The modern 56-50 brass I bought had smaller rims to fit reproduction firearms. I ended up using 50-70 brass in order to get extraction. Like others above I use RCBS #31 for both the 56-50 and the...
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The modern 56-50 brass I bought had smaller rims to fit reproduction firearms. I ended up using 50-70 brass in order to get extraction. Like others above I use RCBS #31 for both the 56-50 and the...
Forum: Military Rifles
I checked (Machinery's Handbook) and didn't find any 37 pitch screw threads listed in British Whitworth Standard, British Standard Fine, Unified threads or any American type. The 37 pitch may have...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
You might want to check with Oregon Trail, https://oregontrailbullets.com they offer a 300 grain hard cast that may work for you. I've shot about 250 of their laser cast 350 grain RNFP .459 bullets...
Forum: Military Rifles
As I understand it the P-14 made in the US for Britain during WW-1 was built to British specifications including screw diameter, pitch and thread form. The US M-17 was built using the same machinery...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I recently loaded some cast rounds for my 9.3x74 double, using Norma brass, and the action didn't want to close. I thought the bullets were probably not seated deep enough. I checked and found that...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I made a lube/sizing die today that size the 405 bullets from .411 to .4095. That should be .001 over groove diameter. I'm going to try the .411 diameter to see if they chamber and shoot decently. No...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
John;
The 1 in 21" did seem odd so I measured it twice.
I have a bullet that measures 1.085 long and .408 diameter taken from an original 40-70 round of unknown manufacture. I slugged the bore...
Forum: Our Town
Great story. Great memories. Makes me think of my grand parents.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
1 in 21" according to my cleaning rod.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Anybody have a favorite bullet and load for the Sharps 40-70 bottle neck?
My Winchester 43 Hornet is sensitive to primer changes. It prefers Federal small rifle over any other.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The 50-45-400 was for a US Navy rolling block carbine introduced just after the Civil War. The carbines were sold off before 1871. Many of them were rebarrelled and sold to the French for use in the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Old powder that is deteriorating can spontaneously combust so be careful.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
That was at least 30 years ago and as I recall the bullet was straight clip on wheel weight metal. The buck was very close and at the shot the shoulder dropped and the buck went maybe 20 yards and...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I had a 400 grain 45-70 bullet, cast from wheel weight, break up when it struck the upper front leg bone on a big Mule Deer buck at about 25 yards. It probably was going 1300 FPS. The wife and I have...
Forum: Shot Guns
Of all the modern US factory shotshells high or low brass, with the exception of RST, I don't know of any truly low pressure loads. Modern powders for shotshells need to be loaded to higher pressures...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
First off welcome back.
If I were to hunt with a 9.3 and cast bullets I would prefer a bullet with a large meplat as I've seen what a blunt nose cast bullet can do to big animals. I would also...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I'm seriously considering building a 44-77 and am wondering about the barrel dimensions i.e. bore and groove diameters. And what barrel maker makes such.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have a 95 in 405 and enough brass and bullets to last me a while. I recently heard of an original Sharps Business rifle in 40-? caliber for sale locally. I'm trying to run that down and if I do...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
As usual I tried and no results for the search.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If you're going to shim, and there is enough gap, you may want to try a piece of plastic shotshell case. Doesn't absorb water and swell up or rust your barrel.
Forum: Our Town
Is winter over? Not where I live. I ran the snow-blower yesterday due to 4" of overnight snow. Hasn't been a bad winter, we've only had about two feet of snow so far. We could use some more but I'm...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I thought I might turn a base section out of brass or possibly steel and insert a 300 Win mag case from the rear, loctite it in and fire form. The base would be reusable if the mag case split. Might...
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 |