My S&W M41 shoots x-ring groups at 50 feet if I can keep them there on the slow fire bullseye target with standard velocity match (redundant) ammo, and it has a great trigger and sights. I've never...
Type: Posts; User: photomicftn
Forum: Rimfire Area
My S&W M41 shoots x-ring groups at 50 feet if I can keep them there on the slow fire bullseye target with standard velocity match (redundant) ammo, and it has a great trigger and sights. I've never...
1952 S&W Outdoorsman (pre-Model 23) w/magna grips. Also S&W Model 27, essentially the same gun in .357 Magnum.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Sadly, it's not to be. I emailed Dan, and he said he's still retired, and no longer owns the domain mountainmolds.com. He said whoever now owns it has put up the website with some of his old...
Forum: Casting Equipment
It may well be that Dan has un-retired and will produce molds again. His website is back up at: https://mountainmolds.com/
I don't see his design program back there yet, but it's mentioned in...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Check out CB member lathesmith; he makes Lyman/RCBS and Star custom sizing dies.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Some helpful discussion on the differences in Lyman/Ideal small mold handles:
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?268506-Lyman-small-handles-are-not-all-created-equal
Forum: Cast Boolits
What are those 3 holes on the left side of the receiver for? A side mount?
Forum: Our Town
I use the Stihl FS94 straight shaft with a Shindaiwa Speed Feed 400 bump head. You can reload it with 4 outstretched arm lengths of .095" line in about 1 min. Don't run fuel with ethanol in it and...
Have a look at these:
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?419767-500-Linebaugh-Mold-and-Load-Suggestions
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Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I use end grain maple boards about 2" thick, and initially coated them with a food-grade mineral oil and beeswax combination, approximately the consistency of room temperature butter, then lightly...
NEI SSK 310.429 TC 2C
NEI 348 250 RN GC 2C
H&G #36 160 WC 10C (similar to Ideal 358432)
H&G #39 160 RN 6C
Forum: Cast Boolits
What is the specific lube you're referring to?
H&G S78 (looks like Ideal/Lyman 452460), NEI 310.429
Forum: Reloading Equipment
From Herter's Catalog No. 79 - 1969
275473
Forum: Our Town
A 5” S&W Model 10-5 M&P with 158gr HP +P, a speedloader with the same, and a Streamlight have been on my nightstand when I go to bed for a couple of decades now.
Here's a 5-shot .50, packable in a belt holster, that can be loaded to any power level you need - the .500 Linebaugh:
273450
Forum: Cast Boolits
Dan has decided to close up shop for good:
273127
Happy for him, but a sad day for cast bullet designers.
Forum: Our Town
It depends on the storage. I have some CCI from the 60’s, and they still work, too (they were my father’s).
Victorinox Fibrox professional chef's knives; used to be known in the US as R.H. Forschner, but are the same thing:
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Forum: Cast Boolits
The Super Bang roll caps can be found here, with plenty in stock at the moment:
https://www.tintoyarcade.com/super-bang-roll-caps-1200.html?search=super%20bang%20roll%20caps&description=true
I had Tom make me two 4-cav molds for .32 ACP, with 4 bullet styles to use with 8 different pistols, ranging from an FN 1910 to a Beretta M81. Works pretty well for me, and the different pistols.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Check an old Herter's catalog and you'll find them. Nothing new under the sun.
I bought a couple of grips from this auction seller for my Colt New Service, and was pleased with them for the price. He has several styles for the 1917:
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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 |