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Type: Posts; User: Arnie
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I had two bags of once fired Norma brass sent to me from Sweden .One made it to my house and the other was confiscated in Chicago by Homeland Security because they said it had primers in the package...
Forum: Completed Deals
I would like to buy Hornady leverevolution 45/70 brass .New or fired
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Some where I saw a video where the guy sprayed the bullets in a small container with Silicone .He then added the powder and roled them around alittle and they were coated .Any one remember this...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I wonder if any one makes a small battery run fan that would hold up to oven heat ?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks ,i just might have one of those two in my shed .Lee isnt taking any custom work right now or i would have them make me one .Arnie
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Any one ever have Lee make a collet die for a 30-40 Krag ? They dont show this as a regular item . Arnie
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Thats a Marlin Ballard not the older Ball or others that cast them .My #9 union Hill is not a cast action and it looks just like this one although some one has jeweled the block and hammer .The scope...
Forum: Our Town
A few years ago i had sudden hearing loss in my right ear .I went to the doctor and he gave me a prescription for a steroid i cant remember the name of and said i needed to get to a ear doctor right...
Forum: Cast Boolits
A guy named Dan Theodore designed a bullet just for shooting long range (1000 yards) in a 45/70 and it works great .Paul Jones makes them .Find dan on the Shiloh Rifle web sight discussion groups....
Dixie Gun Works or try moulds for deep sea fishing weights .Arnie
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Also i think its a 20-1 twist barrel .
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Not all the old Farmingdale Sharps have that free bore and some of those barrels were made by Hall Sharon .I have one and it shoots very good .Believe it or not at rams it shoots well under two...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I use Swiss 1 1/2 in my 45/70 and it shoots very good . I tried KIK and loaded it one grain lighter and then in about 3 grain steps heavier than my swiss load .It shot bad till i got about 8 to 10...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Vaseline used to make a carbolated vaseline .It was light brown in color . Only place i know of now to get it is Watkins Products . Arnie
I would cast a soft lead bullet with the sprue plate open with a drill bit or screw centered in the bullet base .Then rub fine lapping compound on the bullet and close the mould on the bullet and...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I think the reason the brass doesnt keep that just cleaned look is because the SS media cleans it too good .I havent tried it yet but the stuff RCBS sells for there sidewinder seems to leave a film...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Use some bullet trays like the foam ones for 45 caliber .Shave them down so the holes are open all the way through.Place them in your lube tray and then set the bullets in each hole .Lift the foam...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Are you sure its not the metal can thats rusting and causing the red dust ? I have just opened the last of about 10 cans of imr 4350 .Some dated back to the late 40's and had rust dust in them but...
Forum: Our Town
A guy i worked for when i was in High School had a German Shepard that spent all day under the house and on patrol all night .He caught mange and the vet said it was from the dirt under the house...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
If your gun smith thats going to cut off 4 inches of that pedersoli barrel has Pin Guages ,have him check the barrel at the muzzle and at the spot you are going to cut it off at .Pedersoli barrels...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have done the mod shown and it works great. You need to go to a Mosin discussion group site .There is a few pictures of the sear with shaded areas to remove with a stone .The captured Finnish...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
My 45/70 leads like crazy and it shoots just fine .I dont clean it at a silhouette match till the end of the day. So if it shoots ,who cares about a little lead . Arnie
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 |