As far as lubing coated bullets I tend to use a small amount of Imperial Sizing Wax every fifth bullet or so, or when it starts to use more effort to push through the die. It depends on the die...
Type: Posts; User: quiver
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
As far as lubing coated bullets I tend to use a small amount of Imperial Sizing Wax every fifth bullet or so, or when it starts to use more effort to push through the die. It depends on the die...
Forum: Swaging
Gun has been sent back. As for not having enough mass for a blow back design, I don't think anyone has ever accused a Hi-Point design of not having enough mass.
As for the reason why my load data...
Forum: Swaging
Jacket material is copper. As for powder bridging, I've never seen it happen with this powder measure. The pressure signs I was looking for would be on the primer, which is much thinner than the...
Forum: Swaging
I took your advice and increased the load to 3.7 gr. of Bullseye. First three left the barrel, but accuracy did not impress me. The fourth one fired and suddenly my slide was pointing up at a 45...
Forum: Swaging
I have a bit of a head scratcher here. My brother recently got a set of swagging dies at a gun show and has been happily swagging bullets. He shoots mainly .38 special and .357 magnum and has been...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
It would be odd for brass with a S&B head stamp to not be boxer primed and to actually be made of brass. If in doubt of the material the cartridge casing is made from use a magnet to determine if it...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
r1kk1,
Lee doesn't specify the alloy used in the documentation that comes with the dies. However the .309 die that I bought at the same time does squeeze the slug to .309. My alloy is WW with a...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Just to add to Bedbugbilly's suggestion of using a Lyman "M" die is that the Lee Universal Case Expander die is also an inexpensive option for expanding case necks in preparation of seating a cast...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Mdi,
The cartridge appears to be jamming at the case neck from the rub marks that I have been able to observe. I have made dummy rounds in an effort to experiment with weather seatting depth had...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Williamwaco,
I'm sizing after powder coating. I'm using dial calipers to measure diameter. Yes, I know I can get more precision with a micrometer, but for as long as I've used this caliper it has...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm not sure weather to post this here or some other area so if it's in the wrong place I'm sorry.
I've recently purchased a Lee .225 push through sizer to size powder coated boolits for my 5.56...
Forum: Military Rifles
Wolfer,
I hadn't even considered lapping the bore. I suppose it's simply something that I didn't consider since I never had a bore of this condition before. I think I'll try some form of fire...
Forum: Military Rifles
I measured the neck of a fired case. It measured at 0.365. Not sure what significance that this measurement has but I do know that with a case thickness of 0.015 that a case could accept a 0.335...
Forum: Military Rifles
Mikeym1a,
I know what you mean about them being different. If I were to sell this rifle it would be to then buy another M95 with (hopefully) a better bore. I took another look down the barrel...
Forum: Military Rifles
I finally decided to slug the bore of an old M95 Steyr I have that had the unique ability to shoot on any part of the target at 50 yd. except for the center. It slugged out at 0.332 but I had noticed...
Forum: Gas Checks
I think your material is too thin. I get the same results with Pat Marlins checkmaker with 0.009" aluminium flashing.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Decided to go out and finally do some testing in both my Hi Point 9mm Pistol and Carbine.
First from my pistol:
92020
Winchester White Box ammunition. Not my best but it was cold.
92021
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have the same problem here 00buck. Got a local srap yard that will buy them for $0.20/lb and sell for $1.00 a pound. I got around that problem with a want ad in the paper. Though, on refection now...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Did my experiment compairing between using spray glue vs. hair spray. Results seem to be about the same. Neither one had complete coverage in one coat. Though I do think the hairspray may have had...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I wouldn't think so. When the hairspray is used it is a thin coat of powder on the bullet. It's probably the closest to what the electrostatic method is like in terms of powder use. Can't say for...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Managed to get the hair spray to work for me. Didn't even need to change brands. Coverage in one coat looks better than piglet methood but still needs two applications for complete coverage. I'll...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Still not having any luck with the hair spray. Perhaps this time I'm letting it dry too much. Given the price of hair spray I really would like to get this to work. Suave just might be better at this...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks for the tip on judging when the hair spray is ready docstodd. I'll have to try the hair spray again. The spray starch didn't really work well. It needs heat to vaporize the water faster. I...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
What brand of hair spray did you use docstodd? I tried it and it was a disaster, very little of it stuck to the boolit. Now the Elmer's spray adhesive worked great. I still had to use two coats to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Sounds like to my mind that powder coating with any method will be cheaper than using epoxy paint. Thanks for helping me clear that up.
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 |