The mold I'm using is an arsenal copy of the H&G 503. I plan for most to be mid to full power loads using H110 or 2400 powder. Pistol is a S&W 29, 6 1/2 barrel
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The mold I'm using is an arsenal copy of the H&G 503. I plan for most to be mid to full power loads using H110 or 2400 powder. Pistol is a S&W 29, 6 1/2 barrel
Forum: Casting Equipment
Gentlemen
I'm getting going on 44 magnum and am trying to figure out what top punch to get for a lyman 450 lube size.
The mold I'm using is an arsenal H&G 503 432-250.
Recommendations ??
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Gentlemen
I'm getting ready to start casting for 44 mag. Should I use strait ww or mix with pure pb. And if mixing what ratio would you recommend ?
Opinions ?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
After smelting the last of the wheel weights I had, I took a look at what I got in lead compared to the effort to sort usable WW from all the rest of the crap.[smilie=b:[smilie=b: I have now come to...
Gentlemen
My nephew, who works at a local gun store and range brought me most of a box of .44 mag cartridges. He told me that a shooter at the range had destroyed his gun with them. I have pulled...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I've been sitting on 2 buckets of wheel weights plus some other odds and ends that I've been sitting on for probably 8-9 years. Gotten from an old neighbor. Finally got a chance to smelt them down....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just an update
I ended up going with arsenals 432-250 Gr TC - H&G 503. Hope I works out. I plan to use my 50/50 #2, pb mix, lubed with Ben's red. Anyone see a problem with this ?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Gentlemen
Thank you all for your suggestions. Unless someone has a reason not to i plan on going with the Arsenal Molds copy of the 429421.
It seems to have great reviews and should work for what...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Gentlemen
I just acquired a smith &wesson 29 in 44 mag. I'm looking for boolit mold recommendations. This will be mainly for target shooting, but I'd like a boolit that could also serve as a...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
PSL 54 is a romanian designated marksman rifle made in Romania and imported by century arms. The psop is the scope that comes with this rifle. It is a fi xed 4 power with built in range finder.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Update. It's been awhile since i was asking about shimming this kind off scope.
( I hate it when work gets in the way of play time ) I finally made some shims for this scope after setting it back to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have just acquired a Mec 600 jr, pre 85. It was to good a deal to pass up ( $20.00 bucks at an estate sale )
Anybody have any advice on cleaning this press up ? It looks like it was coated in...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Jedman
I appreciate the advise and am filing it away for my next project. It isn't applicable to this rifle as it's a siderail mount on the receiver and the mounting legs for the scope are cast as...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The last post shows where I was thinking of shimming. I have shim stock fron .002 up to .125 so I guess I'll experiment with it and see what happens
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The side rail is riveted and spot welded at the factory. The legs for the scope are part of the scope body. They're attached to the clamp on rail mount with 4 screws and 2 pins. I think the rail bent...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I recently acquired a century arms psl54, the Iron sight are pretty close to dead on however to use the scope I have to use the far left mil mark to even get on target at 50 yards after adjusting...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I picked up a no 45 lube sizer recently. Has all the parts except the thumb screw that holds the top punch in. Does anyone know what the thread size was for that piece ? As I'm dedicating this sizer...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
It is apparent that I need to pay much more attention to the powder feeder
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Normally I weigh each charge as I was loading on a single stage. The bullets and a turret press were my Christmas presents.
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Hope this is the right place for this
I took my wife to the range this weekend. While using my 1911 we ended up with a bullet stuck in the
barrel. These were my reloads and were loaded with the...
Forum: Military Rifles
I finally got a chance to take my new to me swiss k31 to the range for the first time. When i got home I cleaned as per my usual habit. I was using Hoppes #9 and was getting clean patches out....
I recently acquired a box of western, improved, non corrosive primers, in battery cups, for smokeless powder. These are No.3 primers. Anyone have any idea what these were for and age ?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm trying the lee C309-170 F For my 30-30. I cast these about a month ago. the alloy is 50/50 lyman #2 from rotometals and pure lead. After seating the gas checks i was weighing them and found...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Trying to figure out what to use to make a kake cutter for 45 acp. Need suggestions and/or source for correct size tubing for making one. Thanks all for your help.
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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 |