REALLY???:roll: I was following the load data from the LEE handbook which says 5.1 gr MAX for Unique... Thanks for the info, I'll have just have to bring my hand press kit new powder scale out to the...
Type: Posts; User: slvrwraith
REALLY???:roll: I was following the load data from the LEE handbook which says 5.1 gr MAX for Unique... Thanks for the info, I'll have just have to bring my hand press kit new powder scale out to the...
Almost forgot... My friend used the same powder (.7 dipper shot) and primers. The last round in the cylinder lodged its lead firmly in the throat of the barrel. Unburnt powder in the case and around...
Ok, I'm a relative novice to casting and loading... That said:
I've cast up and loaded 200 rounds of 230gr LRN ( Lee TL452-230-2R, water quench WW, BHN=26) tumble lubed .45acp sitting on a lee .5...
Forum: Our Town
Me in a photo shoot for Leupold & Stevens, Inc (a friend is one of their photogs and graphics people) and for Oakley, November '09.
http://www.aracnet.com/~batzundwraith/images/L-Oshoot2.jpg
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I'm wondering if anyone has ANY load data at all for such a beast, or suggestions?
Thanks all!
:killingpc
OK...
First, they are not illegal to load or shoot (at least not in any state I've ever purchased them in. They ARE illegal under Geneva conventions due to the fact that the darts...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
LOL...
Thanks for the link, I found that site before i found this forum. Great data!
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Ok, so I'm a rookie, both here and to the ages old art of casting the silver stream. I purchased my first mold, a 2 cav TL452-230-2R. I started casting my merry @$$ off, not thinking much of the need...
Forum: Swaging
I suppose, if you milled the rod down to a "general boolit shape", and had a cnc machined carbide die you could effectively press soft copper with the cheapo Harbor Freight A-frame bench top 6 ton...
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 |