I have an old Lyman 0.690" ball mould I bought used in the 1970's so not sure of its age. It casts about 0.691" with ACWW. All my "12 ga." RB moulds 0.662", 0.678", 0.690", 0.715" and 0.735" all cast...
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I have an old Lyman 0.690" ball mould I bought used in the 1970's so not sure of its age. It casts about 0.691" with ACWW. All my "12 ga." RB moulds 0.662", 0.678", 0.690", 0.715" and 0.735" all cast...
Now that is something I had not even thought of until you mentioned it! I have an 1881 W&C Scott & Son 10 ga. damascus barreled gun that isn't in very good shape but I will get it back into shooting...
Something that may change load data availability:
https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/12-Ga-1-75-Inch-Public-Introduction-Approved-.pdf
I expect to see the powder manufacturer's...
There is also free Lee slug load data here:
https://www.ballisticproducts.com/load14_04_25.htm
Longbow
Forum: Hunting with CB's
There is a lot of info here:
https://1895gunner.com/loaddata/table%2045-70.html
Stick with Trapdoor data and the loads will be light. He lists boolit weights down to 250 gr. Oddly he doesn't...
Interesting results! Thanks for researching and posting. I think I'll give that a try.
Longbow
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I spent most of my adult working life in and around the Cominco Lead/Zinc smelter in tTrail, B.C. Canada. I was surrounded by thousands of tons of lead but couldn't even buy any! Before lead was...
I am surprised it isn't mentioned here so I will... the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook third edition lists cast boolit loads for the Lyman 45 gr. 225438 and the Lyman 50 gr. 225415 with 13 powder choices...
Forum: Military Rifles
If you are reloading and using cast boolits you will likely need "fat" boolits! I have two No.5's and my son has one. I also have a No.4 MK1 and No. MK2. Four have typically fat bores and chambers....
Hahahaha! That describes me on virtually all of my projects!
I used ACWW 0.735" RB's with no lube in both smoothbore and rifled gun with no problems. I shot the most through my smoothbore but I put 15 rounds through a friend's rifled 870 with no leading.
I...
Yes, RB's are easy to cast, easy to load and are fun to shoot. They may not be the most efficient projectiles but when shotgun size they pretty potent! I like round balls!
If you want to slug your...
You might also consider a rifled choke tube. Some people report very good accuracy using rifled choke tubes. Some not so much but I suspect that slug fit is even more important with a rifled choke...
This is a question I am still trying to answer... To wad or not to wad?
The wad adds to the variables but for smoothbore I don't think it makes much if any difference.
I should start by saying...
There are a bunch of pics in this thread:
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?441108-RCBS-44-250-K-vs-44-250-KT
Longbow
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I don't see it mentioned here but there is a sticky for a post by JeffinNZ on accuraizing Lee Enfields:
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?49003-303-Lee-Enfield-accuracy-article
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Forum: Special Projects
I don't know about TIG welding except that I don't have a TIG welder and I know I don't have the skill to put a thin layer on.
The gunsmith said he could use either bronze or steel. The bronze is...
Forum: Special Projects
As a comment regarding your loose 16 ga. gun, I have an 1881 made W&C Scott & Son 10 ga. side by that is very loose so took it to a gunsmith to see what he could do and he said with laser welding the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have not loaded 444 with BP but used to load up .45-70 for my 1895 Marlin with BP for fun shooting. In my experience I found that FFFg worked better than FFg for bullets of 385 to 405 grain.
I...
Forum: Leverguns
Back to your post #11... I guess you were asking me about the rod I used for lapping. No, not threaded rod, I used 5/16" plain steel cold rolled rod with one end turned down to 1/4" then that...
Forum: Special Projects
I'd think your shims will have to be held in place pretty firmly because those inserts will likely be moving some due to barrel vibration/harmonics plus the O-rings compressing. Of course shooting is...
Forum: Special Projects
Yes, what lar45 said! I used to think that the barrels should be parallel but no! They have to converge some but the convergence is dependent on range, recoil and shooter. That is why double rifles...
Forum: Shot Guns
I have been interested in Paradox guns for about as long as I can remember! If I had a half a functioning brain I would have saved up and bought a used one which can be had for $3000 to $5000 US but...
Forum: Special Projects
Good man!
How much change in POI have you gotten by rotating and shimming? I'm guessing your results are still pretty preliminary so just ballpark is what I am wondering. I will be looking at...
Forum: Leverguns
I have to say that I am surprised it won't group better than that! I had a Marlin 1895 in the 70's and shot cast boolits well from microgroove barrel. I have an 1894 Marlin in .44 mag now and it is...
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 |