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Well reading this thread has made me a happy caster......
Just won a auction the other day that had several Lyman molds in it for $105.00
I think I did fairly well getting a
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Old thread but since I have a 33A in 9.3x57R that I am working up I thought I would post some info. I am using cut down 9.3x72 cases. NOE molds also has a mold that should work. It's a .362 mold I...

I slugged the muzzle of my rifle and I am getting 8 lands and grooves. The bore, at the muzzle, is .452 and the grooves are .464....best I can measure.

I have sized down a soft lead greaser in...

Thanks guys for all the help.

Huvius......I would like to pick your brain about about your loading experience with this cartridge. Check your PM's

Thanks guys. I am gonna give a .460-429 grain grease groove bullet a whirl on on this roller. The lead a 1/2 inch in front of the case mouth is .467 groove depth so I have to start out fat to seal...

Trying to put together a obsolete cartridge [500/450 No.1 BPE] and PP bullet combo in a old 1890"s Husqvarna Rolling Block.

Was wondering a couple things.....what is the ideal paper thickness...

Well.....I was told there was a large interest in these molds but I see nobody has posted specific interest in any given mold. Maybe we can't without breaking the rules. All I wanted is comments...

Hey guys I decided to post this here to see if there is any interest in a group of molds I have the chance to buy. I am not a mold expert but they are mostly large caliber GC molds made by the best...

I know it has been at least 20 years since this carbine was fired, probably much longer. I have the breech block soaking now in Kroil to try and get the moving breech face plate to move again. If I...

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I picked up a 1859 Sharps new Model from a cousin last week. I plan to shoot it some once I get some boolits and some tubes from Charlie Hahn. Are charlies tubes nitrated paper???

Thanks for all the input guys, I will see what NOE has to offer.

Thanks for the input and links guys.....

Does Lyman make custom expanders for their M dies? The case neck length stepped expander described in the above link sounds like the ticket for minimum...

A recently purchased Enfield No.2 Mk1* tanker pistol in 38 S&W has put me back on the path of casting and I have a couple questions concerning Lyman M dies.

In the past when I was working with the...

Thanks for all the input guys. I'll let you know how it comes out.

Thanks for all the responses guys. I have a feeling most of the molds I don't want will be tough to move so they are just a waste of money.

A more accurate count would be 18 molds with handles and...

Your are correct, they are done with them.

I have a chance to buy several molds or 31 to be more accurate. They are a mix of Lee with the handles, Lyman and Ideal molds.

Some of the Lyman and Ideal molds have handles but the handles are in...

Hey guys, for what it is worth, I have done a lot of testing with the Swedish 8x58RD cartridge in the Swedish RB rifles. On Gunboards.com you can find the load data and pressure data I collected with...

Well the bore of the M28/30 and M27 is around .309 The big question is the x39 barrel I bought from Numrich. It is US made I would think and maybe .310 How deep is the throat on any of the barrels,...

I have a 7.62x39 bolt rifle I built on a 1894 Brazilian 7x57 receiver. I also have a Finnish M27 and 28/30 that would benefit from a properly sized bullet. I am not sure about the throats on these...

If the old barrel is trash, and it is now because you cut it around the receiver ring, just use a pipe wrench on the barrel and a piece of pipe on your receiver wrench. I would used Kroil as a...

Exactly.........and I don't want any issues with a rifle design from 1867, built as a 44 caliber BP cartridge rifle in 1872 and then converted to a over powered 8x58RD cartridge in 1893 that was...

Thanks Bob.

After reading around that is pretty much what I thought the case was and wanted to here from someone else. The 70gr number was just a number I repeated from the guy who questioned me...

I have done a lot of pressure testing with the 8x58RD cartridge fired in a 1872 CG Swedish RB rifle re-built/converted to 8x58RD in the 1890's. All my testing was done with modern smokeless powders...