Krupp guns were effective all right........the Turks used 1890s Krupp guns to drive off a British and French invasion fleet in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.......one gun was hit with a shell from a...
Type: Posts; User: john.k
Forum: Our Town
Krupp guns were effective all right........the Turks used 1890s Krupp guns to drive off a British and French invasion fleet in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.......one gun was hit with a shell from a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Rub some moly (MoS2) grease into the top and underside of the sprueplate to stop scoring ..........if bits come loose ,as they sometimes do,simply wet the part with beeswax ,which will carbonize and...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I always remember Jack Stacey ...he had a small shop that once was an ice cream parlour .......he sold three kinds of powder,and kept them in the ice cream tubs ....he always had a cigarette in his...
Forum: Our Town
Krupp used a brass shell to seal the breech,the French used a different system ,adopted by the US ,of the mushroom headed breechblock.
A cheap hand held IR thermometer solved my problems .....I was casting too low temp ...........Iron molds were OK ,but ally took forever to cast cleanly ........now ,at the correct temp,I have used...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Incidentally,a special argon foaming spin probe is used to deoxidise aluminium alloys before casting.........this is because the oxide is the same weight as the metal ,and there is no other way of...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Many use charcoal from a store bought packet .........I use charcoal salvaged from Clemco air filters ...used ones ,as new ones are over $100.......anyhoo,the theory is that charcoal is so light...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The stock bolt is a standard Whitworth thread ,maybe 3/8"..........anyhoo,a UNC will interchange for all practical purposes ,and Id think you could use a socket head bolt to save the trouble of...
Forum: Leverguns
Ive had a Marlin 95 since 1978 ,and one problem was light primer strike ....so I use LP primers..............accuracy has always been OK for me ,about 6" at 100 yds using an Lyman sight...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The beauty of casting bullets is all the fails go back into the pot .
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
the guy in the unit next to me used to fit out fibreglas hulls with inboard V8s ..........just about every day he would drill into his hand ,or cut a finger with his bandsaw..........one time he...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
For big old blackpowder military cases ,there is no alternative for TB....except blackpowder...............I have wondered if I could mix an inert filler with a denser powder ,for the same...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Yes,shotgun barrels are 'ironed out' all the time .........Id think a Chassepot /Gras would have a soft steel barrel and correction would have no effect on strength ......however ,to make the blocks...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I got a cheap IR hand held thermometer ...and the first thing I discovered was I was casting 100deg too cold .........for 50 years .......not a big issue with 45s and 58s ,but it was difficult to...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I had a 303 with a case neck stamped in to the bore by subsequent shots ......noticeable bulge on the outside .
Forum: Single Shot Guns
IMHO ,the 1/36 is not ideal if you want to use heavier than 220gr ............yes ,this is the traditional 44 twist ,but Id go with 1/24 ,if I had the option
Forum: Our Town
probably not........I see a vid of a guy being arrested in Cali for feeding squirrels in his back yard........neighbours ratted (or squirelled) him out.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Prices on Cadets have hit bottom here ...see lots for $250 A ....thats about US$180
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Just rebore it ....no need to bush the firing pin for 38special
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Sometimes someone has small model cannons at the range ......they do a backfip as they fire ......quite comical to see a whole row doing backflips.
Forum: Our Town
I got a notice from the council to eradicate vines by the next door fence ...........the vines are a climbing bean ,and very hard to kill...........anyhoo,I hit them with a mix including Tordon...
Forum: Leverguns
It would seem to be a bad choice for a tube magazine,and too high pressure for the action..........Marlin did use 25-35 ,a lower pressure cartridge
Forum: Swaging
When I ran a scrap metal yard,used to get all sorts of interesting stuff in......you could waste the whole day figuring out what it was.
Forum: Leverguns
Even the (P64) Winchester M94 extractor looks like its a solid piece of steel is actually folded sheet metal.....never seen on broken ,though...........Not uncommon for sheet metal parts to have...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lead also reacts with many bullet lubes to form white scaly lead soaps ,if stored a long time.
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 |