Congrats to all the skeet shooters, and no I don't believe that Trap is the REAL shooting and that skeet is for women and children......the op talks about making shot for hunting which I don't do but...
Type: Posts; User: MT Chambers
Congrats to all the skeet shooters, and no I don't believe that Trap is the REAL shooting and that skeet is for women and children......the op talks about making shot for hunting which I don't do but...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Yeah I'm pushing the mold apart, c'mon man.......
Forum: Casting Equipment
Okay, you don't want to understand, so I'll run it by you real slow.........I have many alum. molds, mostly Lee that wear quickly, all at the same spot, where the 2 halves come together at the bullet...
Forum: Casting Equipment
good luck on your new endeavor, good tools will yield good boolits, stay away from Lee stuff unless you are destitute, even then, save until you can get some good, solid equip. I like good molds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't approach it that way, to me results with j-word bullets is of no consequence, lead boolits cast of mostly linotype, with a little tin, pushed between 1500 and 2000 fps. gets me where I need...
Forum: Cast Boolits
you are absolutely right, jacketed bullets used are around 125 grs. and barrel twist is approx. 17"....I thought you were chasing cast boolit accuracy, something totally different
Forum: Cast Boolits
To see what works best in the .30 br. just look at the results in CBA benchrest matches as this is the darling of accuracy seeking cast boolit shooters ie: Saeco #315, Eagan MX4, MX3, (if you can...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The best mold I've used in my .35s is the Saeco 245 grain flat point gas check.
Forum: Cast Boolits
either way the lyman will still be working for years after the lee mold has fallen apart into your melt.
I avoid rifle molds that have too much unsupported bore rider portions such as the one in the picture, for BP it doesn't matter so much as usually the boolit is soft and will slug up to fit, but...
I'd invest in a Star sizer/luber, super fast, more precise, no more lube on bases or noses of boolits. I'd give up many nice molds for a Star!!
Forum: Reloading Equipment
That collection leaves one breathless! I'd settle for just fondling them!!
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I do not have or use a metallic progressive press, I've seen a Star in use and was impressed, my P-W 12 ga. reloaders are solid and slick, but when i see clips on here using some other reloaders they...
The only thing better than the Ruger blackhawk is the Freedom Arms revolvers, I have them both and wouldn't want anything else.
If I was that concerned about pressure, I would use case head expansion measurements. I never load any of my older classic guns or modern replica anywhere near what is being talked about here. BP or...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I concur with ABJ, Saeco 315 or it's clone from NOE is a winner for me and CBA benchrest shooters, works good in the 30/30 as well because of it's nose shape. I believe that it was originally a copy...
He died not long ago with just under a bag of shot near the body.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I think that the smoke color is critical here, just the intimidation factor.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I use the same boolit in my .218 Mashburn Bee, a CPA rifle, I'm pushing it 2400 fps and it is deadly to out past 100 yds and groups around 1 " at that range. We shoot gophers here by the hundreds and...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Lyman's 311359 is excellent in the 30/30, 115 grs. pointed and gas checked, load one in the chamber and one in the tube mag.`
Another vote for the 452460, the H&G and Saecos cast nicely but for me 452460 is most accurate, and I've never had any problem with damaged boolits coming out of the mold. I have patience and always...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ideal was bought out by Lyman way before 1977, for me the old Ideal and newer Lyman products are excellent tools that I work with daily, still using Ideal molds that are 100 years old.
Forum: Casting Equipment
aluminum molds are no better, they are cheaper to make, and because of even softer alum. Lees are the cheapest of the cheap. Cutting equip. used in mold making lasts longer when used on alum. and...
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 |