Glad you are back Char-Gar! Missed your contributions! hc18flyer
Type: Posts; User: hc18flyer
Forum: Our Town
Glad you are back Char-Gar! Missed your contributions! hc18flyer
Forum: Cast Boolits
Check on a new thread in 'Lead and Lead Alloys'. hc18flyer
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks for the suggestions. I will have to add to my 'wish list'! I may try to make up a simple stand? hc18flyer
Forum: Reloading Equipment
A few weeks ago I borrowed a friend's micrometer to check my Dillon powder thru expander. I ended up ordering a new one for my button nose wad cutters in .38 Special. I found my 'cheaper' digital...
Forum: Our Town
Great news Murf! I had a prostatectomy about 12 years ago, appears the doc was able to get it all? I have a family history of it, a nurse noticed my PSA numbers had doubled in a year, still...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I wanted to powder coat some 358156 gas check bullets, but I wanted the checks on first. I put the checks on and ran them thru a Lee sizing die, then applied pc with 'shake and bake', using 'Smokes'...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I try not to handle bullets any more than necessary with my bare fingers, have occasionally used a nitrile glove. I use the 'shake and bake' method, and and have not needed to clean bullets prior to...
I have mostly used gas checks. I have since started powder coating, but haven't tried pc with plain base bullets yet. hc18flyer
My favorite 8 mms mold is an Accurate 33-205T, shoots GREAT in my Yugo M48. Flat nose hits hard on whitetail too. I have NOE 325470 or 471 too. My brothers Yugo has a smaller throat and loves the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Forster had some 'seconds available? There are different versions, some allow the press to 'cam over'? I don't have a set yet, but think I will soon?
Forum: In Remembrance
Sorry to hear that! The highway is a very dangerous place for cops and first responders! RIP Christina.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
2TM101- Wooden ramrod aren't inherently dangerous, they 'can be', if chosen, made, or used incorrectly. I use both plastic and wooden range rods, at camp or range. I prefer hickory, but oak can work...
Ditto! Brass molds are heavy, but man do they cast nice boolets! I do use the synthetic oil that came with my NOE molds and a cotton swab. hc18flyer
Forum: Our Town
I have read about the Merit aperture device. But I also read about the 'stick on magnifiers? Tom
Forum: Our Town
I am trying to remember where I read about using a 'stick on magnifier, that allows you to see your front sight? My 65 year old eyes don't focus well any more. I have been following this thread, and...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have a Henry single shot .357 Mag, reamed to Maximum, love it! A friend had a Remington pump .22, always liked it. If Henry offered a .357 pump, I'd find a way to get one! Course my 12 gauge 870...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I would use 'Bumpo's alloy calculator on this Forum to form an alloy close to 'Hardball' and get to it. I powder coat, so I would use 97% lead, 1.5% each of antimony and tin. Hardball has closer to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I segregated my components as I aquired them. I have coww, soww, linotype, and pure lead. I have purchased pewter and solder. I have utilized the alloy calculator from 'bumpo', from this Forum. I...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
You had better buy a lottery ticket today, you're golden!
Forum: Our Town
Sorry for your loss. I am looking forward to getting one again, been missing my Brit Spaniel Lucy for a while now! hc18flyer
NOE has 'in stock' molds off 20%. I am fighting the urge to buy another! Maybe I could sell a couple to justify it, huuuum? Many things are considered a 'disease', boolet casting surely qualifies!...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Loaded 200- .38 Special button nose wad cutters on my Dillon SDB, using the Photo Escape .358 HTC 'powder thru expander'. I loaded them over 2.5 grains of Clays. Last week I loaded a few at 2.7...
Forum: Our Town
Be cautious with any CBD product, you may not be sure what you have? I serve as a volunteer EMT, with our ambulance service. Recently I had a patient that took " a couple" of gummies, ended up...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
405grain- I have to respectfully disagree with you on the Lundmark liquid wax. I haven't done extensive testing, however my 'BLL' made with Lundmark has dried for me, and preformed fine, primarily...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had some 12 year old round balls in a tin with lubed patches that had a crusty white oxidation on them. Looked similar?
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 |