I have owned around a dozen J frames in all calibers including .357. Barrel lengths from 1 7/8 to 4 inches.
I have nothing to add to the above. It is all good info.
I would reiterated practice is...
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I have owned around a dozen J frames in all calibers including .357. Barrel lengths from 1 7/8 to 4 inches.
I have nothing to add to the above. It is all good info.
I would reiterated practice is...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
IMHO.
It doesn't matter if it came off during slugging. What matters is what happens when the hammer drops.
Recover a couple. I bet they are fine..
I won a turkey once. I was about 14 at the time. When they handed it to me, it blead all over my boots, my jeans, ( we called them Levi's) and my brand new Colt . 243 and my K6. Never entered another...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Rah rah rah. Yea Ben.
He invents great stuff.
Forum: Cast Boolits
That is great. Two weeks is about what i experienced. But that was quite a while ago.
Forum: Swaging
I can't imagine. 3.7 gr BullsEye is still below starting loads in every manual I have. I wonder if he made those bullet jackets with steel cases?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am not a "hardcast" guy. I would add 4 more COWW ingots to that alloy.
I usually load between 1200 and 1600 fps.
PS:
Your statement
This works for me, but how hard?
Tells more than you...
B. S. all they are doing is cleaning the barrel. JB Bore paste will go the same thing.
https://www.amazon.com/J-B-Non-Embedding-Bore-Cleaning-Compound/dp/B0018L9UOW
And i know it works. I have...
If you are a collector, go for it. If you want a shooter, get a Browning Buck Mark. Every bit as good and half the money.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I like powder valley. Excellent prices if you are not in a hurry. They are slow to ship.
Forum: Swaging
I have made and used those swaged bullets. The load is significantly too low but i would expect it to at least exit the bore. It didn't shrink.. It was swaged down when it entered the bore. Try again...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I check zero then check a 224 and a 308 match grade bullet. I keep the "gauge" bullets forever. This will not tell me if the instrument is dead on accurate but it will tell me if it has changed.
Forum: Cast Boolits
That is a VERY important lesson. Exact the reason the old timers tell you to start low and work up.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I find that AMAZINGLY interesting. My mentors have always told me than none of the traditional pressure signs could be relied on to keep me safe. The reason is that by the time they appear it is...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
BINGO!
I remember when Dryer meant a galvanized steel wire across the back yard. We didn't have anti static sheets or spray but we did have graphite. Most powder was coated with it so the...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Back in the olden days a popular conversion was to rechamber S&W M-17 to K Hornet. They use 224 bullets in them. Worked fine. ( not hearsay, I owned one of them)
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
If you can get it. Try 8 or 9 grains of Unique. It will produce around 1200 fps with any bullet from 125 to 170 grains.?
Forum: Our Town
I believe there is a good chance that ammo will be more negotiable than silver coins. I keep some of both.
I am a Bullseye junkie.
For many years I loaded 2.7 for wad cutter. 3.0 for plinker and 3.5 for normal.
Eventually I noticed the wad cutters were tumbling at 50 yards. Some stricking...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have loaded for a boatload of 9mm headguns. I have never found one that worked well with 356. I have never found one that didn't work well with 357. I have found a few that would not accept a...
I use CLR rust remover. It works like magic for me but your description of the mold sounds worse than anything I have seen.
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 |