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  1. Operates just fine with cast bullets. Have used...

    Operates just fine with cast bullets. Have used mine for years with 303, 8mm, 30-06 and even on a 2nd model dragoon cap & ball revolver. Currently using it on working up a load using green dot for a...
  2. Forum: Cast Boolits

    Toilet bowl wax rings. I melt two of them in an...

    Toilet bowl wax rings. I melt two of them in an old steel dog food can on my hot plate and then use it for flux and case conversion sizing lube. After fluxing with wax I fill the top of the pot with...
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    I had a Uberti dragoon that the plunger would...

    I had a Uberti dragoon that the plunger would pull the ball back out of the chambers after ramming. I used a dremel tool with a round grinder and lightly polished the end of the plunger to remove any...
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    Quickload. I stopped using manuals about 20 years...

    Quickload. I stopped using manuals about 20 years ago as they were not providing all the information I was looking for.
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    I also adjust mine between .003 to .005. Anything...

    I also adjust mine between .003 to .005. Anything over .006 is to much for me.
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    I currently use American Pioneer Powder ffg. My...

    I currently use American Pioneer Powder ffg. My second choice would be Pyrodex RS Select and my third choice would be Pyrodex RS for use in my sidelock percussion rifles with maxi or round balls. I...
  7. Thread: Mold handles

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    I do have a set of Lyman, Saeco and Lee handles...

    I do have a set of Lyman, Saeco and Lee handles but they just sit inside the cabinet shelf. The ones I use everytime for the past 25 years is a locking pair that was made by cabin tree. The only mold...
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    The suggestion I recommend is looking at Accurate...

    The suggestion I recommend is looking at Accurate bullets online and see if Tom has something to fit your needs.
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    I would say that your alloy might be to soft. I...

    I would say that your alloy might be to soft. I mix my alloy and water quench drop from the mold. This produces a hardness between 24 to 27 bhn.
  10. Thread: Custom molds

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    I have several brass and aluminum molds that Tom...

    I have several brass and aluminum molds that Tom has made for me over the past years. All of them are excellent. As for the handles the ones I use are a locking type that cabin tree made several...
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    Sticky: I'm a little surprised you were able to run...

    I'm a little surprised you were able to run version 3.4 on windows 10. As for windows I can't help you to much because I have been running linux os on my desktop's since 2006. I'm in the same camp as...
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    I make paper cartridges for revolvers so the wads...

    I make paper cartridges for revolvers so the wads are kept dry till I use them. During loading I'll place a small amount of crisco between the wad and ball unless I'm using conicals as the bess wax...
  13. Wow. I remember using those when I first started...

    Wow. I remember using those when I first started shooting bp revolvers in 1971. I to think they were made by RWS in Germany.
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    There are many different ways of making paper...

    There are many different ways of making paper cartriges and all of them are good just depends on what you want to do. As for formers the ones sold by "guns of the west" seem to be used by many on...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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