dunno the science but it turns from corn starch to glue
You want the colour change through straw yellow to light brown (about the colour of a dried walnut hull)
Type: Posts; User: indian joe
Forum: Muzzleloading.
dunno the science but it turns from corn starch to glue
You want the colour change through straw yellow to light brown (about the colour of a dried walnut hull)
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
:grin:good stuff!!!
the tone of your post yells 26 -----26 is a really good number for me - major life altering things happened that year - got a whole bunch of things done, that as I looked back...
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nah !!! sort the brass and load each batch - couple minutes to adjust the seat and crimp die
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thanks Kurt (and Chris too)
my main attention is my 45/75 Uberti
...that rifle is neat in the neck so is close to where Chris would like (I think) boolits are a nice smooth slip fit - no wiggle...
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make a scoop measure out of an old brass case, just cut / file it down to the right level (about 36 grains I would guess - thats what I load in my 44/40)
it always intrigues me how you 'mericans...
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LP I dont neck size but curious anyway
do you reckon the "light and heavy tension causing vertical" must necessarily pair with velocity spread OR can it still happen when we have low chrono ES...
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from the mad monk Swiss file
Blasting powder 75-15-10 (base recipe going back to year dot)
Artillery powder 74-13-13 (more sulphur for easier ignition ?)
fireworks powder 77.5-13.5-9...
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worked ok for me thanks DB
my takeaways (its about the charcoal!!!!!!!)
1) the swiss file makes pretty clear that at 75-15-10 we are making blasting grade powder - so maybe change that
2)...
Forum: Leverguns
stuff I have loaded for my almost 50 yr old Uberti 66 (44/40) is oal 1.55 -1.56" --
1.655 I dont believe is gonna work in a toggle gun
we have the RCBS Cowboy mold in 38/40, loaded in the crimp...
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my take (other much more experts here might agree or not) both calibres you have are not "plinker" rounds - they re capable of fine accuracy at extended distance
1) use a drop tube - easy to make...
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If you saw me making screened powder you might get to like that system
I form dough balls about fist size (much wetter than for pucks it needs to be sticky) then grate that through a four foot by...
Forum: Leverguns
a 1892 will be way more forgiving on OAL than most other levers - the 73 actions are very perticular on length - not saying you will get away with your combo in a '92 but its the best chance
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the combo of my uberti chamber, brass made from 348 win, .460 boolits, leaves me about half a thou clearance up front -- I dont neck size AT ALL.....my finished rounds measure .482-.483 OD neck
I...
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seen a 22/250 with a ring near the muzzle ----knowing the gun and the people i say 99% a mud wasp nest in the spout
maybe some interesting pressure to do it
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same here I think
I have done a fair amount of testing with my 45/75
willow FFg 69 grains and a .045 poly wad with a 330 grain have cracked 1500 FPS
the weight is a few grains down on...
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nah ! ya get a pass on the naughty corner
on a more serious note dont you guys get in trouble for that too?
never made sense to me ---shortened long arms are illegal ? yet pistols are all over...
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Sandro
my only commercial comparison powder is mid 1990's vintage Goex 5FA ungraphited
my homemade corned hybrid willow powder is about 90% by weight
homemade screened hybrid willow powder is 76%...
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bronze bore column bearings ----take as much as you like ---no charge
cutting bronze bearing material is never fun but free stuff always comes with a hidden cost
try one tomorrow
the...
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in front of the rear sight .....gonna end up a tad short
aussies go to jail for stuff like that :dung_hits_fan:
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Willow is easy at my place we planted some "austree" = hybrid willow, twenty odd years ago on a duck island in the middle of our house dam (pond / water storage) several batches later and still using...
Forum: Leverguns
I wouldnt haggle on the classic - pay the man straight up it a good price already.
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question for the crew
(my plan for scrap pump rod has imploded it turns out to be bronze pump shaft bearings - take as much as you want mate - but hard work cutting it tdon to suitable chunks -...
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so far I have used a mix sizes of leftover roundball (soft lead) - they have done about 40 cycles (1kg per cycle) and lookin a bit tired - most of the damage later - whilever they stayed round - not...
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picking up tomorrow 10 kg of used brass pump rod (outta old windmills) - no charge the man said (he sells a couple ton a year to the scrap guys) if I had acces to a decent guillotine the rest would...
Forum: Leverguns
Cleaning rod damage still happening I want to scream at the range when I see blokes cleaning from the front with no muzzle protector on the ramrod - where I shoot more dont use them than do .
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