As a gunsmith I will not use any oil that has Teflon, or any 'plastic' additive in it, Breakfree, Remoil etc., to plate and/or pack up in the sear and other parts. The Teflon gets into the metal and...
Type: Posts; User: 45-70 Plinker
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
As a gunsmith I will not use any oil that has Teflon, or any 'plastic' additive in it, Breakfree, Remoil etc., to plate and/or pack up in the sear and other parts. The Teflon gets into the metal and...
Forum: Leverguns
Put them in their original boxes in a nice closet somewhere safe then go find you a 94 Classic and shoot that.
I notice that in my last post I made several mistypes. I can only put them to my lack...
Forum: Leverguns
All of my levers have tang or peep sights on them. They range from marlin 94 in32-20 to 1894 in 47-70. The 444 is the only one that has ever caused me to flinch. I have a 336 30-30 without scope...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I vote for the 457130 design. Would take one or two.
Forum: Group Buy Results
Don't know about a soup can but I cast a tomato past can one time and it weighted about 3 pounds
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I'll take it if you still got it and want to part with it.
stanleymills@att.net
Forum: Group Buy Results
Where did you buy the 457130 mold from? Or was it the 457326?
I am interested in the 457130 mold. If anyone has one I am interested in buying it if you are willing to part with it.
Forum: Group Buy Results
Know where I can get one of those molds?
I had one that I used the boolets from in my 45-70 Marlin and rolling block with 2 gr Bullseye to get .75 five shot groups at 25 yd and lots of fun watching...
I found a load that has worked very well in an old Lyman Reloading Manual that was for a gallery load. Out of an old Marlin 94 it shot .5" 5 shot groups at 25yd. It used the 3118 boolit and 2gr of...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I need a Lyman 457130 boolet mold. it makes a 145gr "collar button" boolet that is a lot of fun to use for small game and plinking. I had one but "lost it to a "friend" and now that I have almost run...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I like the lyman 3118 (more didgets now). It shot real well in my marlin 94 with several different loads but the one that I use the most is 2gr of Bullseye (no filler required). makes a great hole in...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
To keep from bending one of your long pin punches use a starting punch which is a short (about 1" to 1.5") tapered end punch. This breaks the hold that the hole has then you can use the long punch to...
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