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Paul
Type: Posts; User: gitano
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Was any of that English? :)
Paul
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Thanks, I haven't done business with X-Caliber before. I'll give them a call.
'For the record': Got in touch with the Slovenians supposedly selling bored 'tubes', (ANY bore diameter and up to...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Thanks for the links NavyVet1959. I've been talking to Green Mountain. They have 1:9 twist barrels ONLY in 16.5" and one in 20" with flutes. (I wouldn't be caught dead with a fluted barrel.)
Also,...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Y'know, that "start with a .17" idea isn't a bad one!
My ultimate goal is to get a .22 RF barrel (.2165-inch bore, .221-ish-inch groove diameter) barrel with a 1:9 twist. Again, before someone...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase a .22 LR, (0.2165"-ish bore), barrel blank with no rifling? Truly a .22 RF barrel BLANK. I need it to be at least 24" long.
And before someone...
Forum: Swaging
For what it's worth, I didn't have any problem downloading chaoticmachinery's spreadsheet.
Paul
Forum: Swaging
Well, I sincerely appreciate the attention to something I'm interested in, but please, don't go to any extra effort on my account. I understand fully what you guys are up to and applaud all efforts...
Forum: Swaging
Nice to see an increase in the base diameter, but still a little small for me by about half. But...
This thread has inspired me to get back to the idea. Cast Boolits will be on the "early list" of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
35remington - It'd be really nice if you 1) wouldn't put words in my mouth, and 2) read what I wrote instead addressing points as if I made them when I said no such thing.
Paul
Forum: Swaging
I'm not arguing, Ballistics in Scotland, because I agree with all you wrote, but... In fact, the pointing die I got from Corbin is for an 8mm bullet with an 8s ogive. It has a 0.091 ejection punch...
Forum: Swaging
The only animal I have taken with a bullet I have swaged, and the story behind the actual bullet: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?276713-Don-t-tell-me-I-can-t
Paul
Forum: Cast Boolits
"Shorter means higher pressure" - Nope. DEEPER seating with the same bullet and powder means higher pressure. "Shorter" in and of itself is not related to pressure.
"In the lands" - I don't shoot...
Forum: Swaging
I read back through all of the posts and noticed two points that I think need to be addressed.
1) LUBE THE DIE! Wish I had seen that before you tried your first swaging. Did I mention LUBE THE...
Forum: Swaging
Joe Christensen - I can see you've got your mind made up, so let's not argue.
I THINK the difference between what you are saying and what I am saying is "terminology", rather than reality. I THINK...
Forum: Swaging
While those tips look to be a bit 'shy' of the edge of the jacket, that's optical illusion. Here's a finished bullet....
Forum: Swaging
Bill - I understand you completely because I have had to deal with exactly what you are referring to. In answer to your question; "Yes". :D The picture below shows my bullets point-swaged "just a...
Forum: Swaging
For my two-cents-worth, that would work just fine, seppos. BUT... And it's a deal-killer for me: Too much effort. If I, or you, could figure out a way to 'gang' some molding together, I'd be...
Forum: Swaging
MAN! It's annoying that I am not getting notices of PM OR replies!
Seppos - I tried that - sort of. It's difficult - but not impossible - to get glue of any type to work without a mess or not...
Forum: Swaging
Thank you, Valornor. Those are indeed small tips. I now fully understand. Unfortunately, those are not useful for me.
At the moment I am working on 8mm bullets that mimic in design the Speer...
Forum: Swaging
Joe Christiansen - The diameter of the ejection punch - and by extension, the hole it slips in - defines the smallest possible "point" you can put on a given bullet. Pressing the bullet farther into...
Forum: Swaging
Thanks, plus1hdcp. It wasn't my intent in that thread to "usurp" anyone's 'authority' or to suggest that the dies than one can get, (from the few places we can get dies), are anything other than...
Forum: Swaging
I looked at the drawings. Sumpin's funny somewhere. 0.093" MAX width is DAMN small for a tip for a .308 bullet. Is that dimension correct?
Paul
PS - I just measured 3 tips
Nosler .22 cal,...
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 |