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Type: Posts; User: Hick
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have used the same M die for my Mauser and My enfield. Sometimes it depends a little on the M die-- I have had to play with how far I screw the M die into the press, checking with a case as I go,...
Forum: 3D PRINTED RELATED ITEMS
Got it! neat! although I use both types and never had any trouble sorting them by eye-- an even simpler solution (I just put all the cases in the plastic trays primer side up and the smaller ones...
Forum: 3D PRINTED RELATED ITEMS
What makes them stick up 1/16? I've measured my LP brass and SP brass and they are all the same length,which seems to make sense since both SP and LP are made to chamber in the same guns and they...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the Lee 356-124 RN and PC them to 0.358. Nice round nose feeds with no hang-ups. Likewise the Lee 358-150 1R, another round nose.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Only 2000, but same experience, 100% good
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The one test I have done (Lyman 452-374 in 45 acp using loads from the Lyman Cast Handbook ed 4) definitely made a difference. The lubed bullets were much worse in accuracy. However, I think the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You asked for one good example, and I have several: I have a plain based spire point 175 grain mold that I use with my Enfield (303 British). Lubed it is OK, but powder coated I can drive it to a...
I've always been a believer-- but I became even more of a believer one day when a 22 LR case blew out at the base in one of my 22 rifles. I have no idea how the pressure got around the bolt-- but I...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Sizing before or after PC also depends on what size you are trying to reach. Sizing at least once is a good idea to assure uniformity. I have one bullet that drops at 0.311 but shoots best in my...
Assuming 9mm, my go-to load with that bullet is 4.0 grains Titegroup at 1050 fps. All my 9's love it
Forum: Sights and Optics
Dovetail mount put the sight too far forward-- and I couldn't find anyone with a mounting system for the scope pad that didn't require drilling and tapping. I'm sort of a purist and don't like to go...
Forum: Sights and Optics
You could do what I did for both my CZ's. Take a "see through" scope mount that will attache to the rear scope platform on the rifle, cut off the top of the mount, buy a Skinner dovetail sight, cut...
That's why I only use 296 (or H110) for 357 Magnum loads in my 357 Magnum Rifle. In the revolver I use Titegroup or HP-38.
Forum: Leverguns
I have one book that says the barrels were nickel steel from about 1896 until 1933, except for some odd experimental materials in the early 1920's and some special order stainless steel barrels later...
Forum: Leverguns
I don't know anything of the history, but my 32 WS was built in 1949 and I have measured the twist. It is 1:16.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was faced with a similar problem-- about 700 lbs of various kinds of lead alloy I got from a friend. I had a few bars of Lyman #2 and tested it against that. Literally, what I did was squeeze a...
I'm not sure you can get there with 4064 and the lead bullet unless you gas check/powder coat and/or use filler. By the time you get the velocity down to a level acceptable for the bullet you will...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
On one of the SASS sites there has been talk of using Clay Dot as a substitute for Trail Boss, as it fills a case pretty good-- although not as good as Trail Boss. Trouble is, last I looked, Alliant...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use HP-38, W231 and Titegroup for subs in 30-30, 30-06, 303 British, 7.65 Argentine and 32 Winchester Special. Lyman Cast Bullet handbook is your friend for this.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
For what its worth, I tested 452-374 sized 0.452 and seated to 1.272 (which is deep for that bullet, but necessary to fit the 1911 mag). I used 4.0 grains Titegroup the starting load from the Lyman...
Forum: Our Town
There are other alternatives. You can put aperture sights on both front and rear. The eye naturally likes things centered. With apertures front and rear you do not need the front sight to be in...
Forum: Leverguns
45-70 is a long case. Seating 0.1 deeper only changes the internal volume about 5%. Unless you are loading near the max load it should not be a problem, and, according to my copy of the cast bullet...
Forum: Leverguns
When I shot jacketed in my 32 WS I bought the Hornady FTX bullets. They are a pointed bullet with a plastic tip so that they can be loaded in a tubular magazine. Very accurate.
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 |