You need to use foam core drain pipe.. if you use a solid PVC pipe it will bend!
Type: Posts; User: BombDoc
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
You need to use foam core drain pipe.. if you use a solid PVC pipe it will bend!
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I researched this a few months back..
Deplating is the way to go, it will remove the chrome and not touch the base metal. I have had it done to a Dreyse needle gun, and the results were...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Dry BP is not corrosive.. moisture will however dissolve out the potassium nitrate which is an oxidant and hence corrosive.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
.. and a really, really sharp blades!
I use scalpels for tight corners!
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey in UK used only Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus) for making rifle gunpowder. Willow was used as well, but for making artillery grade powder. They...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Moisture is the problem.. As has been said, dry BP will last almost indefinitely. I have recovered powder from shell fired in the 1880s, and provided the seals are good, it was as good as the day it...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Yes.. I make both Chassepot and Dreyse ammunition..
There are basically two methods of making Chassepot cartridges.. one is the "traditional" method where you make a separate powder case and tie...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Biggest issue with Black powder is dust. Most of the accidents with BP have been traced to this. If you read the old military ordnance manuals, checking for dust was one of the main activities,...
My .310 mould is an RCBS special that was retailed through Jim Goodwin at NDFS (long gone now..) It works fine with my Greener .310. Presumably RCBS still has the cherry..?
I dip the bullets in...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
The subject of which charcoal is best for gunpowder is something that was researched heavily in the 19th Cent. Work done at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey, Essex concluded that the...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Nope.. Washing Soda is Sodium Carbonate Na2CO3
Baking Soda is Sodium Bicarbonate NaHCO3
.. both sodas, but I suggest washing soda is a tad more agressive..
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 |