hello ,
i shot some 1000 subsonic reloads through my glock G34 , and these were storebought 140 gr ALSA PRO fmj j-word boolits .
the load i was using was 3.2 gr of Lovex d032 powder.
the...
Type: Posts; User: edwin41
hello ,
i shot some 1000 subsonic reloads through my glock G34 , and these were storebought 140 gr ALSA PRO fmj j-word boolits .
the load i was using was 3.2 gr of Lovex d032 powder.
the...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
no i never used this WC860 powder , david.
i only used AA5744 ( lovex d060) , en i did some testing with some vithavouri N110.
the AA5744 powder seems to be very well suited for a paperpatched...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
sometime ago i bought a #1 in .270 WIN , its a bleud one with the heavy varmint barrel and its topped up with a nice leupoldscope .
bought it in a gunstore were it was in stock for over 32 years ,...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
hi .303 ,
to blacken a workpiece the old way is to heat the workpiece to an orange/red color , and then drop the piece in oil .
the oil used back in the day was raw , unboiled linseed oil ....
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
so , not really related to the wrapping of lead but i ran in another issue.
i mounted my faldt diopter to my rifle to find out that the shots came up way to high , due to the milling down of my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
In my opinion there is no better mold on the market today than the MP molds!
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I stopped sizing my cores for the 6.5x55 mm cartridge long time ago..
My cores Come out the mold like. 264, then i wrap them twice and then i run them through my
.264 lubrizer.
The paperpatch is...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
a little remark...
in the far right picture you see the guiding block is not properly aligned with the base .
this is done for clarification , the lock up is very thight and not clear to see on a...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
hello ,
after some thinking about how to improve my patched boolits i thought i could do some finetuning of my patches .
the way i was doing things was with a office style papercutter , were i...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
oh... and i really like that old lead look !
the finishing touch for the vintage cartridges , must be a master of coating at work here !
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
no hatred here !
for me different things work in different ways.
i really like the HITEK coating , i want to use it for my .32 S&W long HBWC because i want a clean shot for my hammerli pistol.
in...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
so , about the sizing part...
today i made me a sizer of the H&I sizer dimensions , so i can use this in my LYMAN 4500 lubrisizer.
its made of stainless steel , and i took the dimensions of a...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
hello ,
i dont think one needs a very high speed with a paperpatched bullet.
i dont hunt but i am convinced that my 6,5x55 mm paperpatched 140 grainer loaded with 20 gr of AA5744 powder would be...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
well stubshaft ,
its not really a problem , i was just wondering how the more experienced hitek coaters were reloading this kind of boolits .
something tells me that the boolits would be sized...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
a post on topic ..
after some disapointing results i am really getting some great results with the hitek coating !
i started in real small badges and shaked the boolits to long , and was wayyy...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
So it would be best to invest in a correct sizer.
Thanks for the input!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
hello ,
i have been experimenting with hitek bulletcoating , exellent product and i believe its the best on the market today !
so far my results are far from good , but thats really just me...
i think the slight taper of the 9 mm casings and the chamber that goes with it is the main issue with castboolits in 9 mm.
this slight taper was made to get a positive feeding for semi automatic...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
hello ,
time for a little update.
i have noticed some difficulties lately in the final sizing of the patched boolits .
i had some nose-expansions due to having to put down to much force to get...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
mabey the language limits me somewhat..
my thinking would be that a soft-alloy casted is easily deformed under the applied pressure of the ignited powder .
i would say that this boolit would...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
hi .303
yes , i did have to use a little more powder , read more pressure , to get the patch to shred into tiny pieces
since i patch the full-bore cores in this soft alloy .
i went from 19,5...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
hi dan ,
thats interesting , i didn t know that .
let me think about this , the boolit deforms inside the barrel due to the pressure that is pushing it .
this will create tension as the boolit...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
hello ,
i was reading some posts regarding the hardness of the castboolits used.
most of them was trying to get the alloy harder by dropping WW in cold water , age hardening and different...
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