olde CH Swag-O-Matic press with home made dies.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bazoo sez: "Wow, I had no idea making smokeless powder was within the realm of the home chemist. "
GONRA sez - it really ISN'T. Watchout! !!
Practical applications involve much larger...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
GONRA sez listen to dverna!
Loooong string!!
Forum: Our Town
EVENTUALLY - GONRA miked 'em all, stored in small labeled envelopes in a drawer.....
Forum: Our Town
GONRA sez - Reground / Rehardened Allen wrenches make small boring bars......
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Right after WW II Suburban Chicago's GONRA's Dad built a Rabbit Trap.
Gave Rabbits to our Plattdeutsch German Farmer neighbors for yummy hasenpfeffer......
Large freezers for Victory Garden...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Over the decades GONRA has found one should hava variety
of "bullet pullers" to satisfy the particular project needs ......
Forum: Reloading Equipment
GONRA is a Big Hollywood Fan - starting in 1958.......
BUT - if yer gonna load .50 BMG - warm up yer cheque book
and get get Modern Today's Equjpment ! !
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
GONRA sez : these may NOW be "Orphan Calibers". Good Luck! !!
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
When I wasa kid, GONRA thought EVERYBODY hada Can of Bacon Grease sittin' on their stove....
Back in WW II we NEVER wasted anything!
Our family was the only one on the block (Suburban Chicago)...
Forum: Our Town
GONRA's "natural gas" GENERAC has run perfectly for over 2 decades.
Runs everything except Central Air......
Its professionally installed and maintained twice a year.....
Forum: Gas Checks
GONRA mada double acting die set for my Corbin CSP-2 hand press to produce a "gas check like" structure
directly from 3 mil Al sheet. Product is a "top foil" for Soviet 9mm Berdan Primers...
Forum: Gas Checks
Waaaaay back in 1950 - 60's, GONRA used IPCO Grease Wads (disks? or similar name,,,)
in my Super Duper 9mm Luger Cast Bullet Handloads. Hada high graphite content.
As I recall, idea was to...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
GONRA's cured it with a OLDE (small sizing die mouth entrance radius)
set of RCBS 9mm dies in my Dillon Progressive.
You will "pay a price" - sometimes must "finger guide" the case into the...
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 |