I've seen a couple of those - I'm familiar with the press, but I don't have any firsthand experience with it. I think it would be a great press to move to and I'd probably be happy with it, but I...
Type: Posts; User: trickg
Forum: Casting Equipment
I've seen a couple of those - I'm familiar with the press, but I don't have any firsthand experience with it. I think it would be a great press to move to and I'd probably be happy with it, but I...
Forum: Casting Equipment
One on hand I've been thinking of going to the Lee Classic Turret press - I figure that from a cost/savings perspective, it would be a great step up from my Lee Challenger single stage press, plus...
It's been a while since I've been around this thread - been pretty busy.
Again, great stuff guys. I've been on the fence about trying HS-6, but it must be your over the top favorite for a reason....
That's not all she's supposed to send to me - there are a bunch of other things of indeterminate worth - books and that sort of thing - that I would like to obtain before she has a chance to sell...
I appreciate that, but he's been gone now for 12 years now, so it's nothing new. I only started to shoot and reload when I finally was allowed to have some of his guns about a year ago. One of...
Yeah, but you didn't make a point to make your screen name about 44s. ;)
I certainly am not an expert in anything gun related. The more I learn the more I realize I don't know. My Dad knew a...
I've heard a lot of good things about Clays in semi-auto pistol reloads, specifically .45 ACP, but is it a good powder for .44 Mag?
I might have to pick up some HS-6 instead of Titegroup - your...
I just read an article that suggested Titegroup as a good .44 Magnum powder - preferred even to the tried and true Unique. I might see if I can find a pound of that at the next gun show I attend.
Thanks for the replies guys.
The thing with the hands is only a personal annoyance when it comes time to check out at the range and I have the residue all over my hands. I'm one of the few that...
I went to the range tonight and after firing about 70 rounds of .44 mag and about 50 rounds of .38 special - both loaded with Unique - my hands were pretty danged dirty and I was curious to know if...
In the short time I have been reloading, throwing powder charges with the humble Lee Perfect Powder measure, I have found a couple of tricks for getting my powder throws more accurate (bumping the...
Forum: Leverguns
I'll certainly keep that in mind - I just don't want to mess up part of what makes it collectible - chiefly the case hardening colors that are left. If I handle it too much, I can fade those...
Forum: Leverguns
I've fired this rifle before when my Dad was still alive - that was back in the mid 90s and probably the last time it has been shot. As I recall, it's a good shooter, and the bore is in great shape....
Forum: Leverguns
Here are a couple of pics of the sights on the barrel, along with a picture that shows a couple of the variations of the Lyman No. 6 sight - I outlined the version that is on my rifle. As for the...
Forum: Leverguns
A few details on this rifle.
1.) This is a rifle - not a carbine. Yes, I realize that it has a short barrel - 22" to be exact, (factory standard was 26") but it is not a carbine. My letter from...
Forum: Leverguns
Yes, but my actual acquisition of this rifle took a few twists and turns along the way - I didn't actually acquire it until last February, 11 years after he passed, and it was one of 12 guns from a...
Forum: Leverguns
It's a great rifle, but its shooting days are done - at this point it's a genuine Safe Queen. At some point I'd like to get another one to use as a shooter - maybe one of the new Brownings or one...
Forum: Leverguns
When my wife asked what I wanted for Christmas this year, I joked that I wanted some custom license plates to reference the Winchester 1886 I had inherited from my late father. Much to my surprise,...
Forum: Our Town
I have two other security methods named Leo and Raven, my two Yellow Labs! :D
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for all of the replies. The thing is, for my shooting endeavors, I can't imagine ever getting to a point where I need to get a lot of lead - I'm thinking maybe 100 pounds a year would be all...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Mike - just keep in mind that I live in Maryland and we have all kinds of political shenanigans going on here - this state is one of the bluest of the blue. Anyway, as a result, the whole...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Groovy! So how do you alloy it to make it usable for bullets?
Forum: Cast Boolits
My Dad once got a bunch of old cable from the telephone company that had a lead sheathing (the cable was about an inch or so in diameter) and he used tin snips to remove the sheathing. It was really...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well, actually it does absorb radiation:
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q5362.html
Based on that article though, it would appear that there is nothing wrong with the lead and that it...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the encouragement guys. As an interesting side note, I have developed a very good rapport with my dentist. He's one of the nation's leading reconstructive dentists, and he published an...
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 |