One thing that became immediately apparent. With 410's, there is no crush section on the wads, which means your shot column height must be spot on, to get a proper crimp, or you will have a dished...
Type: Posts; User: GBertolet
Forum: Shot Guns
One thing that became immediately apparent. With 410's, there is no crush section on the wads, which means your shot column height must be spot on, to get a proper crimp, or you will have a dished...
Forum: Military Rifles
Both of my Krags have pitted bores. Both shoot great with cast bullets. I suspect they were shot with the corrosive primers of the period, without being cleaned afterwards.
I use plumbers Teflon tape. Cut a 3 inch piece, lay it in the lower rings, insert the scope, flip the excess over the top of the scope, insert upper rings, and tighten. The tape protects the tube...
One of the problems I experienced with the Lyman forster, and my Rapine flying trash can mold, was the collapse of the skirt walls, and wads being driven inside the hollow cavity. Filling the base...
That's exactly what I did, opening up the mold. I have a lathe, and with a boring bar opened up my Lyman mold to .730. I didn't do too much experimentation with it, as I discovered the .735 RB...
Forum: Special Projects
I purchased one from Sharpertek. It's a 6.2 liter size. I got it mainly for cleaning small engine parts. Sharpertek offered a gun cleaning accessory kit, which I purchased along with the unit. This...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
EGW marketed an undersized die in both 40 S&W, and 9mm. They were specially made by Lee, expressly for EGW.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Way back when, I was shooting bullseye competition, I cast some 38 WC bullets out of a mystery alloy of handset printer's type. I was shooting at a bullseye 50' indoor match, with my 52 S&W. On one...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
That's exactly what I did. I went with the 8-32 screw size.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It's drilled all the way through, so it needs a replacement.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My neighbor gave me his 50 cal T/C Hawken barrel. He tried to remove the clean out screw, by the caplock nipple. It wouldn't come out, so he tried to drill it out, with no luck. Anyhow after me...
I purchased some of the new Perfect Pattern powder. Same issue with shot column height also. I had been using Remington Gun Club hulls. The solution that reloaders on the other forums use, is to get...
Forum: Shot Guns
I bought two bags. Not cheap, but you must consider they are already primed. About $7 worth of primers for each 100. Any new 3" hulls are not easy to find nowadays. Grab them while you can.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have the same revolver. The cylinder is bored all the way through. You can insert a cartridge from either end. This creates a problem. My revolver leaded like crazy, as the hot gasses were leaking...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I tried using cast pistol bullets in my 45 cal T/C, with poor results. I wound up buying the 45 Maxi Ball mold from T/C. I think it is made by Lyman. As mentioned in a previous post, the bullet is...
I have a 4 cavity mold of this. The bullets cast real nice, and drop easily from this mold. I found that this bullet shoots very accurate. Not a good design for big game hunting, due to it's RN...
I have the Rapine 550 gr slug. I have had problems with the wadding being forced up into the cavity. I experimented with hot glue in the base, and tried inserting a nylon ball also to fill the...
Forum: AirGuns
I found that the JSB Exacts and Express, shoot the best in my HW's. You should be sure to try them, before settling on a particular pellet.
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have 3 mags for my 760. Never any trouble with any. Mine were 1970's magazines. I heard that Remington farmed out the later magazines to a subcontractor, and there was issues with them.
I was...
2022 update: I just took this 7 point buck with the RB, at about 100 yards. Still have quite a few rounds left with the teflon tape. Didn't get to the powder coated balls yet. 40 grains of Blue Dot...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
I had contacted Numrich before I purchased the sleeve. I was told the sleeve is .793 diameter. I purchased the sleeve, and found their information was correct. The mouth is .750, which should handle...
I bought 5k this summer. They are slightly larger in diameter than the U.S. primers are. Once in a while, one is hard seating. They all have gone bang 100% for me. No hesitation to buy more if needed.
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 |