Have a ton of Unique but it doesn't look like it will work out with these SnS coated SWCs to get there.
Found some (reasonably priced, almost) Accurate #7. I'll give that a go before tossing all...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Have a ton of Unique but it doesn't look like it will work out with these SnS coated SWCs to get there.
Found some (reasonably priced, almost) Accurate #7. I'll give that a go before tossing all...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The purpose of this load is to replicate the recoil and other characteristics of the Georgia Arms commercial self-defense load I have in my various .45s, so there's no liability concerns there....
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Haven't seen any Accurate #5 in these parts in quite some time. Wish I could get some #9 for 10mm.
Indeed, I rarely go to the club without a chrono. It's a geek thing.
Calling around for BE-86.
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Well, yes, once Mr. Wheelgun pointed out my error of omission above.
Now, to find some BE-86. My supply is down to the last couple of ounces.
BE-86 seems to be one of those powders that gets...
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Yes, it's always interesting how those factors balance out, or don't, with cast and jacketed.
My experience is that the coated-cast usually takes about 10-15% less charge to get the same result.
I...
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Yes, it's the Georgia Arms +P factory load I'd like to simulate.
We stumbled onto a large quantity in an estate sale. The price was right, even though I've never been a light-for-caliber bullet...
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I'd like to work out a "clone load" for my .45ACP defense load with some coated 185gr SWCs.
We use the term clone load to mean it duplicates more or less a factory load for practice purposes.
So my...
My old Colt I-frame .357 Magnum ("pre-Trooper" to some) in its ".41" frame gets nervous every time it catches me eyeing it up with .41 Special thoughts.
Starline does have .41 Special brass on the shelf, ready to ship.
WST is a nearly-direct substitute for Bullseye. It's a fast-burning target powder.
As such, it's perfect for .45ACP, which was designed around the military version of Bullseye.
It's good for .38...
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218Bee-
As another fellow puts it, in the depths of Mordor, where the dark shadows lie...
Some folks call it Daleystan, too, so if you include the whole county and not just the city, that'll do.
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Don't know if this one's been around yet, but idle moments sometimes produce useful things.
Messing around with aloxing the bullets is pretty annoying to me, so this tray evolved in an effort to not...
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I got a six-hole Lee 158gr round-nose .358 mold last year and have been working it to death trying to keep my .38 and .357 cases filled.
It's not easy- I'm in a ".38 Special" phase these days and...
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Not sure about the Fry Pan Theory, but now I'm hungry.
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My theory, and I'm waiting to be disabused of it, is that the nose lube is getting vaporized by the burning cloud of gas as it exits the bore and the much higher-speed cloud surrounds it.
That's all...
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The day before this thread started, I was playing around with the 158gr round-nose Lee tumble-lubes I have on hand for 9mm.
I tried several in spent-primer cases with WSF (my favorite 9mm powder)...
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When I restarted casting a couple of years ago after a long hiatus, I couldn't find my old RCBS Lubrisizer in the garage attic with all my old Lee molds and pot. Based on reports here, I took up...
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At our club, there's lots of steel shooting: USPSA, IDPA, and Steel Challenge.
The club minimum distance is 30 feet. USPSA of course allows less, down to 21 feet in certain circumstances.
We use a...
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A couple of my IDPA-shooting buddies are casters, and may well have the so-called "addiction" referred to here. Of course, I have no idea what in the world you all mean by that.
One is a chemical...
The .45ACP cartridge was designed around a military powder than came later to be known as Bullseye.
The fastest powders work the best in this old warhorse, and of course, nothing beats Bullseye for...
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Dang! All these years I've been using my crummy old Lee 10-pounder and I never noticed the leaking until you guys brought it up!
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When Cabela's had a sale on Laser Cast a while back, I bought 2000 .45s and 1000 .38s. The .38s were a nickel apiece, about as good as it gets these days.
I promptly loaded up a couple hundred of...
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While there's a number of threads with information about using 158gr .38 bullets in 9mm, I don't see much in the way of actual load data for them.
Perhaps, also, some new experimenting has been...
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4.2gr of Winchester Super Target (WST) should make "major" for USPSA.
4.5gr of the same is book max and should come close to being a hardball equivalent.
Works fine for me, but I'll admit I keep...
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Jacketed bullets to end a session are the easy way, but Berry's or other plateds seem just a bit more gentle. And they do work!
Failing that, the Chore Boy stuff wrapped around an old bore brush is...
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 |