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    451 L.L. Parker mold, info please

    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me about a L.L. Parker mold that is marked 451 with a 2 underneath? See pictures at end of posting.

    It looks like a paper-patched bullet but for what, a Volunteer Rifle or a...
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    Best to check ground wiring in house

    Hi,

    I, too, had a tripping GFI problem that was very frustrating. Turns out after much investigation (replacing the GFI didn't help), there was a junction box of wiring that had wire nuts that...
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    cast bullets in no throat Browning lever actions

    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for the heads-up advise on not altering the "no throat" chamber of Browning lever actions so that a wider variety of cast bullet weights can be shot. Sometimes it is best to...
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    Throats in Browning copies of Winchesters

    Hi,

    This thread is interesting. I have a couple of Browning lever action carbines and rifles that are copies of original Winchesters. I've been told that these Browning lever actions don't...
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    Found Mec Charging Bar Guide

    Hi Everyone,

    I found a MEC Charging Bar Guide with data for the 12 GA 0 red charge bar. It throws 1 1/8 oz of shot and a specified powder charge per the MEC Charging Bar Guide table.

    If anyone...
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    MEC 12 GA 0 red charge bar - throws what?

    Hi,

    I can't seem to find a shotgun forum on this website but since castboolits members are the smartest reloaders, here's my question:

    I have a MEC red charge bar marked 12 GA 0. It has...
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    .270 Premium bullets for deer

    Hi Bigscot,

    After trying Nosler's 130 gr Ballistic Tip bullet for deer, I didn't like it because, in my opinion, it caused too much meat damage and left too big of an exit hole in the hide (I...
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    .270 Win deer loads

    Hi Bigscot,

    I began shooting the .270 Win when I was a teenager in the late 60's. I purchased a Remington 700 rifle with money I made shoveling snow off of roofs of residental homes after a...
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    .270 plinking and Youth hunting loads

    Hi Bigscot,

    Here's a fun plinking load plus a couple of Youth hunting loads that you might want to consider trying with your son and his new .270 rifle:

    Plinking load with recoil of a .243...
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    sprue plate extension

    Hi everyone,

    A few years ago I picked up what I'll call a "sprue plate extension" and now I can't remember where the heck I got it from. I've attached a picture to the end of this message of...
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    What is VPI paper or powder

    Hi everyone,

    OK, I'm a beginner bullet caster and just obtained a 1979 NRA book called "Cast Bullets" by Col EH Harrison. Several times in his book, Col Harrison recommends to store cast...
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    Ideal / Lyman spruce plate screw for mold

    Hi everyone,

    I'm looking for the part number or an actual spruce plate screw with 6 fine threads for my vintage Ideal mold #350447 (183 gr .348 Win bullet) that looks like this:


    Note: I tried...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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