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You might try 18 grains of 4198, I used IMR 4198 and had some success, 2 1/2-3" groups. Sporterized 6.5 with Lyman aperture sights. I have two of these but only tried it in one of them.

I...

Hornsurgeon sold me for a very fair price.

I kept my FL and NS dies in the top of a Gerstner-type box but, despite my best efforts to be organized, I was constantly having to look at each one to...

Thanks all, as I said, I used up all the SR4759 (1/2 lb can). If I find one of the loads shoots real good, I'll buy some more, and some dacron. If not, I'll go back to the Reloader 7, H or IMR 4198...

Well, I used up the SR4759, various loads as suggested here. Some w/filler, some without.

I will see what happens at the range.

Thanks all,

Bob

Thanks for the info. I loaded 20 with the 18 grains of SR4759-no filler.

I think I will load another 20 with filler BUR, I don't have any.

I always thought I could use toilet paper, about 1/4...

I thought there was a sticky with many CB loads, but I couldn't find what I was looking for. I saw the section for favorite CB loads, but didn't find one there.

I noticed in the back of a Fouling...

Thanks, I am taking a week of as vacation and haven't had time to do anything. Looking forward to this being a regular part of my life.

Bob

Sorry Pat, I can't find the exact one either. Go to TS.com and hit search under shotmaker and there is a huge list of threads-some have pictures, some don't. The one I initially posted had a video...

A couple of weeks ago, a member was looking for a shotmaker. Trapshooter.com has a thread near the top with videos of what I think is the fellow's adaptation of the Better Shotmaker which, I think,...

On the other hand, if you were to give me that one rifle I like, I would put it in a place of honor, and display a genuine hand-written note detailing where and from whom I got it. Everyone who saw...

Yeah, that's the one that trips my trigger. I like aperture sights (at least it looks like that's whats on it), and it just "looks" like it shoots well.

Bob

I haven't looked in a few months, but for at least forty years the classifieds in American Rifleman have had an ad for a "cock on opening" device for the 1917, and P14. When I was a young kid in the...

Not certain, since I am no expert, but it sounds like maybe your projectiles are the problem. I have one, given to me by the owner of a gunshop because it had a cracked stock and "bullet" stuck in...

Try a standard 8mm Mauser follower and spring. I "think" they will work, at least I know the spring will, since that is what I used on my 45-70. The old one was too weak to feed reliably.

Bob

I also have a Siamese in 45-70. I didn't do the conversion, but purchased it after a local gunsmith/hobbyist had converted it. It has a Redfield 2x7 Widefield scope and a Douglas barrel. From the...

About 15 or more years ago, I bought an 8x52 Siamese that had been "sporterized" by an older man who had subsequently died.
It has this huge semi-benchrest stock and may be the ugliest gun I have...

Thanks again for the suggested loads.

Two inches at 100 yards isn't too hard keeping in mind we are talking about every single shot being from the bench (I have a good rest) and that they must be...

Thanks to all-I'll give 'em a try.

Bob

Picked up a very nice Rossi SRC in stainless that shoots pretty well at 100 yards with factory JSPs. (Little less than 2" groups-don't really know if that is good or not as I never had a 357 rifle or...

I also like the receiver sight as I can grip the rifle withou having to deal with a chunk of metal being in the way.

I expect the tang sight might be better at some REALLY long range, but at the...

I have been thinking about the Dillon. I have a MEC 9000 and still drop shot/powder when I don't want to do so. I am told the Dillon works okay as long as you don't change the wad or hull, etc. It...

I have had the Trim Mate since shortly after they came out. One "quit" but RCBS replaced it even though I told them it was 3-4 years old.

I use mine to prep rifle brass, deburr the flash holes,...

I got mine on Ebay. I paid nearly as much as a new one from Magma but:

(1) Magma would have charged much more for shipping than I paid. So I saved on that end.

(2) Mine is a 70s model that was...

The Swiss should be here Friday and I will load some 45-70s next week. Hope to take the week between Christmas and New Year's off and shoot every day.

Bob

Broomhandle-Dillon is very good about telling you what shell plates and pins will work with other cartridges. The info is also available all over the Web.

What can happen, however, is that two...