I use mine for sizing the PC'd boolits.
With that said, the final product is personal preference - so welcome back to the fold, Apple Man!
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I use mine for sizing the PC'd boolits.
With that said, the final product is personal preference - so welcome back to the fold, Apple Man!
Forum: Cast Boolits
In Africa, an "empty cassette" is a spare magazine and "spin barrels" are revolvers. Anything stainless or chrome is automatically a "magnum" and "bullet heads" are the projectiles.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I can guarantee it. I was once an RSO at a range and I noticed bulged cases from a guy, who proceeded to tell me that .40 ammo was too expensive so he was shooting 9mm through his .40 instead.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the PB version of the 225-gr "Taco" bullet made by NOE with 11.3gr CFE BLK:
The 300BLK Taco Bullet Mold aka “300BLK Bullet Mold for Dummies” Is Finished!
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm fond of the SAECO #457 230 RN, but only because I somehow acquired one - might be hard to find but I like that the ledge between shank and ogive is forgiving of lack of barrel leade.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Same - bought my rolls on Amazon for a few bucks, never regretted the purchase.
I bought one of those too, pretty much as an inexpensive platform to mess around with a red dot optic on a handgun
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Where I work, email has become almost untrustworthy due to scammers.
More than a drop - I fill the gap, but yes:
https://i.imgur.com/mvdKSYu.jpg
Forum: Cast Boolits
No extra info to add, you boys covered everything and more that I was planning to say, so I'll just confirm that love my 8-cav MP 9mm mold - best 9mm mold I ever owned.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I came here to make that exact point too - glad someone else wondered the same thing.
I've had paper tear in literally a keyhole shape, but looking at the back of the target one can see the torn...
13.0 gr Lil'Gun under 1/2 oz #8 or #9 shot (Claybuster red wads - WAA41) in a .444 Marlin brass case (overshot card sealed with hot glue) gives me around 1,200 fps - roughly equiv in velocity to Win...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm not hurting but my stocks are low enough that I'm being more cautious in the amount I shoot.
Next time things are "back to normal", I'm hauling out the credit-card to buy at least 5k primers...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I can add the measurement of a 09 MEC bushing to that list - 0.261"
Others I've measured using a hole-gauge and calipers:
10 = .265"
11 = .272"
12 = .283"
Forum: Shot Guns
That looks like the 101 I used in my 20s to compete with in Skeet overseas - very nice :)
Forum: Casting Equipment
Enjoy your new pot! One day I'll upgrade to an RCBS from my 20-lb Lee, too.
I had been getting inconsistent crimps on my .410 shotshells and finally realized that it was caused by inconsistent lengths of the cases.
So, I gave it a thunk and whipped up a little trimmer...
Well, assuming each bird was shot at the center-stake, yes it would be (40 mph bird vs time taken for the pellets to reach there 1/20th second later at 21 yards away, the bird travels 3.5 feet) - but...
I'm figuring it out myself - here are the leads as I "see" them:
Station 3 High: 3 ft
Station 3 Low: 3.5 ft
Station 4 High and Low: 3 ft
Station 5 High: 3.5 ft
Station 5 Low: 3 ft
Here's a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the NOE sizing dies in my Star quite happily - I have the NOE adapter for it:
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I find chuck beef from time to time at 3.99/lb - so I buy a number of lbs of that and cube maybe half of it for stews and grind up the other half for hamburger meat. Saves a little money - I'm not...
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 |