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Thank you everyone. Great advice and ideas.

I cannot find any Bore Butter or other lube for maxi-balls. What can I use from kitchen, or supermarket, or automotive? Elk season starts in 4 days. Please help!

I would like to hear about your favorite powder(s) for .220 Swift using 52 to 55 gr jacketed bullets. Plan to get out my late 1970'S Ruger 77 Varmint.

Ferguson TO35,
Don't know what kind of .380 pistol he has. Would guess mid-to-high end.

Thanks guys for such good advice. You continue to spoil me with your thoughtful comments.

I am selling a friend some range pick-up Winchester .380 Auto brass. He needs additional .380 and I am offering him his choice of S&B(9mm Br. C.), Aguila, GFL, PMC, or PPU. He wants me to advise him...

Outpost75,

Thank you for your prompt and expert advice. I will proceed with the 2.6 gr.

I know this is the place for CB cartridge discussion, but I could not find a more proper place. I want to use up the remainder of my IMR PB by loading .380 Auto cartridges with some PB behind a...

Thanks to Krag1902 and Kylongrifle I have some boolits coming to help me figure it out. Also, thanks to 50target I have in hand a new Starline 2.125" case which looks like it could allow for...

If anyone can spare one of their Starline .38-55 2.125" brass cases ( the neck wall is supposed to be ~.0072"), I can pay you for it. This could help me if the Winchester cases just will not work.

I have not yet bought the Starline brass, but have fireformed to my chamber a once-fired and partially sized Winchester case which has neck walls that are .009 - .010. The neck ID of the fire formed...

I have posted this in the Cast Boolits sub-forum, but maybe it needs to be here.

I have just slugged the bore on my newly acquired Winchester 1894(mfg 1895) in 38-55 and measured the groove...

I have just slugged the bore on my newly acquired Winchester 1894(mfg 1895) in 38-55 and measured the groove diameter at .381-.382. Am planning to do a pound cast as soon as I get some Starline...

Thanks everyone. Excellent guidance as usual.

After finding a recipe here on CB about 3 years ago with ingredients consisting of Johnson Paste Wax, mineral spirits. and LLA, I gathered the three but never got around to making a batch. Now I...

I have a full box each of Western Super-X Silvertip .30-06 150 gr, and Western Super-X Silvertip .30-30 170 gr. Are these desired by collectors and how much are they worth?

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If there is a better place to post this, please let me know. I have a great deal of empty cardboard factory ammo boxes, mostly pistol, that I have acquired here and there. Will never be able to use...

Finally tried to burn some of the yellow powder from the recess in the base of the bullets from my second photo. It does not burn at all and did not seem to be affected at all by the flame. James,...

Der Geb,

Both the "1 cannelure" and the "2 cannelure" bullets stick to a magnet. Could this mean that both types are armor piercing? Have not yet tried to burn the yellow powder.

I will scrape out a little of the yellow powder and see if it will burn.

James and Der Geb,

If the tips were ever painted, it looks like all the paint is gone. Only a slight discoloration of the jacket can be seen where the paint should have been. I have had some...

Not sure this is the best place to ask, but here goes. I pulled these two types of bullets from 1950's US military ammo. The first photo is the type with 2 cannelures. In the photo you can see a...

I have acquired six Garand clips already loaded with older (40's and 50's) mil rounds. The clips are marked "BR-W 5" (see photos). I see them for sale on eBay with confusing descriptions. Some...

I'm interested to know the value of a Marlin Model 444 in .444 Marlin caliber. Have not seen it yet, but is reported to be in good condition and from the mid-1970's. Will get the serial number and...