I have the rem tac14dm which is mag fed and use a win universal hull,15gr. Titewad,cb 0178-12 wad, 17 #4 buck, 8 point fold crimp. Very good pattern
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I have the rem tac14dm which is mag fed and use a win universal hull,15gr. Titewad,cb 0178-12 wad, 17 #4 buck, 8 point fold crimp. Very good pattern
I have loaded many tri ball. My advice is use the exact components he did. Mine were very stout. I recommend you use a heavy gun and be prepared for heavy recoil. This load will drop an elephant. I...
I cast my own #4 buck and load a 2 and 3/4 hull with 15 gr. Of titewad with a cb 0178-12 wad and 17 #4 pellets for home protection. Very good pattern. I shoot these out of a remington tac 14
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have used the lee tester for many years and love it. I have a magnifying glass headband and use a regular digital caliper
And it works great for me
B.P.I. sells wads called TPS series that will protect your barrel. I have done what you are asking about and close range they are
ok but not over 15 feet. I make and load my own 00 buck, #4 buck,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the same mold but I load 4.0 gr. of reddot and have a single shot only plinking bullet.
Forum: Cast Boolits
tried again after I scrubbed the mold with dawn and let it dry, then put about 4% tin into my clip-on w.w. mix and got the temp to 800 , and got the mold hot with a hand held propane torch and...
I make my own wads for my .410 loads for my JUDGE with the punches from harbor freight and for 12 gauge homemade buckshot overshot wads I bought a handheld punch from hobby lobby that works great.
Forum: Cast Boolits
thanks for all the advice. I will clean the mold again and run it hotter next week then holler back.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been casting for 25 years and have always been able to eventually get a mold to drop good boolits
but I have never cast a lyman hollow point mold. Mine have always been LEE or RCBS. I am...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I cast clip-on wheel weights then water drench. I use the LEE BATOR mold then shake powder coat harbor freight red
then LEE .225 sizer and 4.0 grains of red-dot. wont cycle but I love to shoot...
I use the LEE 18 ball 00 mold and sometimes I snip them off and spray an aerosol graphite from a spray can in the tumbler and let them go for 4 or 5 hours. sometimes I leave them attached and load...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
mp300 will burn completely in a 300 bo with a 10 inch barrel with a standard small rifle primer.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use promo for 60gr cast powder coated in 223 rem.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use wc872 for 338 laupa mag with 300 gr sierra bthp at 600 yds and its awsome
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
back years ago when I worked and had plenty of extra cash I bought lots of powder, primers, boolits, molds, and friends gave me lots of wheel weights. now i'm retired and all I do is cast, load, and...
I use a LEE 690 rb mold and air cooled stick-on ww. my load is cheddite 2 3/4 hull, win 209, white fed so wad with petals cut just
below the center line of the 690 rb. 17.0 gr of vectan as, fold...
try the federal hulls with fed so wads and 16 grains of reddot and you will be very happy
I load lots of .690 balls but I don't use your wad so I hope someone else can help you. I use a claybuster so clone with the petals cut midway of the .690 ball and no card under the ball . a cheddite...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I use both methods depending on the boolits. some 30 cal I take the time to stand them nose down in a 100
count jig I made so when I spray them with powder the tips stay bare and I like the look....
take some pictures of your homemade PVC hull trimmer and some how-to notes
I load 2 .600 lee balls in a 2 3/4 clear fiocchi hull with a factory primer and 27.0 bluedot. I use a B.P. TPS 1275
wad mica dusted and a 20 gauge 1/2" hard card between the 2 balls and fold crimp....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was thinking 4 petals so 2 of them would be in the middle where the mold block splits
and the other 2 in the middle of each side of the mold .
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 |