120grains black is "max" (for me at least!) and then shot equivalent ie. same volume of shot as powder.
Remember that the actual caliber of the thinwalled brass is 11 gauge not 12 so standard wads...
Type: Posts; User: Chicken Thief
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
120grains black is "max" (for me at least!) and then shot equivalent ie. same volume of shot as powder.
Remember that the actual caliber of the thinwalled brass is 11 gauge not 12 so standard wads...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
No need for filler.
Quickload says that it is a 38% filling.
Max. pressure is @1100bar and speed is around 330m/s (for a 25" barrel) +- some meters because i dont know your barrel length.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Are Zombies a big problem in USA?
Noone (i have talked to) in Europe has seen any so i suppose that your Zombie ammo are for domestic use only!
Forum: Single Shot Guns
If anyone will take the hassle i have 300 original 1931 made unfired, i'll part with.
I will pull the bullet and powder, pop the primer and wash/tumble them (so they are mercury free).
But then...
Forum: Cast Boolits
As powders can wary +- several % from batch to batch then what is correct and whats is wrong?
And what when two powders is the same but has different names?
Like load tables it is but a guideline...
In 12 gauge weight might be a problem!
A .725" ball weighs 37gram~572grain~1.3oz
A .680" ball weighs 30.6gram~472grain~1.08oz
So any way we are in 3½" magnum territory for loadings and data.
If...
Forum: Leverguns
No 1 rule:
No copper in a lead barrel!
Clean the s*** out af that barrel and it will shoot cast.
Lead will adhere to copper wery well (think electronics circuit boards).
Why did'nt they put the display at the end so the shooter can see it while shooting?
http://www.steinertsensingsystems.com/category/news
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
A modified 45-70 case fired in my Dane on the left (note bulge) and standard 45-70 on the right.
The 45-70 is @ .498" at the widest and my Dane is @ .5095"
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
Well yes and no!
A 45-70 remaer was passed through so it will chamber the larger 45-70 rim, but the wider/more conical Dane chamber is still there and the cases will swell (sewerly for 45-70...
Forum: Our Town
Your American gene pool needs a lot of clorine!
How did your once proud nation degenerate to this?
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Forum: Military Rifles
Yes Sir!
Saw this clip and did the "fitting" wich is 100% :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA5Vlgkj1dw
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Forum: Our Town
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I dont know about Trapdoor strength but in a 1867 designed rolling block i would stay under 20000psi for sure!
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Best for what?
Best J-word?
Best cast?
Look here and learn:
http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yuku.com/
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The original Trap Door is 28000psi
Modern/1895 pressure is 31900psi
And Ruger #1 is stated as beyond 45000psi.
http://www.saami.org/index.cfm
Forum: Casting Equipment
For what?
Lead melts at 620degF and alloys even less than that.
As to the relay, hmmm the heater in the Lee US models are way bigger than we foringers get! (9A x 120V = 1080W)
Mine is a "only"...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Top rimfire with 60gr of BP
Bottom centerfire
Note the difference in bullet diameter!
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
Yeah.
The 56 is ultra rare (under 200 ever made), so not that one!
It's a 51 BUT
Slug your barrel and follow my explanasion.
In the days 5 different production lines were set up and they...
Forum: Casting Equipment
In the last pic i just plunged the lead bar in and then the temp went south after i had taken the pic!
Forum: Casting Equipment
8: To be posh I made a screen from 2mm polycarbonate plastic. That will take the lead splash.
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Forum: Casting Equipment
5: Probe mounted and bottom cover back on.
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Forum: Casting Equipment
Here’s my take on a PID Lee pot.
My first pot from 1985 and it is on it’s second heating element.
I used a PID from dx.com that came with a thermal probe delivered for just $17.80...
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 |