I have shot cast loads in both AA 5744 and Shooters World Buffalo. The loads are nearly identical - the only difference that I've found at all is that sometimes there are a few unburned kernels of...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I have shot cast loads in both AA 5744 and Shooters World Buffalo. The loads are nearly identical - the only difference that I've found at all is that sometimes there are a few unburned kernels of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
In the early 80's I picked up a pre 64 Winchester model 70 (made 1951) in 30-06 at a gun show in San Francisco for $150. I put a Leupold scope and a Fajen stock on it and hunted with it for many...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Archived threads are a gold mine. Lots of times current questions have come up that have their answers in those older threads. In example: on this thread Bazoo asked if powder coating was...
Forum: Cast Boolits
They look fine. Just load em up anyway.:p Now you're going to get to enjoy a real treat - whenever I have screwed up some powder coated bullets and had to toss them back into the pot, you get...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Outpost75: Really getting off topic, but; I just checked out the CBA website. It looks great, and I'd like to join, but there's a problem. I had intended to join a couple of years ago, but i...
Forum: Special Projects
Bill, you've inspired me. I've got a barrel blank in the lathe as I'm writing this that is going to become a 450 BM barrel for a '93 Mauser. I won't be making the rifle as fancy as yours, but it...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
"Assuming the base is 4" long, the muzzle end of the base would be 0.0235" higher than the rear of the base"
This might seem counterintuitive but, if you raise the front of the base the scope will...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't shoot the 458 SOCOM, but I do reload for both 45-70 and 450 Bushmaster. The bullet I've selected fore this is the NOE 460-315-RF-AV3. This is a Ranch Dog inspired mold with a big meplat. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just my humble opinion but I think we're ready for the "5th Edition, Lyman Cast Bullet handbook". There are several newer cartridges like 350 Legend, 300 Blackout, and 450 Bushmaster (plus more)...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Just last week I finished the inletting and barrel channel on a stock I'm carving. I use Kiwi black shoe polish that's thinned a little bit with paint thinner, then applied to the barrel/receiver...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sounds like some third party vendor bought factory reject barrels at a discount, and is reselling them to an unsuspecting public. If I were an unscrupulous snake oil salesman I would use words like...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Shooters World Buffalo Rifle is practically the same as AA 5744. You can use 5744 load data for cast loads with SW Buffalo. Shooters World Blackout is similar to, but not the same as AA1680. If...
Forum: Military Rifles
I've installed aftermarket triggers on lots of Mausers. These include Timney and Bold triggers, as well as homemade single stage ball triggers. Before I use any rifle that I've replaced the trigger...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
6.5X284ever: You mentioned fishermen in your previous post. That means that you must be relatively close to water. There are many sources for scrounging lead & alloys for bullet casting. ie:...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Two things: First "engineers coffee". That's coffee with the aspirin already in it. (to be used only when coming up with last minute solutions to impossible problems)
Second coffee rule: A...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The only 8mm mold that I have is the Saeco #081. It works fine.
Show us Der Mauser....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Now this has absolutely nothing to do with the OP, but there is an effect that I've seen happen over and over again here in Commiefornia. I call it the "shallow reloader". Back during the pandemic,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
BLC-2 is an excellent powder for a variety of cast loads. Because it's a ball powder it can be hard to ignite in some conditions (like larger cases where there isn't complete fill). In smaller...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I used that phrase not too long ago. On every public gunsmithing forum since forever, keyboard commandos and armchair experts who repeat things they've heard like a flock of parrots, but have no...
Those molds look like they were made for the 8.15x46R cartridge. It is a popular Schuetzen cartridge that usually uses a .321" bullet.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I used to have a Colt new service in 45 Colt. It was a very nice pistol, but it wouldn't shoot worth a darn. No matter what I tried in it there just wasn't any accuracy. Eventually I sold that...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
The 7mm TCU is stone simple: just run 223 brass through the resizing die, load & fireform. I've never fiddled around with the Herrett cartridges. The 357 seems interesting, but as far as the 30...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
As a general rule you want your cast bullets to be around .001" over the groove diameter of your firearm. This goes for both pistols and rifles. If your cast bullets are at (or slightly under)...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I just Googled "Firing Pin Through Head". 165,000,000 results in 0.31 seconds. Not one of them about someone actually being struck in the head by a firing pin. It is possible to blow up a rifle...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Gordon's Reloading Tool (GRT) lists loads for the 8.15x46R using N130. You didn't indicate what bullet you're going to be using. To get you load data you'll need to say which bullets you're going...
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