Why not a Ruger Vaquero. You can shoot BP in it, and it looks the part. You should be able to pick one up used for a reasonable price.
Type: Posts; User: Sasquatch-1
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Why not a Ruger Vaquero. You can shoot BP in it, and it looks the part. You should be able to pick one up used for a reasonable price.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Not to go to far off topic, but this reminds of the old joke, "Why does NJ have all the toxic waste dumps and DC has all the lawyers....NJ had first choice."
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If I am out in the middle of NOWHERE and a stranger walks while I am shooting, I would be very wary. Especially since you say it's a somewhat hidden area.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Check your local antique stores. The type where people rent space. Sometimes they have good prices. Check with some of the collectors here before you use it. Some pieces have real value.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Old wallets tend to be a good thickness. I also buy scrap packs from Hobby Lobby that contain upholstery scraps. They may need to be skived thinner.
Forum: Casting Equipment
For mold mallet I just use an old piece of 2x2 made of pine. Wares out, get a new piece.
I had a 9.5" SRH a while back. I friend had a chrono at the range one day and we ran some rounds I had made for a Desert Eagle over the Chrono using the SRH. Out of 5 rounds all clocked over 1900...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Once again, if we knew what part of the country you are in, someone might step up and offer to help you out.
That being said, when I started out, I used an old soup can on the stove and a Lyman...
Forum: Our Town
I can understand 1 and 2 of the rules you posted. I do think three shots in 15 seconds is kind of vague. To me it sounds like you could walk up to the line and pop off three shots in one second and...
Forum: Swaging
Just to clarify, that is using the .40 S&W FOR .45 ACP. I also use them for .430 projectiles.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just don't load them when you use the powder! :bigsmyl2:
Forum: Cast Boolits
If this is something you are going to do on a regular basis, you should look into getting a dedicated bowl for this. You may want to post a "Wanted To Buy" request. I have seen a lot of post about...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If you are talking about capping off the cylinder to prevent chain fire you can use pure Crisco. You can mix it if you want something to stay a little harder in warmer climates. I would be stingy...
Forum: Swaging
Is that a single die set? I don't know if you are familiar with using old cases for jackets, but you could probably cut down a .45 acp case short enough to stay below the step to use as a half...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My question is, does RCBS have a clearing company of some sort in the Netherlands? It may get rather expensive to return the press to the states.
Here in the States, we have it good. We call...
Forum: Our Town
I belong to a club where once a month during the warmer months we would have a 2x4 shoot. The dates would be published on the club website and in the club house. We would only have 10 to 12 shooter...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If this is used linotype, it may have been used many times. Printers who use this method will melt it down and reuse it in shop. It may have had some of the antimony cooked out of it.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I usually get 5 to 6 BHn on dead soft. The range scrap I have form the outdoor range I go to comes in anywhere between 18 and 21 BHn. There is a LOT of hard cast (lasercast and the like) commercial...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I have questioned this myself many times. "I agree" "That's really nice" "WOW, I really like that", things of that nature. Also, the guy who responds to every poster in a separate post and will...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just to take the side of the underdog here, I have five muzzleloaders right now. A Euroarms Kentuckian flinter, 2 custom made Lancaster style flinters, a T/C Hawken style Flinter and a Tradition's...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Who did you buy those from, Fred Flintstone? :veryconfu I'm 71 and started reloading in 1975. I can remember MAYBE, and that's a big maybe, 50 cents a hundred. Probably more like $.80 to $1.00 a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a RC 1 (just marked RC), a RC2, and a RC4(supreme). the biggest difference between the original and the newer models is the length of the stroke is shorter. I had the brand new RC4 for about...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have had to make a new rod for a Hawken I have. I used an oak dowel. But, when at the range I have a high quality brass T-Rod range rod I use. The original rods seldom come out of the gun.
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 |