Hi guys, I have a dumb question for you all. Here goes: I have a friend who has a 1911, and he would like a few cartridges that will throw a big, dramatic, ball of flame when fired. Not high velocity...
Type: Posts; User: scottyp99
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Hi guys, I have a dumb question for you all. Here goes: I have a friend who has a 1911, and he would like a few cartridges that will throw a big, dramatic, ball of flame when fired. Not high velocity...
Hodgdon online and Lee data. The question was about what to do about airspace under the gas seal.
Scotty
Mine are of fairly recent manufacture, they have the white plastic basewad, and a Winchester 209A primer fits them just fine.
Scotty
Hi guys, I have a bunch of Federal Field & Target hulls, (12 gauge) and I'm wondering what they are called in reloading data. Can we just use Federal Gold Medal load data?
Scotty
Hi, I've ordered some gas seals for reloading 12 gauge 7/8 Oz. Lee drive key slugs in Winchester Universal hulls. The base wads on these hulls are pretty tall, and I am concerned that if I seat the...
Forum: Gas Checks
I'll try that with the next batch of boolits I cast up.
I think the problem I am experiencing now is gas check shanks that are too large. (the pressure from forcing them through the sizer might...
Forum: Gas Checks
The gas checks I received from Sage's Outdoors are .319" outer diameter, .283" inner diameter, and .056" in depth, as near as I can measure with a digital caliper.
Scotty
Forum: Gas Checks
I find it difficult to believe that the outside diameter of the gas check would increase .011" during the sizing operation, so I'm assuming you mean the expansion operation. Even then, it sounds a...
Forum: Gas Checks
Shouldn't they already be .284"? That is the nominal diameter of a .30 calliber boolit shank. I'm dealing with an over-sized boolit shank issue here, and the fix that I have come up with is to use a...
Forum: Special Projects
Only a New Orleans pimp would carry a pearl-handled gun!
OK, that being said, this sounds like a very interesting project, I hope you'll keep us up to date on it once you find your shells. Good...
Forum: Gas Checks
LOL! I look at hammers the same way I look at golf clubs. If you want to hit the ball a certain distance, you pick a certain club. If you want to hit the ball farther, you don't swing the club...
Forum: Gas Checks
We're talking about oversized gas check shanks here, Winger.
Scotty
Forum: Gas Checks
Hmmmmm. Ya know, this post makes me think. The mold I have drops the boolits wide enough that the .314" sizer is doing something. I sized all these boolits before I even thought about using gas...
Forum: Gas Checks
Which expander size do you use? .308'? What is the inside diameter of the gas check after you expand it using the expander tool?
Scotty
Forum: Gas Checks
OK, I measured a few boolits, and the shanks are all around .290", give or take 2 or 3 thousandths. I have discovered that a 9/32" socket, when twisted onto the shank, leaves the shank at a diameter...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Yeah, you can get away with a few tenths of a grain difference in powder charges, especially so the bigger the charge is. I weigh every charge mostly for peace of mind. I'm not in a real big hurry...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
This is how I use dippers. You don't have to spend the time setting up the powder measure, you just pick the right dipper and use the trickler to top it up on the scale. You have to use the trickler...
I pocket-carry a j-frame on a regular basis. Yeah, only 5 shots, but I practice situational awareness, and I feel like 5 shots of .38 Special +P ought to let me get out of just about any situation I...
Forum: Gas Checks
Outstanding! This is a great idea! I'm gonna try it tonight, and report my findings. See ya,
Scotty
Forum: Gas Checks
Nope, just the regular .30 caliber, copper, .017" thick gas checks. I haven't actually measured the boolit's shank, I'm brand-new to this whole gas check thing, so I'm still learning the ropes. I'll...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I don't lube straight-wall cases, per se, when using a carbide sizing die. I give them a quick wash in soapy water using dish detergent, and I don't really rinse them very thoroughly, so there is...
Forum: Gas Checks
Hi guys and gals,
I have what might seem like a dumb question. I am installing .30 caliber gas checks from Sage's Outdoors on to Lee TL312-160 boolits, using a Lee .314" boolit sizer. I am...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I'm using my Lee Loader right now to neck size .303 British brass, and it is a bit over-zealous for paper-patched, non-gaschecked boolits. I really have to flare the case mouth like crazy to get a...
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 |