Blammer:
It was good to see a BDL DM because I don't see many of them in use. Ours is in .270 and stacks them using a very old Lyman mould. Yours looks great.
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
Blammer:
It was good to see a BDL DM because I don't see many of them in use. Ours is in .270 and stacks them using a very old Lyman mould. Yours looks great.
Forum: Leverguns
Hello Ferguson:
Reference the Lee hollow base with SR4759........
I enjoyed casting and shooting that bullet with others in that rifle. The Lyman manual says that 26 grains is minimum so I started...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Hello gunfreak25..........back to the good old Argentine.
My notes show that on 12/26/13, I tried the following:
Lyman 314299 cast of wheel weights and quenchd.
18.5 grains of SR4759 (for those...
Just waiting for the rain to stop and researching some items. Does anyone remember the brass 12 gauge shotgun shells that's were made with muzzle loader type nipples in place of a primer pocket? They...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have an Argentine made in 1896. The Prvi Partizan brass seems fine and their ammo shot OK too. Of course my eyes are less forgiving lately. As mentioned in other replies, besides casting for it,...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Here's about 1 1/2 cents worth if anyone can use it. This is in Marlin Cowboy. I couldn't get 2400 to work well for my Lee hollow base or Lyman 457643. However, SR4759 will stack them nicely. This is...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
The 91/30 and M44 "play well" with paper patching for me. The paper will actually have a polishing effect on the bore and you may see some improvement in it after awhile. I had a mold made years ago...
Forum: Military Rifles
Lethemgo:
I was in the same situation with the same rifle. I traded a Buck knife for it in the 80's. I was unable to find a stock until I checked on the Swiss rifle board just a few years ago. Mr....
Forum: Our Town
My youngest son received student of the year in the aviation mechanics class he was in. Cpt. Gene Cernan presented the award to him as well as awards that people from the other classes were due. Cpt....
My experience with a .35 is limited to a 1927 model Remington model 8. After trying several loads with Lyman's #358315 which is the 200 grain round nose, it showed the most accuracy with 20.5 grains...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have an 1896/11 which means it was reworked with an added pistol grip in 1911. Mine was made in 1905. I traded a buck knife for it in the 80's because someone cut the stock off halfway down the...
Forum: Factory Rifles
The last gun I bought? As far as my wife knows, it was about 17 guns ago.
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have a model 8 in 35 and it was made in 1927. I had good results with the Lyman 358315 gas check with homemade lube, 20.5 grains of SR4759, Remington brass and Remington 9.5 primer. At 50 degrees...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I cast for two of them. Both are in original military configuration. I use 20.5 grains of 2400 and it works very well as it does in most other rifles. Cases are trimmed with a Lee trimmer and flash...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I use an RCBS trim die in this caliber and made some good brass for it from .25-06, .280, .30-06 brass and another that I can't remember. It couldn't be more simple to do and I haven't messed up a...
Yes they were checked. We use several .30 caliber molds and they all wear checks except the paper patch type. I forgot to mention we use Hornady checks simply because of price and availability. And...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A few years ago, an old local hospital was being refurbished for other uses. I stopped by and offered to dispose of all the lead in the two xray rooms. Both rooms had a layer of lead behind the...
Thanks for the comments. I guess we're fortunate in a way here. There's a mom and pop outfit in the woods that always has powder. It may be very old and they just look up the current price and that's...
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Today, my youngest son the new airplane mechanic, tried out the following load:
Rifle is a Ruger Hawkeye .30-06, almost new. Very few jacketed rounds fired from it.
Old Remington cases...
Forum: Leverguns
I have one and it shoots very well, crooked sights and all. The sights are ever so slightly to the right of center. My bore is very large, slugging out to 431.5 to 432 depending on if you push the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had some failure to fire in a Winchester bulk box. I emailed the company and received a phone call a couple of weeks later. They emailed a shipping label to me so I could send the remaining...
Forum: Leverguns
There was a long detailed article from the Los Angeles Silhouette club about this bullet. I haven't read it for awhile but they had great results by having the mould modified to increase the diameter...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
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My son shot the first cast out of the 8mm, a 1944 (dot) rifle with a like new bore. Load was once fired Federal...
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 |