For me it was an old time catalog from a place in Canada called S.I.R. mail order. I perused that annual catalog for years starting at about age 10 as I grew up lusting for all the reloading gear so...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
For me it was an old time catalog from a place in Canada called S.I.R. mail order. I perused that annual catalog for years starting at about age 10 as I grew up lusting for all the reloading gear so...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
A word of caution: If your cast boolit is tight in a fired case neck, there will be no room for the neck to let go of the boolit in the chamber and extreme pressure excursions can result. Always be...
Forum: Black Powder Substitutes
No sub bashing here. I used Pyrodex RS and Select for 20+ years and brought home several truckloads of deer during that time. I can say with absolute certainty that it really works well. I also...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
At that price don't wait long. I have a Crusher II on my bench as of last fall when my Lee Challanger press bit the dust. It is one solid press. Heavy and able to easily handle anything you throw...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ha Ha, I think I hear an echo....... I too use the same "50/50 WW/pure plus a bit of tin" with the same RCBS 200FN and have the same deer killing results at around 100 yards. My velocity is...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Have a good look at the crown. Check with a cotton swab if anything hangs up on the edge of the rifling. A ding in the crown can do what you describe.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Well that is retro and certainly looks fun! Sounds like clipping those twigs was very satisfying, I love plinking like that too.
Forum: Processing wild game
Vacuum sealing is a great help. Then throw it in the freezer, ice crystals will not form if your seal is good. I have only been able to keep it away for a couple of months at best. Then the kids...
Forum: Our Town
Epilepsy runs in my family too. My mother and my son both have it. Grand Mal seizures happened to them both but medication made it a non issue for them both too. I wish you best health and a...
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
I have the last 2 cans in the picture, but the rest are too old for me!!
NOE 360-200FN. In my 35 Rem that is the one that out-shoots them all.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a favorite deer rifle made up on a swedish model 96 from 1899. It never sees modern max loads.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Yep recipe for disaster. There might even be a story or two on this site about it happening. Stainless steel or cast iron is your friend.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Me too. I use 80 grains 3f with a 260 grain pure lead hollow point in a sabot. I prefer the real thing to any of the substitutes I have tried.
My favorites are gallon milk jugs full of water. They leave no doubt about hits. In winter I add a little bit of kool aid or food color then freeze them outside. That way you will see them against...
Forum: Our Town
I bet it is a hoe. I have seen one in steel that looks just like that without the extensions.
Forum: Our Town
The dean of handloaders has gone to his reward. I will miss him. Rest in peace old soldier.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
That will spoil the whole thing. Deer fat melts at a temperature higher than the human body so it solidifies in your mouth and is inedible. Tallow is the word. None can be on the meat at all. You...
Forum: Catch of the day
Been in a touring rock band for years myself, and had a professional ballerina in my net for a while. So much like what you describe I just had a big grin on my face reading your post. Yeh, I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Personally I use 16 grains of 2400 under the lee 155 and lube with speed green. Shoots very well and cycles the action. Be sure to clean after every range trip. It's a thing with the SKS.
Forum: Our Town
Never got the chance! I was feeling defeated, making a ton of noise and not in any way expecting to see a deer. Turns out if I had just sat in the back of my truck all evening I would have had a...
Forum: Our Town
Ha Ha nice!! I spent an entire evening once slowly silently stalking along a patch of brush. When I got to the end and had seen no deer, I walked back to my truck paying no heed at all to the noise...
Forum: Our Town
Well my little town has 876 souls at our last census. I own a little hardware store in my town. We have most of the things you need right here in town but all the stores are like mine, small and...
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 |