I am sad to relay the news that Four Fingers of Death passed on to his reward last week . The service yesterday was well attended by family , friends and past work colleagues . He will be missed by a...
Type: Posts; User: heathydee
Forum: In Remembrance
I am sad to relay the news that Four Fingers of Death passed on to his reward last week . The service yesterday was well attended by family , friends and past work colleagues . He will be missed by a...
I could do that next time Shadowcaster but it will not be anytime soon . I have half a ton of shot to work my way through before I set up again .
Heath
I can't remember what I use . Been using the same stuff for twenty years . Any brand should do .
Heath
About 20 to 1 water to soluble oil . If "popcorn" pellets start happening the mixture needs stiffening with more oil .
Heath
For many years I used soluble oil/water mix for a coolant . Smells a bit when hot but rinsed off easily and any which was left helped the graphite to adhere .
I changed the way I make shot to a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I used strips of foil about 3/8" wide and about three inches long . A heap were pre-cut and placed in a handy position . After a little practice I found it easy to place the length of foil accurately...
Forum: Cast Boolits
A couple of years ago I devoted a thread on a now defunct site to the whole problem of getting reliable expansion at subsonic velocity with 30 caliber boolets . The main boolit used was the Lee 200gn...
I use hot water as a coolant but you need a deep container to give the droplets time to solidify . My container is over three and a half feet deep . Here is the link to the thread ....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am still working on this project and have achieved results which I think are worth posting. I have moved on to
AR2209/H4350 as the powder of choice . 38 grains behind a tuft of dacron weighing 1...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have one of those in 32-20 . Mine has a long barrel - about 28 inches if I can recall correctly . The top of the barrel is inscribed "The Daisy Single Shot Rifle "
The bore is pretty poor and...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have three Cadets.
One in 357 Magnum necked down to .30 . It manages to push a 150 gn CBE boolit to about 1650 fps with about 1.5 moa accuracy .
The second is 357 Maximum necked down to .30 ....
I use a 20 gauge over-powder cup cut off a plastic wad . I use a new winchester wad but a used one would probably work just as well . Cut it off . Upside down inside a 12 gauge shot cup . Centres and...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I use the lathe , placing a 30 calibre boolit in a 5/16' collet and parting the nose off with a sharp HSS tool . This process gives a uniform result . The latest tests have been with the 230 grain...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I managed to get out to the range today to test the boolit at higher velocities . Twenty rounds were sent downrange in groups of five.The powder used was AR2208/Varget and charge weights started at...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am not sure what you mean by this . Hollowed out bases ?
If that is the case it should help move the centre of gravity forward allowing a heavier boolit than the norm to be stabilized in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have shot quite a few feral goats with sub sonic 30 cals and boolit performance is always an issue . Often chest shots are ineffective - the boolit going in one side and out the other with little...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Several months ago I received the Lee TL309 230 5R mould from Titan Reloading - one of our sponsors . The fastest twist 30 calibre rifle I own is the custom made falling block featured in my avatar...
Pellets which burst into a furry blob are caused by using the wrong coolant . I use a soluble oil/water mix which works well until it gets up to around 180 degrees F.
Look in the Casting for...
Forum: Factory Rifles
That course of action was considered but not followed through .Welding on heat treated steel is never a good idea and could cause bigger problems than the current one which is not really a problem -...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I re-barrelled a BRNO Fox 22 Hornet to 30 Carbine a few years ago . No mods to the bolt face but since the rim in the 30 Carbine is significantly thinner than the Hornet rim , the extractor does not...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have scratch built several single shot rifles including the one in my avatar - a falling block . I would recommend Frank De Hass's book of plans and would suggest building the Chicopee RF . A lot...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
My 30-06 has a 1 in 10 twist but I forgot to mention that I have machined off 200 thousands of an inch from the front of the boolits in a collet chuck fitted to my lathe . This results in a 215 grain...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I have tried that boolit in my 30-06 with that load and had lousy accuracy and the worst case of leading ever . The lead was coming out in strips . The same boolit in front of ten grains of Trail...
The molten lead just streams out without forming droplets
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 |