Well i decided to go for the Lyman 314299 and work up my loads again and see where i am at. I managed to shoot a few before buying and they look like they will work well. I bought locally on a free...
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Well i decided to go for the Lyman 314299 and work up my loads again and see where i am at. I managed to shoot a few before buying and they look like they will work well. I bought locally on a free...
Heads up to CBE for a positive response to my e-mail. I am looking elsewhere though purely due to the fact that i can not get any samples to shoot and it is a lot of money getting the mold here to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Lees book refers to the BHN of bullets and the relation of different strengths in chapter ten, it is not relating just to pure cast..what formula are you refering to?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hello, i was just reading this, older post i know. But in the calculations i thought calculating bullet hardness to obtain the pressure that upsets the bullet was obtained by multiplying 1422 by the...
Similar but not the same but i am using, very successfully, 192 gr pointy lead bullets in my Lee Enfield no5 with 17 gr Vihtavouri N110. I had tried all sorts before and all were lighter including...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Cheers for the replies. I did some more shooting today and the BP loads with this bullet are all consistently hitting nicely in a 2" circle at 50m. I had some Vihtavouri N320 to hand so loaded a...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hello all.
I see a lot of info around on bullet weights for the .45Colt. Very little on the lighter side which surprises me as I shoot a cap and ball .44 NMA with a round ball at 145gr and bullet...
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 |