Good deal!! Nice to see it shooting so well this early in the game. I think everybody know by now 38-55 is my favorite caliber
Type: Posts; User: raingauge
Forum: Leverguns
Good deal!! Nice to see it shooting so well this early in the game. I think everybody know by now 38-55 is my favorite caliber
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Now I cant tell from looking, but, I remember years ago when Hodgden finished testing H450 they sold it off by the keg/ton. It was a ball powder sort of like that in the picture. My older brother and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I check Starline everyday. When .45 colt was available for backorder I jumped on it, the next afternoon it was back to being unavailable. I got my 500 on the day they said it would be available, just...
Forum: Leverguns
You are so screwed!! Lever guns in the early calibers are fun to shoot, low walls and highwalls bring the addiction to a whole new level. The 38-55 is my all time favorite, in a high wall, but a...
Forum: Leverguns
My '94 was made in 1897, it's handles current data just fine. I dont push the envelope with it, recently turned it into a cast boolit rifle, it hasn't given any signs of any pressure problems....
Forum: Swaging
I haven't been interested in swaging until I read this, now you have my attention. I have an old Hollywood single stage press, I've heard it's strong enough. Are you using lead wire or cast cores? A...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
a pound of 4198, and 1000 pistol primers. Only allowed 1 pound a day, and a thousand primers a day. They just got a new shipment, everyone should be restocked soon
Forum: Our Town
Was in a shop in Billings yesterday, lot's of powder, they just got a shipment. I'll bet there was 30 lbs of 3031 on the shelf, and a variety of other powders. $30 a lb, ouch!!
Very nice. 7x57 is a favorite caliber of mine, I can see I'm going to have to run some boolits through it, I haven't weaned it from copper, yet. Thanks for the pics
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Got a Hollywood Senior and 3 or 4 310 tools, seems to work for me ok
Forum: Special Projects
I haven't, I'll have to go look. It's been 30 years since I built any, I dont care for the ones for sale today, so I had Randy, at Timberline, make me some trees. I want the tree to fit as good as...
Forum: Special Projects
Thanks Duke. This time I'm somewhat copying an old saddle I picked up. I'll post a pic of it tomorrow, an interesting old piece
Forum: Special Projects
101419101420 Not for me, for the horses. Finally getting around to putting some new pack saddles together, a few sawbucks and a couple of deckers. Going with brass arches and hardware
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Another for the English flint. Never had great luck with the sawn flints
Forum: Special Projects
Hauling is no problem. I built a little single pole frame, looked like a fork, that was attached to my front bumper, on a CJ5. The roll bar was the back support. A 17 and a half foot Redbird rode...
It really depends on the die caliber, steel or aluminum handles, large or small. 45-70, 45 colt, 30-30, 38-55 in in demand, handles and dies usually bring in the neighborhood of &100. Lots sell for...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
http://www.homesteadparts.com/shopcart/24/Winchester_62_winchester_62A.htm The only place I found that had one in stock. Good luck
Forum: Our Town
Bought a Ruger 77V back in the late '70 that was marked 280 or 7mm Express, some ammo was headstamped the same way. Ackley wasn't a fan of AI in the 280, said it did not improve enough to be worth...
Forum: Backpacking and hiking!
Bought a modified Red Bird years ago, strippers are the finest canoe in the water. Traded it off in a gun deal, poorest decision I ever made. Glass and plastic canoes are in the same class as jon...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Thanks for all the ideas. I'm going to get this little project done this year. Your help is greatly appreciated. Ya know, I dont think there is any gun related problem this group couldn't tackle and...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The story. A couple of years ago I went to the Billings Gun Show looking for a Stevens Favorite. While looking around I bought 15 lbs of IMR PB for $75, and found 3 Favorites. One "trader" had a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
A little "injun'nuity" goes a long way, I like 'em.
Forum: Our Town
Congratulations!! Been a friend of Bill W's for 22 years, nice to meet others.
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 |