I fill a large glass pasta sauce jar (empty and washed out of course) about 1/2 full and put it on the rotary tumbler for a while. Really trues up the balls and sprue nubs if any exist.
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I fill a large glass pasta sauce jar (empty and washed out of course) about 1/2 full and put it on the rotary tumbler for a while. Really trues up the balls and sprue nubs if any exist.
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Do you graphite coat as well ?Originally Posted by wonderwolf
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
I have a .440" roundball mold I just might try in my 10 gauge shells as long as I can get them to load ok in the SP-10 wad .
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Wish I had a .400" mold at my disposal I suppose that would be "00000" !
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Shot the 0000 in my Parker lifter 10 gauge , LC Smith Q2 10 gauge , Ithaca NID 10 gauge and my Parker top lever hammer 10 gauge yesterday evening !
I also tried some .451" ML balls in the Parker top lever hammergun . I could get four balls and seven 9mm scoops of Grex inside the REM SP-10 wad . I shot them in that gun as it has the more open chokes of the 10's I have at the moment . It wasn't terrible but not great either !
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
While I was there I tried the Brenneke 20 gauge KO slug in my Parker VHE and Fox Sterlingworth 28" both at 25 yards !
Not the greates but good enough for what I wanna do with them !
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
A bit of "Western" gun lore:
Buckshot sizes were under different system in the West of the late 19th century.
Western buckshot pellet size comparison to current:
Western #1 = 0000B = .380" (used in 10 gauge shotguns)
Western #2 = 000B = .360"
Western #3 = 00B = .330"
Western #4 = 0B = .320"
Western #5 = 1B = .300"
Lawrence shot marketed bagged buckshot, using Western sizes, as late as 1979.
And for those old enough to remember veterans of the First World War, you might remember a few tales of how effective those old "three buck loads" were!
I ordered a Lee two cavity .38" roundball mold on monday and Fedex delivered it today with some other stuff . So I cleaned it up and cast a few from straight WW's here at the shop and water dropped them .
Perhaps next week I'll try them half WW and half Liontype !
Have not tried graphite yet, I coat the shot in Alox though, I do have graphite and moly I could try but right now I don't think there is much benefit to the extra mess.
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I'd rather not use liquid alox as I expect the buffer will stick to it .
I have a friend that has a bunch of powdered graphite , I'm thinking a small amount in a bowl and swirl them around a bit oughta do the trick /
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
I did this load test couple years ago for my 12 ga. I still shoot cap and ball revolvers and have round ball molds in .375 (SACO, single) and .311 (Lee double) so I cast those with CCWW. Here's 6 .375 RB in a 12 ga using Unique (22.4grs IIRC), forgot the wad I used but its for a 1 1/4oz load, cut the petals off. Shotgun was a Rem 870 Police with 18" Cyl bore.
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Of the seven 10 gauge doubles I have the least amount of choke in any of them is maybe heavy IC or mod . I'm on the lookout for a set of cut 10 gauge Parker hammerless barrels that would be cylinder but as of yet I've not found any that fit my criteria . I think my .380" balls would more then likely do better with a good bit less constriction . But I'll not know until I find a set of decent cut barrels .
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Anyone know where to buy lead in bulk?
Google I think roto metals
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Shot a round each in my 1884 Parker 10 gauge hammer gun this evening with 0000 Buck !
I also found out 7 9mm scoops of Grex is the same thing as a 4.3 CC powder measure so I've upgraded !
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
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