Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to the new Cabelas and buy powder today while they have some left. They seem to have a good supply.
Best,
Dick
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to the new Cabelas and buy powder today while they have some left. They seem to have a good supply.
Best,
Dick
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
First of all, I apologize for not hanging out here often enough. You folks are a great bunch and I enjoy your company.
I've been loading a duplex load for my Rem. roller 45-70 and am running low...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I sell the DD-ROA Flat bullet molds. The bullets drop from the mold at .460". They haul lube typical of Big LubeŽLLC designs. What I'm wanting to do is to work up a Plainsman round that will give ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Don't rightly know Felix. I left that up to my engineer/machinist. The high silicone aluminum was used because of it's machining qualities. The result is very high quality finish inside and out.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I put in some quality time casting up some DD 45-70 Mk-III 500 grain bullets yesterday. Since this mold drops Six per pour, the bullets pile up fast. But, at 3000 grains of metal per pour, the pot...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ho the fire.
The wait is over!:D
It's been long, but at long last, they're here and they are very good. Six cavity round ball molds made on the same platform as the other Big LubeŽLLC molds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
So, where does one find Chore Boy?
DD-MDA
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Naw, he's being a music critic. He's been known to hit a sour note himself though.
BTW, the powder drop sure makes a better powder drop than it does a horn, in my hands. . .
DD-DLoS
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I've posted this over on CAS City, but I thought it might be enjoyed here also. . .
Last weekend I was in the Twin cities where my Daughter and Son in Law were part of an Old West re-enactment...
Forum: Lathesmith's Custom Dies
I've been proud to advise my Big LubeŽLLC customers of the work Chris does. I've never had any bad feedback from his work.
Keep up the good work Chris.
DD-DLoS
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I had to put a Malcolm style scope on my 45-70 roller. I shoot to 1000 yards and I just can't see well enough any more. The scope allows me to keep on shooting long range BPCR.
DD-DLoS
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Depending on your gun and mission, WW metal is fine with black powder. Especially for SASS distances. For long range BPCR I recommend 25:1 lead:tin alloy.
Leading shouldn't be a problem with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
A while back a pard was selling tin. He sold out and has no more. So, who has tin at a fair price? By fair, I mean near base metal price plus S&H.
DD-DLoS
Forum: Cast Boolits
44 Cal Mav Dutchman Big LubeŽLLC boolit over a compressed charge of FFFg Holy Black. It won't jar yer hand, it'll shoot great all day and it gives a true "Old West" feeling.
Come to the Darkside...
Forum: Special Projects
Howdy Bub,
I suspect any good telephoto camera lens would work. The trick is, getting an eyepiece adapter. Give B&H a call and put up with the phone tree. They can give you the advice you seek....
Forum: Special Projects
Here are a couple of photos of the spotting scope rig.
DD-DLoS
Forum: Special Projects
For a spotting scope, use the lens at maximum aperture. For more depth of field, stop it down a little, but expect a dimmer image. FWIW, in some conditions a polarizer may be beneficial.
DD-DLoS
Forum: Special Projects
In my former life I was a professional photographer for over 40 years. I hung on to some of my camera equipment that I wanted for my retirement. A screw mount Pentax SLR with a complete set of...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
And, for fishing out those steel and iron pieces and the Zn weights with steel clips, I use a garage floor magnet. It really does a job at fishing out the steel. Then, I skim the remainder and flux...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
It's about the beer, the fun of brewin' it and the enjoyment of drinkin' it in the good company of yer own choosing.
So, go ahead, brew up a simple brew, follow the directions and invite someone...
For my LEE and Big LubeŽLLC Six Cavity molds, I've always had good luck with hot water, dish soap and a tooth brush. Hot water rinse. Lube pivot points and alignment pins and sockets with Bull...
Big LubeŽLLC Professional Six cavity mold handles will fit both LEE Six cavity molds and Big LubeŽLLC Six Cavity Professional molds. They are laser cut steel with class A birch handles that are...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cowboy 45 Special brass is made by Star Line. It is like 45 Colt brass with the middle taken out, not just shortened. Shortening 45 Colt brass leaves a too thick neck. Reaming is then an option,...
There's iron in Springfield's words. He's probably cast more bullets than most of us will ever do in a lifetime, and he's good at it.
Since I sold that mold Cohagen, I second the hot water...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Ok Pards, but I've seen all kinds of QA issues about the other adjuncts that are used in making lube for black powder boolits. But, it seems that nobody ever questions beeswax.
I use Soy Wax,...
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 |