Rim thickness it the easiest to work around with. No Lathe needed for that job. The .44 basic Bell brass I used a lot of had the thickness for the originals but that can be shined using 220 grid...
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Rim thickness it the easiest to work around with. No Lathe needed for that job. The .44 basic Bell brass I used a lot of had the thickness for the originals but that can be shined using 220 grid...
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I have it in my files because it was an interest for me
:D https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?398885-Forming-44-77-Shells
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Right now the .43 Spanish is the best bet. But you have to watch and check the base diameters. some run .550 +- and there is also the.43 Spanish Reformado.
I used some .348 and .50-110 but I had to...
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Using .45-90 brass for forming .44-77 or .45-2.6 brass for the .44-90BN you will find that this will be the results quite often. I went this rout before. Find some brass with the proper base diameter...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I have a good supply of the old Southworth paper. from 100% cotton to 25% and even pulp. The 9 pount is the weight per ream and the thickness from different reams in the say 9# the sheets will vary...
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It's easy to make your template. Cut a strip of paper you're using for the bullet. Make two wraps and take a sharp knife and make a cut at the base of the bullet through the paper right maybe 1/8"...
Forum: Swaging
I thought Richard Corbin retired and closed his doors.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Vaseline has been used for bullet lube mix since it came out during the late 1800rds. I used it quite a bit for just about every witches brew lube.
When you start pushing lead bullets past 1800 fps...
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These two die sets have had some heavy use before I got the Corbin tools. These go back about 45 years or so.
These are for the .45 ACP and the .44 mag and they have the nose form from a round...
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I have C&H .44 and .45 Keith semi wadcutter swage dies I used for pistol bulls eye matches and they shoot very good. They are made for the loading presses, I used them with the RCBS BIG MAX. They...
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If the patch and powder did not come out after pulling the ball it most likely is still down there like squipcity said.
If your bore scope is long enough to reach the flash hole you should be able...
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I have several different caliber rifles that were chambered with my reamers that are tight and will not chamber a GG and I mostly use those for the matches and gong shoots. But I use a shallow...
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Bruce did his breach seating a little different than I do. He tuned his seating with the case full and a wad flush with the case mouth and seated his bullet away or closer to the wad. This worried me...
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Semtav,
I think you know by now the curiosity I have with these powder rifles finding out why this is happening :D
I did just this with the .40-70 using the stretched .30-40 Krag brass from BA and...
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That paper would work good if you chase patch the bullet with just one wrap not overlapping with square patch ends just touching and the bottom edge of the patch is flush with the bullet base not...
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Mike I gave up trying to outshoot you so I just stopped coming....
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I don't shoot smokeless in my BPCR but I see posts that smokeless dont obdurate a cast bullet. Well I spend a lot of time in the winter shooting bullets into snow banks to see what alloy works best...
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LOL, Careful using the .50-90 for the silhouette LOL I did that once and shot the head off a Turkey and unhooked a chicken swinger using it and. Just about got banned shooting the match LOL.
The .50...
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Chris,
I agree with what you said.
All my life I always just used the barrel sights and down the line I used the Tang or the Military sights the M-1 and M-14 had or the Tang sights on the powder...
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If you're looking for a cheeper scope you might check out the HiLux Malcom. But in the end you will be spending $500. for a good set of mounts for it.
The glass is decent but the mounts are junk....
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Yes that will put lube on the bore riding portion.
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If you look at that photo above the top PP. You can knurl it up from bore diameter to groove diameter like the bottom shell.
It holds as much as a 4 groove bullet and you can increase a bore...
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You can adjust the diameter putting a knurl on the shank. You can increase the diameter .015" more or less depending how aggressive you get with the knurling tool.
A course aluminum file will work...
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This tug of war between volume weight will go on for ever. :D both work.
But if you want the most out of your load find the volume and weigh it then load by weight.
If you only want to swing a...
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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 |
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