My 25-2 shoots everything I run in it very happy with it TH TT pinned tapered barrel
Ron
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My 25-2 shoots everything I run in it very happy with it TH TT pinned tapered barrel
Ron
Forum: Swaging
I use simple green and very hot water renice out in a straining basket again with very hot water let sit out flat on an old clean towel until completely dry it's worked for me the last 25 years
Forum: Swaging
When seating a core in a 6mm you should only seat them to make a jacket OD of .243 with very light blow by sounds like you do not have the right size core punch as stated in one comment above they...
LT-30 is much like H-4198 it was a powder that Lou Merdca helped to get put on the market to be used in the 30 BR a cartridge used in score benchrest I would not recommend this powder until there is...
Forum: Swaging
your cores are not clean wash them in simple green rinse with very hot water then one more bath in white gas let dry make sure your hands are not oily when you drop them in your jackets keep all of...
Forum: Testing Area
I can't seem to find out how to post feedback about buying or selling can someone point it out or help me to find it Thanks Ron
The 686 + is a great handgun I have one in 6" shoots very well enjoy it
Ron
Forum: Swaging
I wouldn't do it I recommend he puts a wanted add in as many for sale forms as he can think of and just see what comes up a wanted add on here would be a good start many good people on here and...
281120 I just got this beast S&W 325 airlte PD in 45 acp it wasn't bad at all to shoot and shot very well 1 pound 14 oz loaded
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
My toaster oven just wont keep up I pre-heated my bullets before I put them in and then had the toaster oven up to 385 and the temp dropped lake a rock and took to long to get back up to cooking temp...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks everyone to cold in the garage for a day or two so it's time to cast more bullets I will coat them on Saturday and pre-heat them if needed
Ron
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
A quick call to Alan at Hi-Tek and found what I did wrong I needed more coating on my bullets and I over cooked them that made them brown What a great guy very helpful now the bad part I get to melt...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
well that didn't work out not sure what I did wrong but I can scrape the coating off with my fingernail I used light coats made sure the bullets were dry after each coat they never did look green (...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
first coat on and baked I did 300 in this batch 4 ml. of hi-tek second coat will be 6 ml. as per the instructions it's pretty cold out in the garage so i cooked them for 12 min. I pre-heated them on...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks getting ready for my first try at it
Ron
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
all you Hi Tek users how much does each coat of Hi Tek add to the OD of the bullet my two push through dies I have one will size .356 the other .355 should I size before or after coating is what I'm...
Forum: Swaging
I been using my rockchucker for 18 years ( 55 or 60 thousand 30 caliber bullets ) and a bunch of squirt cores279750 it has never let me down I just added a longer handle
Forum: Cast Boolits
As a bench rest shooter using my hand swaged jacketed bullets I find this thread very interesting I'm not sure if the two are all the same but how long the jacket is the twist rate and how fast you...
Forum: Swaging
.0001 or .0002 for match grade rifle jackets but handgun jackets I would think .0004 or less
Ron
Forum: Casting Equipment
I'm new to casting so I have a question I have a RCBS lube sizer will a Lyman lube sizer die work in it or only RCBS dies
Thanks Ron
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'm still up in the air what I want to do I'm wanting to coat is 38/357 bullets I have gas check molds and I want to do 9mm at some point I like the Hi-Tek coating from what I see but many are using...
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 |