I learned the lesson of the need for a good hat when the deer was outlined by the sun.
Ever since I've been wearing a wide brimmed fedora style hat ,and I've never spent over fifty dollars for one....
Type: Posts; User: Waisting lead
Forum: Our Town
I learned the lesson of the need for a good hat when the deer was outlined by the sun.
Ever since I've been wearing a wide brimmed fedora style hat ,and I've never spent over fifty dollars for one....
Considering where I live I've found the best thing for me is a dried rib from a sagauro cactus. Sand it down a little and put some oil on it and you have a very light and sturdy walking stick also.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I've been using the slip over plastic (toy)caps for years with only a one in a four or five hundred misfire.
And they're cheap as dirt.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I like the Lee molds. All I do is fire up both burners on my Colman ,start my lead on the hot one and put my mold.on the other.
I have about a twenty pound pot so it takes a while.
If the mold is...
Forum: Our Town
I will probably have to downsize from what I have now ,but I will keep using it till I can't. It's a 56 Fordson diesel cat.2 ,it's not real high HP but I'm able to keep my roads in shape and plow...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I love the .45 wether it's the acp or colt or the 45/70 ,they all can be loaded for a myriad of purposes.
I have found that a good all around load for it is something between 230-255 grain which...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I don't know if this will help, but all I do is first make sure they all dropped well. And after that I put them in a semi deep metal box that I welded up just for the purpose.
I cut off a small...
Forum: Leverguns
I personally like the IMR Target. It's kind of a middle of the road burn rate which makes it pretty versatile.
Some of your cheaper powder measures might have a hard time with it, but as long as you...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I like to use the Lee case lube.
I take a WD40 spray bottle and squeeze about half the tube in. Then I fill with alcohol and shake.
The alcohol dries fast and I get a nice film of lube.
I get at...
This one is steel, brass and glass. It's brand name is nydar ,model #47.
There is nothing cheaply made about it. It still has the leather carrying case.
I've been able to get powder on the Hogdon site. And recently they've been carrying the western powders.
There are loads for the heavier bullets using the 5477.
I personally like the IMR Target....
I was left a curious piece of optics when my dad passed recently.
It's a "dot" sight that uses a prism to project a dot on the lens. And it works with ambient light.
Has anyone ever seen one of...
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 |