Thank You gentlemen, I appreciate the information. Always a good idea to ask someone who has experience for their wisdom before you go blundering around trying to figure it out on your own.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thank You gentlemen, I appreciate the information. Always a good idea to ask someone who has experience for their wisdom before you go blundering around trying to figure it out on your own.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thank you Sir, Yes it does help. I was looking at using COWW and 2% 95/5 solder which would probably been too hard. Now I need to find some pure lead. You mentioned annealed gas check, that's the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I'm just getting started casting so I have a lot of newbie questions to ask. I just found out that different loads need different hardness of the bullets to properly function at a given pressure. If...
So far I've had good results with True Blue in the 45 colt. I have a S&W 625 mountain gun and a Henry Big Boy and both seem happy with the powder and a 250 gr. SWC hard cast . Meters well, cleaner...
I'm about to order a mold to feed my 41s. What I have in mind is a 210 gr. RNFP from Accurate molds. I've been told this nose shape will feed well in a lever gun. Loaded to magnum velocity for pistol...
Well Hello Bob, thank You for the welcome. At the moment I have 2 S&W 657's 6" barrels (how I ended up with 2 is a long story) and a Henry Big boy steel 20". In the near future I should have a Black...
Worst kicking thing I was unfortunately conned into shooting was a double barrel howdah pistol chambered in .577 Snider. The idea is while hunting tiger from atop your elephant sitting in that little...
I'm looking for a good mid-range load for a 200 gr. flat point hard cast from Hunter bullets. Every thing I find from the powder companies is full magnum loads. Somewhere around the 1000 fps. range...
Hello Gentlemen, Just joined tonight. Specifically for the 41 magnum information available here. I haven't had the time to read all 25 pages yet but I will. Great to know there are more folks out...
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 |