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I do get it … but I use a Lee 4-station Turret Press for me! Even came up w/ a simple/foolproof ‘lock’ for the sizing station and I virtually zero runout …

PAN - As stated, on early M-L arms the pan was dovetailed into the barrel, but the late 1600s, after the English Civil War, the pan was indeed part of the lock plate. I have one coming in in a week...

Same here … 255s with reduced loads.

Froggie:

If you can, hold off on that as I am going to make ‘another post’ with 2 different options for DIY adjustable drop tubes for B&M measures that work slick! Save it for that post please …

Casting another vote here for the good ol’ Belding & Mull visible powdah measure!

I found a piece of thick wall 1/2” tubing, pushed a length of 3/8” Delrin into it and secured with a pin peened in place. Easy peasy …

I am also making an adjustable one I’ll show details &...

KEY HOLING - Thanks Adam, I think in this case it is too much velocity, but I’ll confirm on SAT.

STOCK DISK - Bore condition is 1, Land measurement marked as 0.649”, Torped shows 0 strecks. The...

SLUG - Barrel oil, soft pure lead round balls, mics to 0.0001”. Interesting comments about the stock disk, I don’t have enough it in front of me to double check the values stamped.

And no, I do...

Thanks Dutch! I have someone 140s on the way from M&M Bullets out of VT.

But from the looks of that target … in the meantime I should try the 170 cruise missiles that I have on hand with a...

Just picked up a MINT Swede M38 bent-bolt Mauser short rifle, looking like it was just issued from the armory; only 1 tiny ding on it that should ‘iron’ or steam out.

Slugged the bore @ 0.267”,...

If you can resolve the die diameter issue, you can always crimp as a separate step using the Lee factory crimp die (FCD).

For my rifles and pistols using cast lead, I now always crimp separately,...

^^^^^THIS!^^^^^

There is so much truth to that! When I am not shooting Schuetzen black powdah ‘cartridge’ rifles, I am shooting flintlocks, snaphaunce, wheellocks, matchlocks, arquebus and even...

16.6-grains of 2400 for the Italian Vetterli-Vitali load, under a 44Mag 240-grn bullet sized down to 0.426", so the loaded round will chamber.

Offhand groups to 3" at 100-yards, in competition no...

Mark ... you know me from the Club where Fred shoots ...

FYI, I used the modified 8mm Lebel cases from Buffalo Arms.

Very nice! Congrats!

Very similar to the one I had Paul and Gail make as a Stevens model 52 in 38-55!

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I too have one and placed in 1 of the top 3 positions, but usually taking 1st or 2nd, all Winter long in my Club's 50 & 100-yard 'milsurp' only shoots. Like Hornady308, I too use Lee Swiss 41...