The Hornady 180 gr SSPB have a smaller bearing surface compared to the 180 gr XTP and the heal to cannelure distance is shorter as well thus not taking up case volume as compared to the XTP. I will...
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The Hornady 180 gr SSPB have a smaller bearing surface compared to the 180 gr XTP and the heal to cannelure distance is shorter as well thus not taking up case volume as compared to the XTP. I will...
Forum: Our Town
Good idea -- I was going to use tire sidewalls or old conveyor belts from work when my chains break.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I used Red Dot and Alliant E3 for reduced loads in my 7-08. Mold is from a NOE group buy 7 mm Thor..... I don't recall the Lyman number IIRC it is a Lyman with the RN lopped off. It's about 135 to...
Forum: AirGuns
My son's friend paid big $$ for an Iguana at a local pet shop.
Yes I understand that just telling how a gunsmith made a bottle neck work.
A gunsmith in Lincoln NE used to convert Ruger Super Blackhawks to 357 Bain & Davis. He would make a breech block that would replace the cylinder and chamber the bbl. Like the Ruger Haweyes in 256...
Arsenic is added to increase the surface tension of the molten lead.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Can you post a side view? Hard to tell from the top view.
I will look tomorrow in my load notes.... IIRC RL7 worked well with the RCBS 55 gr cast . Also have some notes
for 225107, Bator, and others.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I bought 2 extra NOE 225107 (3) Cavity molds in a GB thinking my kids may be casting. I will sell one.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The DL-155 is the model between the DL-105 and DL-266. Also look on ebay for Bair presses. They are similar to the Pacific presses and many parts will interchange.
Forum: Our Town
Even at $450 / cord $/BTU for wood is less than the $/BTU for bulk pellets around here. As some have mentioned if pellets get wet they will not work in a stove they puff up and return to saw dust. ...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Looking good. If using a TC Contender you can change the extractor to a 223 Rem and make them from 222's. I made mine from 222's but 223's would work. The Contender Vendor out of OKLAHOMA told me...
Use a heavy crip if you try any, and be aware of squib loads and to check bbl afterwards.
Forum: Our Town
Take the expander ball out of the die when forming the case. Trim and square up the mouth, anneal the neck and run it thru the die with the expander ball in place. I have 17 Hornets and a 17-222...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
My father in law puts traps in with several black walnuts that still have the green rind on them. He says as green skin rots away the gooey black stuff protects the traps from corrosion and hides...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Red Dot is a flake powder pretty easy to distinguish from RL-7. Compare with the pictures I posted.
Forum: Our Town
On a GM there are a few driving tricks you do so it will not shut the engine off when stopping for a light. The car has to be stopped from speed of greater than 6 mph. If i know the light will...
Forum: Our Town
-1 F for the high today -11 F tonight. High winds as well wind chills ranges from.-39 to - 20F.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
322174 Some Red and Blueish green ID grains in the old RL 7.
322175 Relative to my income when I bought this powder compared to today's income the current $60 / lb is a wash, but sure doesn't'...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have an old cardboard can of it with maybe 200 grains left, I will post a picture of it. The old power is different in appearance as compared to the new RL 7 powder.
The older RL7 has very...
Forum: Rimfire Area
After shooting a Prairie dog town for a while the closer dogs will go down in their holes. The only dogs out will be 500 to 600 yds out. Instead of burning up the bbl's on my larger 6 mm's and...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I am shooting the LEE 379 250 gr in my Chief Crazy Horse at 1,700 ish (RL-7) lubed with LAR's BAC with no issues. Still pretty low pressures to get to this velocity pressure and velocity matter not...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just looked it up one site shows 85,000 - 100,000 BTU's. So assume 4 gallons in a 20 lbs bottle --- (17 lbs) ---- 4.3 hrs @ 85,000 BTU --- 3.7 hrs @ 100K BTU
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 |