Thanks VP!
I’ve noted a few things in my research and hit-and-miss reading sections of this mega-thread:
• 76-9-15 can be a slightly cleaner formula
• Corning is aiming for 1.7 to 1.8 grams...
Type: Posts; User: MakeMineA10mm
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks VP!
I’ve noted a few things in my research and hit-and-miss reading sections of this mega-thread:
• 76-9-15 can be a slightly cleaner formula
• Corning is aiming for 1.7 to 1.8 grams...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Wow! Thanks guys! Sounds like it all works, but when it comes to accuracy the pistol primers have the edge.
So, Lead Pot: Is your recommendation to use pistol primers with no paper in between...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Howdy LeadPot. Are you saying the card wads caused the breach face cutting in your photo? :shock:
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hey, pbCaster, I think that’s exactly right! I remember Jeff Bridges! :drinks:
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I’ve been following BP cartridge loading since about the late 1970s when I saw a movie where some kids were given (or inherited?) a Sharps “Big Fifty” which they shot from one hilltop to the next,...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Whew!! This thread has been going for over 12 years!!! 7090 posts and 355 pages of information and that’s not counting links, files, and photos!!!
I’ve been chewing on the idea of doing my own...
Forum: Leverguns
I’ve never shot a Griz or been charged at by one, but I’ve read a lot from those who have. Bear defense is no joke!
First thought is bear spray/wasp spray/high-percentage pepper spray. Why? ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Welcome to wet tumbling!
I’ve dumped the pins. Got tired of them getting stuck in flash-holes or “bridging” across the case mouth. They are an added, unnecessary step. I just wet tumble in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yes, I noticed that right after I posted. I’m working on cleaning it out. Try again tomorrow; there should be room then.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Assuming you are shooting black powder?
I use 35:1 lead to tin. 40:1 works too. Softness is key if it’s a hollow base mould, like the Lee copy of the 1800s military 405gr.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow, you are biting off a major undertaking!! I give you major props for ambition!
I have a few custom moulds I designed, if you want samples. I’ll have to dig around in the storage cabinet, but...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You can’t get there from here…
The variation in throats is due to tool wear. You can’t think that certain models have certain size throats. Look at the two answers you got here: One guy has...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Jdgabbard - Regarding your original question: This has come up before in different forums and sometimes magazine handloading columns. It’s a multi-faceted answer.
First, Alliant re-formulated...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The issue with the lower charge for the swaged bullet is because they know if they run the pressures up so velocity is above 1000fps, leading will occur. Thus, in that particular situation, the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I think we need a micrometer reading on those. I’m almost thinking large-caliber air rifle pellets…
If those are actually meant for a handgun, I’d sell them to someone with a black powder 44...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It’s actually the opposite. Special book loads are virtually all lighter loads than starting magnum loads. What you want to avoid is loads so light that there’s so much “sloshing-around” room that...
Forum: Leverguns
An impossible request! ;-)
First off, for those 37 other people who picked 444 Marlin: YES!!! We need our own group here! :D
Second, there are too many good choices. I use my 44 Mag Lever...
Hi Mauser48! I see you had many answers, and found a load you liked with W231. I just want to encourage you to test some other load levels. I have found W231 to be a very universal powder for most...
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
You hit the nail on the head.
The biggest struggle for some people is accepting they cannot understand the level God operates on. I’ve come to accept that simply because I cannot wrap my head...
I’ve got one of these with the 4” barrel from the first run done for Lipsey’s. It runs like a Rolex. I’m stunned and saddened that the on-going production is having so many problems...
Now, I...
Forum: Leverguns
Mine is a mid-80s 444S, which I’m looking at customizing, doing much of the work myself.
See, now that’s a good idea. The factory 444 barrels are stupid-heavy.
Not sure exactly what your question is, but some history of the mould may help you out:
The 358156 was intended to allow use of the bullet in 357 Magnums, when all one had was 38 Spl. brass. ...
Years ago I ran a LOT of 158gr LRN out of 9mm through a suppressed subgun. (So, obviously, they were loaded to magazine length.) The load was 3.3grs of Red Dot. This was with the old,...
I'll say something controversial, but it's honest.
I've committed a significant portion of my youth and middle age, and a great deal of income to becoming a half-way decent pistol shooter. I...
No problem! One other thing -- Make sure the hole ends up a couple thousandths smaller than the primer. That friction keeps the primers from falling out the back of the case, just as the small...
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 |