I don't find anything wrong with that. I have been a BIG fan of Ed's Red, since the first time I made some. If I remember right, there is a paragraph in the write-up for making Ed's Red, which...
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I don't find anything wrong with that. I have been a BIG fan of Ed's Red, since the first time I made some. If I remember right, there is a paragraph in the write-up for making Ed's Red, which...
I know that, these days, availability dictates our propellant choices more than anything else. Even so, I'd suggest that you steer clear of propellants which list compressed charges in the data....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'M with WingerEd on using Bullseye or Unique in .45 ACP, but I cannot imagine why True Blue wouldn't work perfectly well. Given the velocities vs. charge weights, True Blue appears to burn faster...
Forum: Completed Deals
Sorry, I'm no help at all. Perhaps Norma or Sellier & Bellot?
Where possible, it may save you much headache to keep the headstamps the same or separated into groups. Not all brass is created equal...
Forum: Completed Deals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuXE2EF35HM
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
It also depends on the round of interest, and the usual chamber pressures at which they operate. I'll shoot almost any tarnished .45 ACP brass, though I may refrain from pushing the upper edge with...
MY favorites are Alliant Unique, Alliant Herco, and AA#5, with no preference among them. I'm more familiar with Alliant propellants than from any other manufacturer, so I'll use them for reference....
Forum: Special Projects
Reviews of the ammunition I mentioned report 3" groups at 100 yards, which would be more like it. I should point out that nobody reported such groups with a SxS shotgun, but I don't know why it would...
Forum: Special Projects
I have pondered a project like this for the last few years. When I mentioned it on another website, the more experienced shotgunners who (evidently) tried it reported disappointing results. I was not...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
All of these different combinations that end up making usable bullet lube truly fascinate me. The combinations that I've seen discussed (so far) seem to make bullet lubes that are used in heated...
Forum: Cast Boolits
There's a load using RedDot and 158 gr. LSWCs that will give 1000 f/s from a 2" vented revolver barrel. I won't repeat it here, but it made me appreciate Alliant RedDot (or PROMO) for use in .38...
If your barrel slugs at .3080" -.3085", then forget what I said about swaging cases to get j-bullets of proper diameter. There are many types of jacketed .308" pistol bullets being made. The trick is...
It takes very little more than nitric acid, cellulose, a reinforced reaction chamber, and the technical skills of a Bachelor's level chemistry degree to manufacture nitrocellulose. Environmental...
I've shot a whole 50 rounds through a SINGLE Ballester-Molina .45 ACP, and only field stripped it for cleaning. I WILL say that the B-M shot pretty well for an "old war horse" type of pistol. When I...
When I ponder spending more on a pistol than it took to buy it, I inevitably come down to the questions: How does it shoot, now? Will it shoot better/ cheaper/more conveniently, after the investment?...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
(baffled expression) Is it possible that the item is already sold?
I bought my Ruger Police Service Six 4" barrel revolver in 1982. Relying on a Lyman manual from 1971, I used 8.0/Unique/158 gr. LSWC for I dunno HOW many reloads, until someone showed me a newer...
Forum: Our Town
17 degrees Fahrenheit in north central Texas.
My Redhawk came with Pachmayrs, and no original grips/stocks. I tend to carry both thumbs high and on the left side, so I suspect that OE grips/stocks would cause my thumbs significant abrasion with...
Forum: Military Rifles
It looks like someone went to the trouble to re-invent the .280 British intermediate round, developed for the "bull-pup" EM-2 platform, but for use in the AR-15 platform. Not really a BAD thing, I...
I'm glad that the windage of your revolver is exactly where it needs to be. Your comment about elevation is THE reason that I will not buy a pistol/revolver for use in the wild without adjustable...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
No, not all of them. In fact, not even most of them.
There ARE blowback pistols in many major pistol calibers, but the majority of pistols use a locking system of some sort to prevent the action...
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 |