Pulled the Hydrocellulose Product out of the Dehydrator today after having been dried for about 24 hours over a two day period with Dehydrator turned off over night. Interesting result. The water...
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Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Pulled the Hydrocellulose Product out of the Dehydrator today after having been dried for about 24 hours over a two day period with Dehydrator turned off over night. Interesting result. The water...
Forum: Our Town
Based ONLY on changes to the Hodgdon Web Site and Reloading information; I am concerned. Seems to me they have lost focus on the Shooter/Reloader support and satisfaction over the last few years -...
Forum: Swaging
I will go counter to the trend and say that in my experience; even though costs are high for swaging presses, dies etc...; one has to think Long Term. I got into swaging in the late 1980's when I...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have been doing additional research on the "Ignition Temperatures" today for Nitro Cellulose (Not what is being used for the A4 Powder), and HydroCelllulose (This is what IS being used for the A4...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I Placed the mixture in the Dehydrator yesterday evening; but turned it off over night as I am not sure what temps the Hydrocellulose can tolerate; my concerns are that if it replicates “Gun Cotton”...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
After cooking, I took the pot and Jar of TP/Acid outside and let it sit to cool for 45 minutes. After noting the problem with the small Stainless steel bowl used as a “Lid”; I did not want to use any...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
To “Cook” the Toilet Paper/Muriatic Mixture; I used a 2 quart cooking pot with about 2 – 3 inches of water in it. To keep the Peanut Butter Jar off the bottom of the pan (allowing the temperature of...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Directions called for a Glass lid and Rubber Scaling ring; not available in today’s common market – so I improvised and used a small Stainless Steel Bowl from the reloading room, with the curve on...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
My first dilemma was creation of the “Tools” necessary to accomplish this task. Muriatic Acid was procured at ACE Hardware. Toilet Paper was procured from the guest bathroom via a previous Costco...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
My first hurdle is creation of Hydrocellulose. The original Paper Instructions called for producing Hydrocellulose through the following Instructions:
TO SECURE HYDROCELLULOSE: Into the bottom...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
This is another series of DIY home manufacturing Smokeless Powders
Using instructions from the source reference written in 1944 on page 33 of PRIMERS for Small Arms Cartridges by M. J. ALBERT and...
Forum: Our Town
One has to keep in mind that the Pawn Shops are low valuation short term Loan providers (10% on the dollar often) with them holding the collateral. When one redeems their property; they pay a...
Forum: Swaging
I shoot a lot of .308 swaged from 5/16 Copper Tubing and 147 grain made from 22WMR Brass; and .223 made from swaging 22LR for 60 Grain and 17HMR for making 75/85 grain. Just as with commercial...
Forum: Our Town
USAA for 3 decades. Not the cheapest; but they have paid without question on Hail Damage. Been superb for the houses.
Reason why new vehicle insurance is going through the roof is because of all...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I also test fired five rounds of .308 Winchester loaded with 33 Grains of No.7 powder (20 to 40 mesh); and a RCBS Sil 165 grain cast boolit – powder coated and aluminum Gas Check. Rifle used was a...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Test fired 9 Rounds of .223 using 18.5 grains of No.7 Powder (20 to 40 mesh); and a 75 grain Swaged .224 bullet. Rifle was a Savage 12 FV Varmint with a 26 inch Heavy barrel. The average velocity...
Forum: Military Rifles
Depends on what the definition of "Useable Barrel Life" is. A 30'ish caliber machine gun generates a LOT of heat on full auto. What is the barrel exchange ratio? (Historically over the last 70 or...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The ground and screened product was placed/spread thinly on bottom of a Glass Pie Pan.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I started with 18.5 Grains of the No.7 powder. It was screened to fall through a 20 Mesh screen and remain on top of a 40 Mesh Screen (20 to 40 Mesh size). I hand weighed powder for each round. ...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Decided to take a slight detour enroute to exploring the No.7 Powder; that being trying it in the .223/5.56 case. The original .308 load data I started with was extrapolated from 8mm Mauser and...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have been an observer and outspoken about wasteful military spending for many decades; but there is also "More To It" than the simple statement of the cost working out to $10,800.00 each. The...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The IGP was loaded into five .308 Winchester cases (33 Grains); primed with CCI #200 Large Rifle Primers, and topped off with an NOE 311644 boolit (about 206 Grains), that was Powder Coated and had a...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I tried another iteration Golden Powder; using a formula/paper I found for “IGP” (Improved Golden Powder) reputed to provide a higher velocity compared to standard Golden Powder. There is a thread...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Thoughts on Screened No7 Powder
My observations/analysis on the Testing/Screening of the No7 Powder is that larger granules are producing a more consistent velocity and accuracy as a generalized...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Screened No7 Powder 10 to 20 Mesh
Five test rounds were loaded with the No7 Powder that had been dehydrated as previously described above. Screened to fall through ~ 10 mesh and remain on 20 Mesh...
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 |