I too have seen ACWW break up on bones in deer sized critters. Softening helps keep them from shattering. Then they deform and lose penetration.
Heat treat helps if the alloy responds. Oven is...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
I too have seen ACWW break up on bones in deer sized critters. Softening helps keep them from shattering. Then they deform and lose penetration.
Heat treat helps if the alloy responds. Oven is...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Welcome and good luck. I think you will be fine.
Indiana, that was a good read. Lots of testing there and I can’t argue the results. Interesting stuff
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Sounds fun! Hope all goes well.
I don’t like cast at velocity’s over 1300 on big stuff unless it’s heat treated. Had a friend that took 454 moose hunting with 335 WFN’s at 1600 and brought back...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The diameter is going to be a problem but if you could spin them, maybe could even do it with a file
Forum: Cast Boolits
Not sure this would help but if you want to try something that isn’t permanent, have the base band machined off some of your bullets you cast now. Maybe learn wether or not something that short is...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
You guys are both right- there WAS a slow lot of 820. Not common and only saw it very early in this 820 game. Majority of it was produced around 1970. I have the two most common lots-
277 and 320....
Forum: Our Town
I cut out a piece of rubber for dry firing the model 83. Works as a hammer block while hunting also.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Please be careful guys! Current number 9 is NOT the same as enforcer/ 820 / h108.
It was back many years ago but not now. It is considerably faster. Mine is virtually identical to 2400.
You are...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Mmm good! Nothing like some sort of flesh from a beast for thanksgiving!
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Good on you for including your daughter as well. Always encouraging to see people doing that.
We hosted a young man and his 11 year old daughter deer hunting this year. Does we’re a hard find but...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Nice job and good story!
Nothing like handgun hunting and bow hunting gettin close!
I think like others have said that your load is on the light side depending on combinations. Short bullet shank...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Have had very satisfactory results from cast as well. A Texas heart shot or through the differential with cast works well too. I don’t worry about meat loss with slow cast as they don’t grenade the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Number 9 and 14 are pretty good posts.
I think you would be well served by some form of jacketed hollow point to start with in the 44. Load to 1150 and go hunting.
All the deer in all the years...
The reason the ACP die is smaller is the brass is thinner.
Good idea guys. If you have multiple die sets do some measuring or trials with different ones. Just in 45 Colt, I have 3 or 4 different...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The only thing I don’t like about BE -86 is it’s cost and availability
Forum: Special Projects
I have pondered a similar project. I thought about some sort of building material somewhat like hard plastic. Haven’t tryed any yet. Considered putting pvc pipe in wet newsprint to simulate bone in...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Based on my experience with it, I think it would be ok in 41. It’s dense so be careful. I’m the same speed range as blue dot.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
There is actually 3 distinct lots all differing quite a bit. Lot number if available helps.
One is H-380. The next is like IMR 4831. The last is like H4831.
The first one can be loaded grain for...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Good question. It seems that many common loads in higher pressure cartridges wind up compressed. I have loaded as such for years. So we know it’s ok with many powders.
But the only ones mentioned...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
What kind of velocity are you running with this powder?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Interesting write up! Thanks for pix and details on how this works. Having owned all 3 presses, I can appreciate this.
Can you explain what I need to cut the groove in the plates for ejector? I...
I too have used the mill the rear a tiny bit. You can figure it out mathematically and I would bet not very much at all for 1”
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 |