Was given 50, 480-grain spire point flat base, unsized, unlubed bullets for use in my Pedersoli 45-70 Sharps-style Quigley gun.
No idea what mould cast them (Lyman?) nor the alloy used.
Was...
Type: Posts; User: Liberty1776
Forum: Cast Boolits
Was given 50, 480-grain spire point flat base, unsized, unlubed bullets for use in my Pedersoli 45-70 Sharps-style Quigley gun.
No idea what mould cast them (Lyman?) nor the alloy used.
Was...
Forum: Special Projects
Like shooting, welding can be an expensive hobby. I've been looking into TIG for many years, but every machine was like $3000.
An "M" tank of mixed Argon and CO2 to purchase is like $400....
Forum: Special Projects
Just put an order in for a PrimeWeld TIG225X tig/stick unit. Still need the cart and bottle of argon.
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Comes with a good, US-made CK Worldwide #17 flexible head torch.
...
Forum: Special Projects
I eat burned powder for breakfast! :) i've certainly breathed a lot of gunsmoke, too.
A simple washing with soap and water will do. Blow it out with compressed air.
Seriously, though, you are...
Forum: Special Projects
Finally -- a use for spent steel 7.62x39 AK-47 shells with Berdan primers -- a Cigar Punch, for easier draw and nicer mouth feel.
Easier than pie -- sharpen the case mouth with fine sandpaper on...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Polymer coatings are allowed. No jackets or gas checks allowed, however.
From Jan 2023 Cowboy Action Handbook:
REVOLVER AND RIFLE AMMUNITION
- May not be jacketed, semi-jacketed, hollow...
I posted a detailed review last night (3-23-23) of how I motorized a leather stitcher with pictures. I saw it get posted. Today it's gone, including all uploaded photos.
Strange.
Forum: Shot Guns
This is, by far, the best solution. I spent many bucks and lots of time trying to find the correct tap.
Should have just changed the thread to standard 5/16" Shotgun like you did here.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ain't that the truth! More like 7 yards, with 12"x16" targets.
Any lithium-ion battery is dangerous if mishandled or shorted.
I saw a guy with a very expensive Target Camera lose control of his rifle and punch through a lithium battery pack at 100 yards.
...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
If you have a giant hunk of lead, use a chainsaw.
A YouTube boatbuilder needed to cut his lead keel into reasonable chunks.
He used a chain saw. Put down a tarp to catch the chips for...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
With bullet prices going up, and me with tons of lead and all the molds and equipment I need, it's time to get to casting again.
Between my wife and me, for Cowboy Action, we shoot 150 .357 RNFP...
Forum: Shot Guns
Yep. Turns out the Bisley Parker Hale brush is a modified Whitworth thread, but for Brass, called British Standard Brass, which all have 26 threads per inch (TPI) regardless of diameter.
This...
Forum: Shot Guns
I make cleaning rods using empty brass cases Gorilla-glued to various diameters of wood dowel.
This particular rod will be palm-sized, of 3/8" diameter dowel with an old wood drawer pull knob on...
Forum: Shot Guns
Final Update:
I received my 9/32-26 British Standard Brass (BSB) tap from Tracy Tools in the UK today. (It was delayed for almost a month because the Royal Mail international system had been...
Forum: Shot Guns
You, sir, appear to be correct. The 1/4-26 BSF was too small a diameter. Close measurement did indeed read out at 9/32" diameter.
So then, how to find a supplier of a 9/32-26 British Standard...
Forum: Shot Guns
Bought this superfine 12ga chamber brush on Amazon. $20 (delivered from England, I think.)
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The fool thing has no known threadpitch on earth. (That assumes the UK is not part of earth.) ...
Forum: Shot Guns
Trapper, the above looks good.
I made up two test shells:
Test 1
1. Cut the Rem STS to 2-3/8" long to remove old crimp
2. 16.7 grains Red Dot (MEC 30 bushing)
3. CCI209M primer (it's what I...
Forum: Shot Guns
I purchased and downloaded that Ballistic Products brochure, but it doesn't cover Win AA or Rem STS hulls -- Fioccchi and Cheddite only.
It does have one recipe that looks right for me, though:
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Forum: Shot Guns
After shooting the crimp out of my Winchester AA and Remington STS hulls, (trap and SASS) I want to try cutting the crimp off and use them as short shotgun shells, or "minis."
The problem is...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
I've got thousands of brass .45ACP. No need to bother with reloading steel cases.
Some of these are clearly reloaded -- scratches from the sizer die very visible; and the semiwadcutter cast boolit...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
"Cupro Nickel." Wow. Never heard of such a jacket.
But I'm betting you are correct. Those are the prettiest bullets I've ever seen.
I'd have said "silver bullet" but silver would have tarnished...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
A friend inherited some random .45ACP ammo. Asked me to evaluate it.
The 45ACP is really old: 1918 head stamp on some, 1943 head stamp on other.
Some is steel case with "ECS" (Chrysler...
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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 |