+1 on the 3.0 grains of 231, I have used it with a 311-008 in my post war I frame, but have not been bold enough to use it in my older, 1920's gun. 3.2-3.5 grains of Unique is also worth...
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+1 on the 3.0 grains of 231, I have used it with a 311-008 in my post war I frame, but have not been bold enough to use it in my older, 1920's gun. 3.2-3.5 grains of Unique is also worth...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The one real drawback to PC versus LLA or 45/45/10 is that it is time consuming. If you are a high volume shooter, it adds a half hour plus per tray, versus simple tumble lube. I seldom do it...
If you get your 327 as nice as the one Greenfrog has, you'll be very, very happy. I'd love to have one but for now, they're out of my price range. But I hope Lipsey's is listening. A 6 inch 327...
^What he said. I shot a Ruger, with the RCBS 429-240 SIL Silhouette boolit over 24.0 grains H-110. I had fun.
I would start @ 3.8 grains of PP with your 311-008 clone and nudge it up .2 grains at a time to a max of 4.6 grains, stopping when I got best accuracy. I might go higher, if the gun was newly made,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
On further observation, the "new 4th Edition" is now 14 years old. quite a few powders have come and gone over the last 14 years.
For a couple of years I had a pair of goggles with a blob of lead right in front of my right eye. I was pouring some sprues back in the pot when a larger piece fell off the spoon and splashed up at...
Mine is a 1938 S/42 Mauser Werke gun, also one of the 90's imports. Mine was supposedly imported from Estonia after the wall came down, but I offer no guarantee of that info. My guess is that given...
@ BMI The rumor that I heard was that there was a concern that the plating would flake off in the bore and become copper fouling. I stress that this was a rumor, that I heard from a fellow who...
The only cast I ever shot in the 221 was a Lyman 225-646 with 10 grains of IMR 4227. I was impressed with it, 1 3/4," 5 shots, but the owner of the gun thought that was "meh." He said it would...
I heartily concur. Red Dot is sort of a secret weapon when it comes to loading the 44 Special. I load a ~230 grain NOE Button-nose, WC boolit over 4.5 grains of Red Dot and out to 50 yards it...
:oops: Whoops, typo. >.028 is correct. On the newer guns, .026-.027 is better to allow for a crush fit when reinstalling, since they have no pin. The last one I did needed the barrel/cylinder gap...
+1 Goofy, odd-ball cartridges never do much more than stroke one's ego. Being able to pick up a box of ammo at a small town, hardware store during a hunting trip when your ammo is back home 500...
I knew a fellow who kept his loaded as his home defense gun. He said he figured a 38 wadcutter in the eye ought to stop any trouble maker in his home
One of my cronies uses it in his 41 magnum. From the Accurate website download, it would appear that it is strictly a magnum powder, with loads listed for the 357, 41, and 44 Magnums, plus some 45...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I have had pretty fair luck with WW-231 in my experiments with the 32 H&R. An MP 314-640 100 grain HP over 4 grains is pretty good. Some place I have some loaded with Power Pistol but I have never...
I bought a fairly expensive case from him, it was very well packed and romptly shipped--once the post office got around to sending him my payment.
If the only issue is the excessive barrel cylinder gap, that is not a difficult repair, provided that one has the proper tools. One removes the barrel, shortens the shoulder by roughly .005,...
"Been over 24 hours--you ain't shot it yet?"
Waiting for your report, as I am looking real hard at getting one of those.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
And here I thought I was unique:roll:
Forum: Cast Boolits
Until very recently, I urged buyers, "if you only get one, get the Lyman 3rd Edition CBH" but now I hold my nose and recommend the 4th edition.
And that is simply because so many of the powders...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Oh, and you Grizzly Adams types need to be clean shaven to derive complete protection. Your beard does not work well as a sealant nor a filter.
Proper use and fit of a respirator is very...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My 432-640 large pins were like that, but a quick touch with some 800 grit sand paper while they were spinning made them slick and smooth. Conversely, I have not been very successful in getting good...
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 |