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One of the reasons I'm a bit skeptical about all this crimp, what type, how much, etc., is because I started working on 1911s many years ago. I'm sure many of you remember the days when Colt was...

+1 on Red River Rick's stuff. The handles are beautiful.

Bob K

If you are getting a "seam" on some of the boolits, then the seater is pushing on this, and seating those boolits a bit deeper. Some molds I have used closed consistently, but I have seen a couple...

Yeah, but what I was really hoping for was a cheapy generator. Never ran across one, so I broke down and bought one. Had been promising myself one for 30 years.
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I don't have an underhammer, but reading this thread has given me an idea for one. You get a barrel and a breech plug. Thin the rear of the plug until it is just a bit thicker than your hammer and...

Are you talking about replacing the ram and cutting a dovetail for the latch?

Bob K

35remington,
Ah, I explained in considerable, if concise, detail the mechanics of chambering in the 1911. I fail to understrand the reason for your reply to me, but I hope you are enjoying the...

Ron,
No, I'll pass. My interest in the mold was based upon the dimensions you originally quoted. While it sounds like a good boolit, and your price is quite reasonable, it's not something I...

35remington,
I never said that the 1911 headspaces on the extractor most of the time. What was said in a previous thread was that this was a fallacy, and had been debunked. Ah, no, it can and...

I'll bet that would be a fine mold for .44-40s with a loose barrel. The problem with some .44-40s is that the barrel is so large that you can't fit a boolit to them, because the resulting neck...

Actually, taper crimping is unnecessary. It won't hurt anything if you do it, but I loaded thousands of rounds of .45 ACP and have never owned a taper crimp die. I roll crimp, and seat the boolit...

A lot of these cartridges are bottlenecked, so the spec'd boolit diameter will likely run small, to enable the round to chamber. The crud ring at the mouth of the chamber is a problem, but the Holy...

Never knew that. I wonder where Colt got his steel? Was this some attempt at hardening the steel?

Bob K

StrawHat,
You may be right; certainly metallurgy was part of the equation. But if I recall, the complaints came from reports of useage in combat, hence my theory. If they also had issues with...

303Guy,
Well, strictly speaking, your example is no longer a plain-based boolit. It was protected by the cotton ball. You might have used COW, cornmeal, a hard wad, or a gas check, and the...

Just a cautionary note: there have been reports of toxicity with fermented honey, hence the saying, "One man's mead is another man's poison."

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LEE has a RB mold in .600. They cast about 315 out of WW.

Bob K

docone31,
I have a hare-brained theory about the cylinders blowing up on Walkers, the originals. What I can see happening, in the heat of battle, is that the soldiers, wanting a quick reload,...

T/C really stands behind their products. I picked up a Grey Hawk at a gunshow, had a load stuck in it. I called T/C, they said send it back to us. They paid the postage, pulled the charge, and...

I've never shot either, but many people here like 50/50 Ww/pure for an alloy. Boerrancher reports 2500 out of an '06, so this should give you expansion that would make the shape of the nose a moot...

Ah, John, that's pretty uniform, regardless. Much less than 1%. I'd bet even your rejects would shoot pretty good, for someone of my skill level. :wink:

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Bigjohn,
There is another solution. Dixie Gun Works has lathe turned brass cases that use a .22 rimfire primed case as the primer, and then you load the powder and projectile of your choice. 6...

atr,
Yes, the .30-30 is designed to headspace off the rim. However, if that headspace is sloppy, and I've found that to be true in this cartridge more than any other, then you can eliminate the...

joe,
It looks like a Timney, or just about any other trigger. :) They all work pretty much the same. The foremost screw, facing downward, tensions the trigger against the bottom of the receiver....

Actually, the pressure is likely not too high, or the case head would set back, and there would be no high primer. The cases would stretch right above the base, and probably come out in two pieces...