These are all helpful replies, folks -- thank you very much for your advice. I really appreciate it.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
These are all helpful replies, folks -- thank you very much for your advice. I really appreciate it.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey, all,
I'm looking for a light, non-gas checked boolit mold for casting bullets somewhere around 100 gr for my 30-06 (FN M98 from the Colombian military -- Model 1950 -- originally chambered in...
I like the GP100 better overall -- particularly its lines and beefiness -- but I have to admit my friend's 686 has a much nicer SA trigger.
I tried the Wolff reduced-power springs, but found I got...
I've used quite a few Wolf & Tula SRM primers in service rifle competition. They're very good.
I've never tested them over a chrono, but guys I know have said they are more consistent than...
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Don't forget the so-called "Personal Property Taxes" that many of us pay year after year, every year, on vehicles, boats, trailers, tools and machinery (if you have a business where you use tools and...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I've probably killed 30-40 deer in PA and VA using 270 Win and 30-06 and one or two with 6.5/284. Shots from 50 to 288 yds. Most were shot with 270 Win 130gr j-words and dropped where they stood....
That's some great info, Larry. Many thanks for doing the testing and making the results available to us.
I bought a keg of RD back in the 90s when I was shooting skeet twice a week, and now use it...
Forum: Cast Boolits
OK, here's one thing I learned that may be of use to other newbies to HP casting:
1. These brass molds really soak up a LOT of BTUs before they get hot. I guess brass has a much higher "specific...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank you, 358429 and especially Forrest R ... this is very helpful information and I will try your suggestions. Forrest R, that's good news about the soft range scrap alloy performing so well, since...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Finally tried casting with this mold today. I'm fairly new to casting and have never tried a HP mold, but holy cow, I had a devil of a time with the boolits sticking to the HP pins. Had to use pliers...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That's all great information, thank you very much, Megasupermagnum. Yeah, the 5" GP100 just feels so right to me, seems like the perfect barrel length for that piece. Mine is the Davidson's version,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've just been using the one that came with my RCBS 3-die set so far, although all I've really loaded is WCs and SWCs for 38 Spl. Haven't loaded up any 357 stuff yet, and it appears my mold is tied...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks, 358429, good to know that's an option. I would prefer to stick to 357 cases if possible, though... golly, just checked the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook and saw under bullet 358429 that the H110...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks, Rintinglen, good to know. And even if I did run into problems with length, in a worst-case scenario, I could always trim (and segregate) my 357 cases to a length that would both allow...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank you sir. I'll be using these in a GP-100...I did not think about the "too long" issue...I hope it doesn't cause me problems! Looks like my cylinder is about 1.609" long, and the gap between...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This is all good helpful information, thank you 358429 ... was kind of hoping you'd weigh in.
On a related note, I just found some H110 in stock at PV...I should play the lottery!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank you Zarrinvz24, sounds like that's exactly the info I need to know. I appreciate your help.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey, all,
Miha at MP molds just emailed me to tell me their 358-429 Keith style HP mold is back in stock, so I bought one (I ordered the plain base version). I'd like to use this boolit for...
I could never get my BHP to shoot very well. My cheaper CZ-75B always outshot it by a fairly wide margin...
IIRC, back in the day, OSS and CIA also used suppressed Hi-Standard 22s for that kind of thing. (Not that assassination is strictly legal and all anymore, mind you)
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I'm fighting them off to get the pecans right now...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
When I was a kid, my dad used to carry a block of dehydrated mince meat in his hunting vest, and when we took a break, he'd bust it out and carve off hunks to eat. It often had pheasant/woodcock/dove...
Forum: Our Town
LOL you read my mind! Except if it was my dogs, they'd jump in BED!
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 |