Howdy Pards
A large, outdoor shooting range I’ve used for years has tall, dirt berms for backstops. They are possibly 20 feet in height.
The berms are tall enough that various shooting clubs...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Howdy Pards
A large, outdoor shooting range I’ve used for years has tall, dirt berms for backstops. They are possibly 20 feet in height.
The berms are tall enough that various shooting clubs...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Howdy Pards
Call me old … I am … but for many decades I relied heavily on scrap wheel weights from service stations and tire shops. They were happy to give away the used ones.
Nowadays? One...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Howdy Pards
Some bit of time back I bot a couple of 25lb bags of used (reclaimed) shot from, if memory serves, RotoMetals.
It was dirty and needed to be washed (as their advertisement clearly...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Howdy again Pards
In response to the question about a bayonet on a Martini-Henry … Yes.
Find the great movie “Zulu” on a streaming channel or excerpts in YouTube. Indeed those Martini-Henry’s...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Howdy Pards
My sincere admiration to those capable individuals who form 25-20 from 32-20. Have read articles on it. Watched U-Tube videos on it … BUT … no luck trying it myself. Was fortunate some...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Howdy Pards
I hear ya. Rims on 24 gauge slip out of the shell holder more often than I like. Have on occasion, with language not used since Army days, had to unscrew the decapping pin and use a...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Howdy Pards
Enjoyed reading the posts. Picked up some good info. In my Snider I have used 24 gauge brass and actual factory 577 brass (Jamison and other makes). An issue with 24 gauge brass, at...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pards
Just a thot from my experience with Foundry alloy.
Bot a box of pieces of it some bit of time back and melted them into .5lb ingots and have found the alloy to be very useful.
...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Howdy Pards
Hmmm … I prefer to use cracked corn to feed wild birds. They must like it. Never had a complaint.
I too find that ground corn cobs (i.e. hamster bedding) is both cheap and very...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pards
$35 which includes shipping by usps sfrb.
Time was when I thought I’d acquire a 40 S&W but did not.
These are range pickups. Can’t guarantee but think most are 1X fired.
The...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pards
Not sure what LGS has decided but if he’s a bullet caster I can give an enthusiastic recommendation for the Lyman 257420. Have had one for years and swear by it. Cast of hard alloy...
Forum: Completed Deals
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Howdy Pard. Have several vintage bolt actions but not a 8mm Lebel. Nonetheless I know how difficult it can be to find good reloadable brass.
My thot would be to be patient and...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pard
Wish ya luck in getting that old smoke pole up and running. Bot a 92 Winchester in 25-20 in 1957 … still got it … and have cast bullets for it and reloaded ever since.
I use the...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pard
Not an immediate solution but for the longer term. As 45 Colt cases develop small splits, set ‘em aside and then either use a case trimmer to shorten to 45 Cowboy length … or, my...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Howdy Pards
Thanks to those on this Forum and another who referred me to alloy calculators. Alas they brot more confusion than enlightenment.
Found my answer on an internet search. Two parts...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pard
That’s quite a wish list. Very well thought and ambitious. Wish ya all success in checking those items off, one by one.
Just a thot. IMHO there is a 44 mould missing from your list...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pards
To rmcc: got your PM accepting the deal. Consider the brass SPF. Sent you a reply with my mailing address. Yr personal check will be fine.
To hamgunner: The brass is SPF. Am sure...
Forum: Completed Deals
Howdy Pard
Might be able to assist.
Background: Bot a Winchester Model 1892 in 1958. Still have it. Great rifle and great cartridge. Love ‘em. Used it this month for a Cowboy Action Shooting...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Howdy Pards
Hoping this isn’t too novice a question and hope some good person will have some input.
Background: I grew up in a casting world where wheel weights were abundant and often free for...
Forum: Completed Deals
$90 which includes shipping in USPS medium flat rate box.
This is pretty much all you need to get started to cast and size bullets and reload ammo for 9mm Luger.
Items include:
1. Lee 9mm...
Forum: Completed Deals
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Interesting mould. Looks more hand crafted than mass produced. At .37 could well be for conical bullets for Colt and Remington 36 cap and ball revolvers.
Adios
Fortrenokid
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 |