While it is not my intent to Bash" Dillon, the truth of the matter is reflected in my greater than 12 year experience with them.
I feel Dillon products are over engineered and therefore overly...
Type: Posts; User: Castoff
Forum: Reloading Equipment
While it is not my intent to Bash" Dillon, the truth of the matter is reflected in my greater than 12 year experience with them.
I feel Dillon products are over engineered and therefore overly...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
August,
I have dealt with RCBS for 40 years.
Besides making very high quality products, they have always had a strong "pro customer" and no quibbling service policy. I have never felt cheated...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am a long standing user of Lee products--and others , too--- and have always found Lee products to be of high quality and presented at a fair and affordable price.
Ben is certainly correct when...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
While admittedly not the most knowledgelable reloader on the planet, I have been at it for 40 years and have found the Lee products to be of quality and value.
I have stopped using Dillon presses...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I need some help and advice on making a lube.
I am relatively new to this so hold on while I make a few mistakes.
It is my understanding that all lube formulas that are to be used in a lubrisizer...
Forum: Leverguns
Wood finishing is, or can be, a fun past time.
If , however, you want a first class job, done right, and a world class looking stock, sent it to Ben.
He will work with you to give you as much or as...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I may be in the wrong forum and if so please advise where to shift to.
I am looking for a recipe for bullet lube, that is cheap to make, and that does not use beeswax.
Nothing against beeswax,...
Forum: Our Town
I have Dillon Presses and am sorry I ever bought any of them.
I have gone through the "which primer to use" nonsense with Dillon and no matter which brand of primer I was using , it was always...
dk17hmr.
I bought a full size Tanfolio Witness in .40 S&W caliber. As you noted, Tanfolio makes a full line of many pistols, including target grade models.
While this is not the top of the line of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
454 PB
It is not only in England. Commercial Property managers in the US are experienceing the same problem. Theives are stealing the metal in an unoccupied building and selling it. This leaves the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
TO Larry M.
I have 5 Dillon Presses. 4- 650's and one 550.
They all have ABS ( Plastic) indexing pawls which a re easily broken
and the worst problem is that the Dillon Powder measures have a +...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Very good sound and sage advice, Ben.
Powder from old Miitary "pulls" is tempting, BUT, without assuredly knowing the true type and having some reliable load data, it becomes a gusessing game of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Many thanks to all . I appreciate the good info.
I did not have a specific boolit in mind, but wanted to be able to better evaluate each one as I might want to use it. Still in the early "looking"...
Forum: Cast Boolits
JCherry.
Many thanks for you good reply.
That is a very detailed calculator.
I will have to get on the learning curve ASAP.
Castoff
Forum: Cast Boolits
I would very much appreciate it if some one more experienced and smarter than I could lead me to either:
1)- A listing of BC for cast boolits
Or
2)- A way to calculate BC for Cast Boolits
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Ben....
That sure is a fine looking rifle you put together.
About that stock work. It would seem that maybe you have done that kind of work once or twice before.
Are you the same "Ben" who...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have lost my old Lyman book, but I seem to remember their old formula of
9 lbs WW to one lb of 50/50 bar solder. This give a BHN of 15.
Bar solder is getting ......er has gotten ......
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks, 454PB. I appreciate the link and the information. Nothing beats experience, and I am a little short on that right now. So, having the link is a good starting place.
I've got some old...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hi, all.
I am new to casting and would like to know what is the composition of wheel weights.
Are they considered "soft" or "hard" as far as bullet casting metal goes.
What do you flux with? I...
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 |