I use my Lee dippers to get in the ballpark and tap the rest onto the scale. Sometimes I even get it perfect on the first toss. :)
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Type: Posts; User: Zad Fnark
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I use my Lee dippers to get in the ballpark and tap the rest onto the scale. Sometimes I even get it perfect on the first toss. :)
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have two in that caliber myself. A model 1866 2nd Allin and a model 1868. Both with pristine bores, which is nice.
Lately I've been loading "regulation" loads with a .450 grain bullet and 70...
Forum: Our Town
Hi Guys,
I'm not exactly new, but I've been away for quite awhile.
My dad passed away last year. An aneurysm in his aorta which we didn't know about. My Mom had two of them in hers, which is...
Forum: Our Town
Probably to get through the 11+ inch armored belt of the nearest battleship.
ZF-
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The Trapdoor's strength probably gets a bit of a bum rap. A good thread on the subject has come up here:
http://www.trapdoorcollector.com/cgi-bin/afrasca/bulletin/config.pl?read=16184
I...
| 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 |