Gentlemen,
Do some research. There was a man that drove rifle bullets, made from pure lead, to over
2000 FPS WITH NO LEADING! The seceret? Paper Patching. Now this was in the good old days.
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Type: Posts; User: libbyman
Forum: Gas Checks
Gentlemen,
Do some research. There was a man that drove rifle bullets, made from pure lead, to over
2000 FPS WITH NO LEADING! The seceret? Paper Patching. Now this was in the good old days.
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Forum: Our Town
What you would like to have and what is at hand is another question. Have plenty of ammo for ALL of your firearms, and have it with you when the SHTF.
I have carried a M98 and a sealed can of ammo...
Well, I guess that any thing that does not conform to the accepted pratices,
gets stomped upon. This is just the norm everywhere. If someone else thought of
it, it is just not going to work.
I...
Forum: Our Town
If coffee tasted like it smells, I would drink it all the time. But I have never tasted
any coffee that stands up to that.
The same with beer. If the beer co. could make beer taste the same...
Forum: Casting Equipment
DO NOT USE the pot, that comes with the frier, to melt lead in!!!!!
It, the alu. pot looks like it will be ok, but it is not thick enough.
Dont ask me how I know, because I wont tell you.
Ken...
Forum: Casting Equipment
the Art of Bullet Casting
from Handloader & Rifle magazines 1966- 1981
Published by Wolfe Pub. Co.
P.O. Box 30-30
Prescot, AZ. 86302
This is a...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Out of a Ruger#1, in 45-70 calliber, a 355gr. PURE LEAD plane base bullet,
at 1900 FPS. This load gives about 2.5 in. 5 shot group at 100 yds. 55grs. of
IMR 3031.
Of course this bullet is paper...
Forum: Casting Equipment
DONT fill a 50 cal. ammo can with your ingots!!!!!!!!!!
Unless you are the strong man from the circus.
A 30 cal ammo can with WW will weigh 50 lbs + or - a few lbs.
Libbyman
Forum: Classics & Stickies
DONT fill a 50 cal. ammo can with your ingots!!!!!!!!!!
Unless you are the strong man from the circus.
A 30 cal ammo can with WW will weigh 50 lbs + or - a few lbs.
Libbyman
Forum: Cast Boolits
Has anyone tried either of these sprays?
And what results heve you had? Good or bad.
Libbyman
Forum: Our Town
Catch anyone on your property in Texas , at NIGHT and you can do anything to that person that you want. That is Texas State Law.
Ask any repo person, in Texas, why they dont repo cars at night....
Forum: Our Town
YES, this what I am talking about. You are the first person that I have talked to that had ever heard of Gibbs Rifles of this type.
Libbyman
Forum: Our Town
This NEW Gibbs Rifle co. is a johnnie come lately.
I have a photo copy of the section of the book
"Handbook for Shooters and reloaders." by P.O. Ackley.
In this article Mr. Ackley tests The Gibbs...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Is this powder still available or has it gone the way of the dodo?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
did what you said, and it worked. Thanks for the info.
libbyman
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
RayinNH
I get "cannot display" for that web site.
Is that the correct address?
Libbyman
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Is there a list somewhere that compares Mil. Surp. powder
to commerical powder? Burn rate and all that stuff.
I know the retailers have the info on there web pages, I just
thought, MAYBE, someone...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Does anyone know anything about this Taurus Rifle?
I saw it on the Taurus website and it looks interesting.
Ken
Forum: Casting Equipment
Get a copy of the book"The Art of Bullet Casting". It is a reprint
of articles from Handloader and Rifle magazines from the years1966-1981.
A place to get a new copy is
VEGA TOOL CO.
4865 ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
according to "Machinery's Handbook of 1990" on page 398, it says that
Nickel melts at 2651 Deg. F. I dont think this will be any good for bullet
casting.
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 |