Hello everyone,
I wanted to inform you that Molly passed away tonight (Tues, 7/26/12) @ 9:50PM (EST). I and his brother were with him at the time. We went to visit him and he was gone in about...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello everyone,
I wanted to inform you that Molly passed away tonight (Tues, 7/26/12) @ 9:50PM (EST). I and his brother were with him at the time. We went to visit him and he was gone in about...
Forum: In Remembrance
Hello everyone,
I wanted to inform you that Molly passed away tonight (Tues, 7/26/12) @ 9:50PM (EST). I and his brother were with him at the time. We went to visit him and he was gone in about...
Forum: In Remembrance
Thank you all for your wishes and prayers. Be assured that he's resting as comfortably as possible. I've relayed to him that the community here is thinking and praying for him.
I'll keep you...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank you all for your wishes and prayers. Be assured that he's resting as comfortably as possible. I've relayed to him that the community here is thinking and praying for him.
I'll keep you...
Forum: In Remembrance
Hello everyone.
First off, I don't know which forum is the most appropriate for this so I'm posting this here. Second, this isn’t “Molly” but rather his oldest son. The reason I’ve logged into...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello everyone.
First off, I don't know which forum is the most appropriate for this so I'm posting this here. Second, this isn’t “Molly” but rather his oldest son. The reason I’ve logged into...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The easy way is to just replace the hammer spring and be done with it. Try Gunparts Corp. / Numrich.
You can also take all the temper out of the existing spring, bend it into a bit LESS curve...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Been through this before, but I guess I can do it again. I currently have somewhere in the neighborhod of half a bushel of pistols and revolvers, ranging from breaktops to precision target pistols....
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The best, fastest, cheapest and most thorough way to remove even the worst leading from a bore is to fire about two or three CoW loads through it. Two or three shots will remove almost every trace...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
John, haven't you ever heard of a spring-pole lathe? In a spring-pole lathe, the rotation was provided by a tough pole with a rope attached to the top, and the other end of the rope attached to the...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The older Favorite and other boys rifle 22's of that era were not solidly constructed, because they didn't need to be. All they had to hold was a black powder 22, and pressures weren't exactly gut...
Forum: Leverguns
Yes they did name it the 'dark and bloody ground' just as you say. Have you ever reflected on what ELSE that says?
It says that like good folk everywhere, the Indians took advantage of every...
I've posted this before, but I can see it really belongs in this thread. My initial interest in cast bullets was a desire to keep my guns going bang – a lot! - without bankrupting myself. I suspect...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Wiljen, just FYI, Alox 606-55HF is a 55% solids solution of Alox 606 in High Flash Naphtha, IIRC. 100% Alox 606 is almost as tough as a block of rubber.
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I've been called that. I've been called other things too on occasion, but we don't need to go into that. All in all, I prefer the term "Mountaineer". It gives pause to those who think of us as...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
[QUOTE=Jim;1523008]Shotshell (209) primers are a horse of an entirely different color. The primers I experimented with are those used in metallic cases.
Umm, for the record, shotshell primers...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Speaking as a former research chemist in the field, you're not quite accurate my friend. WD40 does not INDUCE rust. It simply fails to provide any decent level of rust resistance, and the metal will...
Forum: Gas Checks
If you find it, how about posting for everyone? I didn't have any interest at the time, but have several guns that might benefit from it now.
I haven't read the entire forum, so forgive me if someone has beat me to this, but you might want to peruse the 'Favorite Reduced Loads' discussion in the 'Stickies' forum. There are loads that run...
Forum: Gas Checks
I'm a bit late with this, but some time back, the NRA published an article ( by Col Harrison, IIRC) with photos that illustrated how to add gas checks to plain base bullets. You have to have a...
Forum: Leverguns
(VBG) I've been asked to comment, since I had blood relations on both sides of the feud (according to my grandpa) and have been handed down a handful of stories about it that I related on a similar...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Yeah, that's almost exactly what I did when converting my Carcano to .357 Mag, except I didn't have a lathe at the time, so I just soldered the parts together. Today, I'd probably use a two-part...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I think you've hit the nail on the head. The information I have seems to say it was manufactured in 1968. How / Why it laid around unused until I bought it last year is a real puzzle, but I will...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
OK Piedmont, I finally got the chance to dig it out of the safe and look it over again. I'm not exactly sure what you are asking, but FWIW, I looked it over pretty closely. Here's what I found:
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OK fellows, here is my first attempt to add my personal Excel files for 44 loads. I reiterate that this data base is from many different sources, using many differnt guns, powder lots and having...
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 |