I shoot my 1881 Vetterli and have 75 brass I made from 348 Winchester cases. I shot a Lee 310 grain gas check designed bullet in it all the time. Buffalo Arms offers the 38mm cases pre-formed if you...
Type: Posts; User: Burrhead51
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I shoot my 1881 Vetterli and have 75 brass I made from 348 Winchester cases. I shot a Lee 310 grain gas check designed bullet in it all the time. Buffalo Arms offers the 38mm cases pre-formed if you...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
That's a possibility I have a buddy who has a 1871 and he uses the same cases as me but has to turn the brass down at the extractor groove forward for about .300" other wise same as me. I have...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Here's a link to an article written here by another member that might be interesting to you. I get a chance I'll take a pic of a couple of my longer loaded rounds. You might consider a chamber cast...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Congrads on shooting your Vetterli. I have been loading for mine for about ten years and it is a lot of fun to shoot them. The Lee 310 is a good bullet for the rifle but if you make your own brass...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Here's a link with some information on the subject.
http://members.aol.com/mudsmeller/paperpatch_bullets.html
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
CH4D use to make a die to do the "bumping" of bullet diameter I don't know if they still offer these dies but you could check this out on their web site, here's the link
http://www.ch4d.com/
I may...
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 |