I bought a magazine follower for my Mod 12 Winchester on Dec, 21 2020. After a couple weeks seller notified me that it was setting in a postal facility somewhere and the postmaster asked for me to...
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Forum: Our Town
I bought a magazine follower for my Mod 12 Winchester on Dec, 21 2020. After a couple weeks seller notified me that it was setting in a postal facility somewhere and the postmaster asked for me to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have been looking for something positive all morning. Thanks Doug!
I have had similar experience with Lee and Dillon.
I have had a couple molds where the alignment pins stuck out too far and needed a little tappy tap to drive them in a fuzz. I have also had to move a couple the other direction to tighten up a...
Forum: Our Town
I have an 5 hp 80 gallon compressor from Tractor supply. It runs my 1/2" impact just fine and after turning it up a little it runs a Coats 10/10 tire machine pretty well.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am out in the country also. I smelt outside over a customized wood stove. I wait for the right wind direction and put used motor oil in the scrap and light it up. Much less smoke.
The older I get...
Forum: Our Town
The American Bulldog in my (avatar?) would not let me near any gal that stopped by. He was my best bud until a female was around then he kicked me to the curb.
150 lbs Ruger is a big boy!
Forum: Our Town
Yep, an awful lot was under her collar. She is all dry now and was an 80 pound lap dog for a while tonight. She is forgiven.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I have friends that when they buy a beef give me the liver, heart and tongue. Dog and I eat all forms of liver. It is a real superfood!
Forum: Our Town
I have an almost two year old brown Lab female. She is a pretty good girl most of the time. She is getting mature enough that I can let her out and be confident she will stay around the yard for an...
Forum: Factory Rifles
The 7×33mm Sako cartridge was created in Finland in 1942 as a small game cartridge for animals such as the Capercaillie and Black Grouse. It is based on a 9×19mm Parabellum case that has been...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Using a filler or a "soft check" has helped in some cases for me. Somebody here used to sell wax dental impression sheets. pushed over the case mouth to cut them left a soft check in the case mouth....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Somebody messed up. No washer under plate.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Star lubesizers are sweet! I love mine!
I did not know Wally World handled reloading tools. Hmmm, my daughter works at one. Ohh drat, I dont need anything!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Did you check to see if they are round or or oval? Measure at parting line and then 90 degrees from that. Check all six and see if'n the middle cavities are dropping larger. Did you check to see if...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My young Lab female lives to "liberate" filler from stuffed animals. I have a few totes upstairs full of the things. Some is more coarse than others but I have never seen any performance difference.
Forum: Our Town
There is some of it archived here.https://web.archive.org/web/20180501000000*/http://www.handloads.com/
Forum: Our Town
I grow a large garden. It not only provides good clean food it does a lot for my mental and physical health. My garden is up against pasture fence so all the extra goes into the cows and they turn it...
Forum: Cast Boolits
With most molds (especially Lee), I pull them apart, debur and check sprue plate for flatness and fit. I find damage(galling) at the sprue plate screw area on s lot of them so I dress mold top flat...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I average around 60% lead return and 20% jackets and 20% trash. I smelt with a woodburner with a half of a Freon tank inset into the top of it. I fill tank with scrap and then a pint or so of used...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
First off, welcome.
I wont give you any loads but will advise you to read all you can on cast boolits. Various Lyman manuals can be viewed and some can be downloaded from archive.org. The Lee book...
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 |