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Type: Posts; User: Etienne Brule
Forum: Swaging
Thank you !
This is what I wwas looking for.
Gerald
Forum: Swaging
Hi
I have a nice Walnut Press.
I would like to know the meaning of the letters on the dies...
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi
I use this kind of ceramic: I find that they are better than the round ones, to clean primer pockets...
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi Chris.
The part that broke (after more than 10 years) was no 67 in:
https://www.vtigunparts.com/store/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=61
I am not sure that Leo is still in business: Some years...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Solved with Lucinda who warranted these items
Gerald
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Thank you everybody,
The post is about a "firing pin block" and not a broken firing pin.
I always keep 2-3 spare lever springs, ejectors and firing pins at all times.
But a firing pin block:...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi,
I have Shiloh Sharps in 45-70 and 45-90 ...
The firing pin block just broke in 2 parts .... /"%$"$/"$/
I try to contact Shiloh by mail and messenger many times this week.
I say that...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Thank you !
Just Delrin to get the rod back in !! No brass kicking on the crown !!
And please note the "black line" on the rod...
This is the limit to introduce the rod ( with a patch with...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi
A few years ago, I got splitted Starline 45-90 brass because of a wet chamber
I then used a mopping rod to clean the chamber after the Delrin rod and patches( one or two wet and then one...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Don is quite right. Please check the position of the gun on her shoulder.
Moreover, if the shot was "higher", the pressure on the shoulder was a bit tighter.
I would review the firing position....
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Your download site does not work for me ...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Hi Lathesmith
Please see your PM
Gerald
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi,
I have this one and it is great on a bench ( on in winter while the ground is too hard...):
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,42898.0.html
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Is it a hammer wad cutter punch OR a press punch ?
Thank you
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi
Where did you get this larger punch ??
Thanks
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Firing pin:
When I began to have this intermittent problem, that is what I thought: but the firing pin was OK !
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi
Last spring, I recovered bullets that I shot in the snow in January 2018.
- Fire line at 600 yards
- Shiloh Sharps 45-90
- Bullet: Creedmoor 45001, 539 grains. casted tin-lead 1-20 (5%)
-...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi
I just want to tell you about a traumatic personal experience with my Sharps ....
Please do not shoot the messenger ...
Last automn, while at my practice range at the military base near...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I would love to read this article. Where may I find it ??
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I will do some tests, but I will wait after the annual Canadian Championships, as all my elevation numbers are with the 45001 bullet.
The accuracy I get with the 20-1 45001 bullet are around 1 1/4...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I recovered the 20-1 ones shot in the last winter to see if I need to cast 16-1 bullets, so I do not have any 16-1
Here are the photos of two of the shot ones: no 2 and no 16: I do not see any...
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 |