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Type: Posts; User: mrbigsteel
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My guess is the Colt 1851 Navy replica. Usually less $ than the the others. (I say this, although my first one was an 1858 Remington.)
Forum: Cast Boolits
Decapped about 1,000 12-ga hulls. Whew!
I have had one since 2014 and it has been a workhorse for me. That said, I did notice that the ram has developed a little more play in the bore over time, even though I have kept it lubed...
Big sharpie. Dykem is on Amazon and Ebay if you prefer it.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Would bullets with no groove release from molds more easily?
Forum: Our Town
The systems are isolated, but spies can bridge the "air gap" with a thumb drive.
Forum: Casting Equipment
You can get them pretty full using the trick mentioned above: Little bottles in the freezer. Big tank (the fuller, the better) in the sun. Much less costly than buying bottles. If you are worried...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cleaned up an old MEC Sizemaster. Next: Learn how to adjust the sizing collet.
Forum: Our Chapel
Prayers sent for you and all others affected.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Agree. I am reading this for the first time today and learned some things.
Forum: Our Town
When I first moved to California, I saw a T-shirt outlining our 4 seasons: Earthquake, Fire, Mudslide and Civil Unrest:
Civil unrest and fire are checked off. Because of the fires, mudslide is...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Maybe just list them on Ebay as spare parts? If you price them to move, somebody who needs them might be able to benefit from them. Still may take a while to sell.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I would love to see an Auto Champ running in detail, if anyone is motivated to make a video. I believe there is only one YouTube video out there of it, and it's old and a bit grainy.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
There is probably a good reason these things failed commercially, and the primer systems are known to be troublesome. You have to want to tinker.
For whatever reason, these machines seem to have...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
For those who own a Green Machine and call yourself an "enthusiast" rather than an "un-enthusiast", I've started a forum to collect and consolidate information about the machine and to share...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I usually use Lemishine. Shiny brass makes me feel good. Must be how my wife feels when she goes shopping for shoes. :)
My process: Brass + Warm Water + SS Pins + Lemishine. Tumble for 30...
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 |