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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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...
Forum: Casting Equipment
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...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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...
Forum: Factory Rifles
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...
Forum: Factory Rifles
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...
Forum: Factory Rifles
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 |