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On my used barrels that I want to Lap or Polish up a bit when I refinish a rifle , I make a Lapping Lug out of Epoxy and use some kind or polish like chrome cleaner.
I haven’t found any Hoyt...

I have pressed a half pound of powder using that aluminum plate under the die so far.
It has worked pretty good.
Now my aluminum plate is the bottom of a Cat Food can that I pounded more flat.
I...

I have built many Mauser 93’s over the years.
But never one to this fancy level.
I am glad I helped you with some of the mechanical items like that customized trigger.

Today I think I am going to solve my problem and accuracy for loading Homemade powder that weighs less than factory powder or less density.
I am just going to take me Adjustable powder measure an...

Thinking that small pucks to fit the barrel makes me thing of Rocket Powder too.
Some people might want to use some kind of Pucked powder to make loading easier since they don’t have to weigh the...

On a couple of rifles that I built that I intended on using only lead slugs, I took a piece of the tip of the barrel about 1 1/2” long and made a die out of it to Pre-Rifle the slugs to match the...

The reason I use a plate of some type to sit on my presses steel plate is because I set up the die on the bench next to my press.
I was setting it up on that plastic plate , then I could move it on...

When I first started Corning my powder.
I used that same type of plastic that was 1/8” thick for spacers.
Like you said like the milk bottle spacers. It would compress and spread out so much that...

Today I found a reason why my density was coming out lower using my 20 ton press.
What the problem was is,
I was setting my die on a piece of 1/4” thick very high impact plastic on the steel plate...

I actually have some TC Mag Sabots
PM me your address and I can send you some to try.

There is something else that I have used in my .54’s
I bought some plastic sabots that shoot a .451 slug.
They load fairly easily.
I have shot .45 Colt 255 gr lead slugs sized to .451 and .45-230...

If your rifle has just a Drilled Vent hole and it gets worn over the years.
You can always drill and tap the barrel for a flash hole screw in replacement from TOW.
I have done that on a couple...

Check Track of the Wolf in there Ammunition section.
I do my own casting.
So I am not sure they sell the Lee REAL slugs.
But I get other slugs from them for rifles I do not have molds for.
That...

I would love to see your Set Up
I don’t have a special set up but looking at how others do things might help me improve what I do.
As far as this thread.
I don’t look around for primers all the...

Thank you guys.
Now I can see why you can’t use potassium chlorite to make BP to make the powder faster.
When I made fireworks.
I use to use the PC instead of Kn03 to boost the powder like in...

Aren’t priming compounds like H48 and F42 made from potassium chlorate and Sulfur ?

Just call Hoyt and ask what the costs will be.
I buy many used rifles with poor bores.
I found it is cheaper to send the barrel to Hoyt and have it rebored or refined then it is to buy a barrel...

Those ways of him doing business is one of the reasons that you guys see me promoting his work.
It also inspires me to try and do things for others in the same kind of way

I have done that also so I can use one rifle in two calibers.
But the relineing of a barrel you can find , saves you from trying to find a second barrel in the caliber you want .or barrels with...

Do you have a barrel for your rifle right now.
If so , what caliber is is , and what condition is it in?
You can always send a used barrel to Bobby Hoyt and have it refined to the caliber you want...

I did polish some of it.
It didn’t increase the weight per volume.
But it makes it measure better and more consistant than the unpolished that has those tiny sharp corners.
Polishing that I have...

I may not be doing things right,
But I did a calculation of the density of my compressed pucks.
They came out around 92% compression.
But , when I broke up the pucks , ground them and screened...

I mostly use the split leather that I used to make my possibles bag.
But just try different leathers that you have.
Mine is about 1/16” thick and pretty soft.
Most glove leather is too thin.
Shoe...

I sometimes install my flints to the hammer with lead.
I prefer leather.
But don’t always have any leather at hand.
But I have lots of lead for casting boolits.

The density on my TP charcoal powder is down in the 70’s
But when I make the next batches , I will pay more attention to how long I leave the die in my press.
The moisture content was not too much....