Thinner brass will help them fat bullets chamber more easily. Winchester 9mm is good thin brass.
Type: Posts; User: detox
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thinner brass will help them fat bullets chamber more easily. Winchester 9mm is good thin brass.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Pan lubing works best if you heat both lube and cast bullets together in 200-240 degree oven. A small silicone pan works best when releasing lube cake. Push out bullets then insert new bullets in...
Forum: Gas Checks
I have used cupped seating stem to seat 30 caliber, but never 22 caliber as described in topic. I have a mini lathe and will try to make a perfect fitting cupped stem for my Lee nose first sizer. One...
Forum: Gas Checks
The thicker gas checks are designed to be sized base first thru Lyman or RCBS sizers, but sometimes these machines will size bullet off center, especially when sizing softer alloys.
The extra...
Forum: Gas Checks
The thicker Gator checks will also do as you described in picture. The cure is to first crimp on (do not size) the thicker check using the Lyman or RCBS base first sizer. Next full length size nose...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Finer grit corn cob media will not get stuck in flash holes. I also like adding a little mineral spirits to vibratory for better case cleaning.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Winchester 9mm brass is thinner than most and will allow for a fatter diameter cast bullet to be chambered without resistance. Oversize cast works best in the 9mm.
Forum: Factory Rifles
This Remington 700 has a 1/9 twist.
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I recently rebarreled one of my Remington 700's using one of Brownells 1/9 twist short chambered barrels made by Shilen. You finish cutting chamber...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Without over thinking or sounding TOO scientific, I spin 223 cases over propane torch using a cordless drill. The case is held using 3/8" six point socket (1/4" drive). I direct flame at case...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I rest the wifes iron on back of RCBS mounting plate. Temp of Lube-a-matic reaches 115 degrees. This is enough heat to soften the hardest lubes such as Canuba Red 190.
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
My 300 Whisper (14") has a 10 groove 1/10 twist barrel with a .309 diameter freebore. This is perfect for the little RCBS bore riding bullet.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The Cast Bullet Association web site is down :(
Per Veral Smith: The purpose of annealing is to obtain the lowest possible hardness of a given lead alloy. Alloys which age harden when air cooled...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have graduated to the CBA site. I no longer swag...only CNC lathe turned cast bullets work best for me.
Sizing is swaging......
Forum: Special Projects
I use no lube when sizing and seating GC nose first. No lube helps the bullet and sizer stem to fall freely into hand after being pushed thru.
Forum: Special Projects
I read in the little Blue book "a faster twist will help shoot an "out of balance" bullet more accurately down range".
Today I rebarreled my Remington VS using one of Brownell's short chambered...
Forum: Special Projects
PTG has just started selling a new spiral fluted throater that makes throating easier without chatter. I hear a 1 degree per side or 2 degree included taper works great (.310 x 2 degree included...
Forum: Special Projects
Cast bullets are not concentric to begin with. By experimenting, I taper bumped the 30XCB using a .308 x 1.37 per side taper bump die and you can see the irregularities on bullets taper afterwards...
Forum: Special Projects
I need to make a punch to remove bullets from taper die. All that is needed is a 4" long .2995 diameter steel rod hollowed on end then filled with JB weld to form to nose. Bullets can be tapped out...
Forum: Special Projects
OH YEA! I size and seat gas check nose first thru my RCBS Lubamatic using .310 sizer. After heat treating I lube bullets base first using the larger .311 sizer. Try lubing one band only with LBT soft...
Forum: Special Projects
Taper bumping will also eliminate (flatten) that pesky nose whisker when bullet is removed from taper bump die. I used a blank 30 caliber PTG die, .310 x 1.5 included taper throat reamer, and...
Forum: Special Projects
Taper bumped 30XCB to match my .310 x 1.5 included taper throat. I need a matching nose punch to prevent deforming soft WW nose when removing bullet from taper die. Bullets where cast using Lawrence...
Forum: Special Projects
Goodsteel, Larry,
Sorry if I sounded like a troll. Your 30XCB cartridge/bullet idea is a very good one (the more I think about it). Maybe accuracy is improving because of gradual throat erosion...
Forum: Special Projects
Groups are getting better. Was it the water quenched WW?
I will try posting pictures soon. Five shot groups, five targets, same unedited target. I hate a barrel that walks.
Much like...
Forum: Special Projects
Bjornb, I think a good cast bullet should shoot under one MOA consistently. So far I have not seen that with these precision chambered 30XCB rifles. You are welcome to use my throater (.310 x 1.5...
Forum: Special Projects
I am waiting for a short chambered barrel to arrive so that I can try the new LBT bullet. Both of my 308 have longer throats that are .300 and .600" long. The Accurate bullet on far right was...
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 |