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Type: Posts; User: CastingFool
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Just make sure the first line you cut is straight, cause every other line you cut afterwards, will match it.
When I bought my first powder funnel, the intruction sheet advised to wash the funnel with dishwater, and not to rinse it, just set it out to dry. must have worked, cause, I can't recall ever...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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This is a pic of my first checkering job. Practiced a bit on some scrap wood, before attempting checkering the pistol grip. Intented to do the fore end, but never got around to it.
Forum: Rimfire Area
My 512 is the sportmaster 512-×. The front sight is a blade front sight, reminds me of a front sight on a high power rifle. The rear sight was fully adjustable, but I removed when I installed a...
Forum: AirGuns
I remember going through that instinctive shooting while in basic training. After a while, I tried shooting at a quarter being thrown up in the air. Actually hit it a few times, which surprised...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use the side burner on my propane grill to render my lead, but I don't do 50 lbs at a time. My pot is a 30 lb. helium tank, cut in half.
Forum: Processing wild game
Slow cooker works well for cut up woodchucks.
Forum: Cast Boolits
get some muriatic acid (used on pools) Put a few drops on your metal. If it bubbles, there is zinc present
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I use 50% coww, 50%soww, 2% pewter for my 45 colt hunting load. Not much expansion but I don't push them hard. Been thinking of using 40% cows, 60% soww, 2 % pewter
Forum: Lets talk trapping!
I've set a conibear 220 with a rope. Never did use it, though. I tripped it with a stick, and that was a scary event. There are videos on YouTube how to set up the trap with a rope
Forum: Military Rifles
when I slugged my 30 cal barrels, I used a sharp 5/16" drill bit (.312") to drill a series of holes 3/4" deep into a piece of fine grained oak. (maple would probably work, too) then poured molten...
Just had a transaction with Steve. Great communication,, shipped the item before he received payment. Great guy to deal with
Forum: Completed Deals
I'll take the 452 sizing die. Pm to follow
Forum: Completed Deals
I'll take the 452 sizing die, pm to follow
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Ha,ha, reminds me when I made a cannon at work. About 8" long, .562" bore. First time I fired it, I used about 6" of fuse. Almost died waiting for it to go off.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't remember all the details, but I watched a video where a guy shot a handgun at a target on what looked like a solid wood backstop. The ball bounced off and struck the shooter on the forehead...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
All I have ever used for 308 was 748. 1-3/8" at 100 yds with a 150gr hornady spirepoint
Forum: Hunting Accessories
323445 I found my can of Jonee fluid, but I haven't found the hand warmer.
A Lee loader is what got me started metallic cartridges, back in 1980 or 1981. Used it long enough to get 1-3/4" groups at 100 yds with my .308. I figured that was good enough, since I lived in a...
Try powder coating, add a 2nd coat if 1st coat is not large enough
Bullseye, cuz I have lots of it. Downside, is that you have to weigh every charge, if you're picky like , even though they are just target loads
Forum: Our Town
It didn't take long for my daughter tp wrap me around ger little finger, the first time I held her. The first granddaughter took even less time
Forum: Factory Rifles
Savage Axis 2 XP in 350 legend, with a bull barrel, looking forward to using it on deer next fall
Forum: Our Town
I retired in 2013, ive taken joy when people ask me what day of the week is good for, and my standard reply is that everyday is Saturday, but Sunday we go to church.
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 |