Nice job!
Type: Posts; User: steveu
Forum: Our Town
Roll up soft cover, then that way if you have a toolbox in the bed you can get to it! I’m on my second one.
Forum: Special Projects
Thanks for posting, I wish I had your skills!
Forum: Single Shot Guns
With the 140, have you annealed the necks???
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
My 43 Spanish uses a .443 diameter bullet for best accuracy. If I recall correctly, the 44-77 uses a .446” bullet. My trapdoor uses a .460”.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Feeling and get the additional mirror kit for different bore sizes.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
With my rifle, I seat the bullet way out to the point that the neck barely covers the gas check. My brass is 8x56.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I cast some 9 pounds of ww + 1 pound of Lino and with my Lee tester air cooled had a bhn of 14 and water cooled was 30.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
+1 on beltfeds rods. The TD version is great for wiping between shots.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have had a Co-Ax since the early 90's. I like the primer system on the press for loading long range ammo, it beats the old Lee hand primer I had. I have modified the the rod that opens the jaws...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I used a thru hole lap and lapping compound with my battery powered drill to open up the neck of a 40-65 sizing die. You will need a few minus gauge pins also to measure your progress. I started...
Forum: Cast Boolits
When the schedule is set I will. Graham is posted on Facebook.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have never crimped a single round for use in any of my ar-15, m1 or m14 with j bullets. I have never shot a cast bullet in these rifles.
FWIW,
Steve
Forum: Cast Boolits
There is a place in Crawford that shoots gong matches out to 1k. He has some BP matches and some highpower. There is also some 22 and full bore bpcr matches in graham. 22 is on Saturday and BP on...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have yet to see anyone who has successfully fixed one with an off the shelf motor. The original motor in mine was made by a company that is out of business.
The 4M080 is too thick and the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What are you looking for range wise, bpcr, gong, cba matches???
Forum: Military Rifles
The best load I use is 64.5 grains of Swiss 1.5, WLRM primer, .060” Walters wad, 512 grain bullet sized to .461 with an alloy that equals 16-1. Cases have the flash hole drilled per Wolf’s book. ...
Forum: Our Town
Go to Pirate Ship dot com. I use it a lot to ship bullets to rifles.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have been wet tumbling since the mid 90’s, started with steel shot then went to ceramic. The best additive I’ve used was cabelas tumble bright. When that disappeared I used other concoctions that...
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 |