Hey all - your answers went directly to my spam folder and I did not see them until today, so sorry for the late "thank you's."
Actually, I found the mold maker Miha from Slovenia (my immigrant...
Type: Posts; User: oldcorps76
Hey all - your answers went directly to my spam folder and I did not see them until today, so sorry for the late "thank you's."
Actually, I found the mold maker Miha from Slovenia (my immigrant...
Has anyone "out there" ever loaded the .455 Webley Mark VI with an as-cast Lyman 454613 boolit? I just got an uncut Mark VI, a want to reload for it but the old RCBS .455 molds are unobtanium. I...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Wonderful! I am thinking of taking up making muzzleloaders as a hobby and this is precisely the kind of info (and confidence builder) I need!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey...that's the beauty of the 'net. All that experienced shared at the fingertips. Glad I could be of help to someone else, even if indirectly. Your rifle sounds nice. One of my regrets is the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
"Long story short I suggest you first measure the inside neck diameter of a fired case..."
Great suggestion, one of which I would never have thought myself. I have calipers and sure as hell like...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Also thanks for the wheelweight endorsement. They sure are easier to get than most other casting materials.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Bret/Turbo - thanks, esp for the compliment about my caliber choice. Bret, no, I was career Air Force. The 'oldcorps76' refers to VMI and the year I graduated. Some of us curmudgeons who went there...
Forum: Cast Boolits
By the way...I am using wheelweights for all my casting, and I'll be glad to take comments on that. I may post another general thread asking about good sources of different alloys of lead.
Just...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow - thanks all, so far...
Gonna have to take some time to digest all that advice, but is sounds like good stuff to me. Oh, and 9.3, thanks for the compliment, I thought about that configuration...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My first post, so be gentle ;)
In 1980, at the tender age of 26, I was looking for a big game rifle and decided nothing out there interested me. So I embarked on a 4-year and lotsa $$ (a little...
Forum: Our Town
Just signed up meself. Been casting and shooting for a while, but lately have really revved it up, mostly handgun. I have some more nice pieces sitting idle and I figure casting is the way to wake...
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 |