So after 3 months of use, these are my impressions and observations so far, after putting a few hundreds of rounds into the berm with the Garmin tracking them. To date, that little plastic box has...
Type: Posts; User: Guncrank
So after 3 months of use, these are my impressions and observations so far, after putting a few hundreds of rounds into the berm with the Garmin tracking them. To date, that little plastic box has...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
After hearing about this auto'magic “Ugly Annealing Machine” (UAM). I placed an order with CKS Precision out of Rocky Ford Colorado. This machine is available from Jeffie Bezoso’s Amazon jungle...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yup add me to the list that likes and uses the Lee FCD's for my pigstole cat'ridges!
INMHO: They do a mighty fine job and are installed on the die plate(s) of the progressive press for each...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thank you RB!
That's some valuable info!!!
GC
Them 32's is just pure fun to go plinking with! Got some in ACP, S&W short and S&W long. Wouldn't trade them for anything... Well. there could be that big bag O-money or trailer load of primers.
Forum: Our Town
Retired now coming up on 5 years. It takes an authorization of congress and a invocation from the Pope to get me off the farm and into town anymore!
Yup I am just that much of a "people-person".
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Forum: Our Town
I have a old Nikon range finder with that rubberized goop that had begun turning back into crude oil. The easiest method I've yet found was to get a rattle-can of clear polyurethane spray and apply a...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
These have proven quite challenging when attempting to beat your best time(s)!
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I've used several lot numbers of 2230-C over the years. Every lot has loaded using AA-2460 data.
Further, during my conversations with a Mr. Loubser at Accurate he indicated that 2230-C was about...
Forum: Our Town
Never did cotton to the idea that I should pay a bank or company to handle/transfer my money and still don't! No pay-pal or for that matter debit bank cards for me. I much prefer a run of the mill...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
BigBronco92,
Your situation reminded me of one that happened to a friend and long time shooting buddy who never seemed to recognize the value of keeping detailed load data records.
With the...
Forum: Our Town
I too have to say that Larry Potterfield's what-not shop is my reloading components supply house of absolute last resort and then only if I can't possibly put off the purchase until places like...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Me thinks Zink is overdoing (read gouging their customers) on the Haz-Mat tax at $73 for 2000 primers and $146 for 4000!!!
Someone do kindly correct me if I error, however the current Haz-Mat...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
A couple of shooting buddys and I have for the last five to seven years fallen into the habbit of meeting at the range twice a month, weather and schedules permitting. We'll usually send around 300...
Forum: Military Rifles
The weather here today afforded me the opportunity to try my hand loads at 300 yards on a 3/4 (12"x20") size IPSC steel plate. The results with a 10 to 20 MPH gusty cross wind were VERY satisfying!...
Forum: Military Rifles
ukrifleman,
Appreciate the info, especially as regards the Hornady sizing die! My Redding die set has worked very well for the K-31 but was totally unsuitable for the 1889. I was given a Lee die...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
There is this outfit that will make any gasket from your choice of material...
http://www.raleighdurhamrubber.com/
Forum: Military Rifles
So anyone out there loading 7.5X53.5mm for the 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifle?
I recently received the fed.gov rebate on my hopelessly dismal lifetime investment in federal governance! This was, to my...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bird,
Appreciate the good info!
I did notice that I neglected to include the charge weight for the 400g Speer boolet, that's been edited in.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I purchased Data-2200 back in the late 90's early 2000's and long about 2015/16 somewhere I had burned through the last of my supply. So, I picked up a new production jug of AA-2200 (at popular...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
TCLouis,
The data above for the 300g Hornady pill is within published data.
The others are over that recommended by Western/Accurate Arms Powders.
As stated I had no luck with Cast lead. No...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bird,
Sorry it took me so long to rediscover and respond to your question.
All brass used below is StarLine. All loads were developed for the long barreled H&R Buffalo gun.
Hornady 300g HP...
Forum: Vintage Reloading Manuals
From the book "Principles and Practice of Reloading Ammunition" by Earl Naramore, Copyright 1954, pages: 664-669 "Annealing Cartridge Cases in Reloading"
Mr. Naramore starts out by stating: "I do...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Mdi,
May also want to reach out to Lovex directly...
It may be that the powder Jeff Bartlett is offering as BR-5 is the same powder that Lovex has listed as their D036.
According to Lovex D036...
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 |