Sharp means not blank. If it is steel cased, do not fire it. The German steel cased ammo wold corrode from the inside and you may experience case failure and blow yourself up.
Type: Posts; User: Doug Bowser
Forum: Military Rifles
Sharp means not blank. If it is steel cased, do not fire it. The German steel cased ammo wold corrode from the inside and you may experience case failure and blow yourself up.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a pre-Lyman Ideal mold for a .228" flat pointed bullet. I assume it is for a .22 Savage HP. It is a nose pour mold with a screw adjustable stem in the base of the mold. It allows bullets to be...
Forum: Military Rifles
Made a few of them for my shop a few years ago. The originals were made by the Aussies at Lithgow. I have read they were made as an experiment as a carbine to be used in Jungle Warfare. I made sure...
H&G 50 BB. The mould was scaled and the sand used was extremely fine. Casts OK
Doug
I was given a 10 cavity 148 gr .38 mould last month. It is massive. It was rusted shut when I got it. I soaked it in oil and a friend lightly sand blasted the cavities and now they are clean.
It...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I used to belong to the old Elbridge club off Route 5. I moved from here in 1971. I am in Mississippi now and I am really enjoying the gun laws down here,
Doug Bowser
601-341-8797
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I would like to know the value of a Lyman .44 C&B Hollow based conical bullet mould. It is a single cavity and comes with a lightweight set of Ly man handles from a Lyman 310 loading kit. The mould...
I have a 4 caity H&G .45 130 mould in near mint condition. Only used it once. I have 2 more and I don't need three.
Doug
Forum: Military Rifles
I use 1/4 cup Murphy's Oil Soap concentrate to 1 gallon water. Swab the bore, dry the bore 1\2 hour later, use bronze brush with Hoppe's #9 and cycle 12 times. dry the bore and oil lightly. Check he...
I rechambered mine to .32-20. The only roblem is, you have to load the rounds about 1/10" short. 93 gr Lee RN with 4.2gr Unique. By the way, you have to countersink the rims about 2/100" to let the...
My friend has a Para-Ordnance 1911 .45 and we loaded some whit powder lubed .452" RN lead bullets at about 800 FPS. He fired 50 of them and the leading was fierce. I have a Star Model P .45 and I...
I have seen Ruger .45 Blackhawk revolvers with chamber throats as small as .445". I belive they use the chambering reamers too long and they become smaller. I have the chamber throat reamer from...
I would not use a drill. There is no way to keep it straight. You could wind up ruining a cylinder
Doug
We shoot this match at 25 yards in a standard NRA Bullseye 900 course of fire, on US ARMY "L" targets. One fellow brought the wrong handgun but we let him shoot anyway. His score would not be...
I reamed my Nagant out to .32-20. The ammo has to be loaded .1" short so the bullets will clear the back of the barrel. It shoots 3" at 25 yards off the nags. The original ammo will work in it after...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
BadBogerman,
Th best solvent for black powder and corrosive priming is, 1/4 cup Murphy's Oil Concentrate in 1 Gallon of water. Swab the bore and let it set 1/2 hour. Dry the bore and clean the...
I bought a 98% Model 28-2 S&W .357 Mag for $325.00 last month. It shoots as good as it looks. Got a Bucheimer holster with it and a box of 158 gr REM ammo with it.
Doug
An 85 year old man in Jackson, MS killed an intruder two weeks ago. The Police claimed his handgun was unsafe to use and confiscated it. Our firearms forum for Mississippi bought him a new one.
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Forum: Military Rifles
I tried .284 Win brass. It would not extract and eject from my 1911 rifle.
Doug
I had a Taurus fixed sight .38 spl . It was a K framed sized revolver. It had 2 chambers that did not shoot within 6" of the rest of the chambers. I buy S&W revolvers that were made before 1975. I...
I can handle a SA with either hand or both hands. I like the Colt Style SA revolvers because there is a slight step in the cylinder when loading.
I would not feel under gunned with a SA. I prefer...
S&W K38 Model 14
I also have a 5" Model 10 .38 that is a close second to the Model 14.
Had a Colt Gold Cup once. It never shot any better than a Government Model.
Doug
Sir,
You must be like an Oak. More power to you.
Doug
If these type matches are good enough for rifle, I guess we should shoot them with handguns as well. We allow any handgun model used by a military organization, 50 years ago or older. Any safe ammo....
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 |