Interesting post. I was under the impression powder stored in decent conditions would last decades. I have two jugs of VV bought long ago when they commanded a premium and was "saving" them. I...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Interesting post. I was under the impression powder stored in decent conditions would last decades. I have two jugs of VV bought long ago when they commanded a premium and was "saving" them. I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Nice choice. Mine is over 50 years old and all my rifle loading is done on it. Agree with JimB, buy a bunch of the special die rings so you can swap out easily and not need to reset anything.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Buying a Lee two cavity is not that cheap ($35) and wasted money unless you love casting more than shooting. It gets old quick for some of us and that is why people buy 4-8 cavity molds. Figure...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Don’t overthink things. I have owned 14 .38 cal weapons and .358 cast bullets worked in all of them.
Bullet profile can get problematic. There are bullets that feed in almost any gun, but if...
Forum: Leverguns
Try a shooting glove. If necessary, cut half of the trigger finger part of the glove off
Forum: Casting Equipment
At the 350 Euros for a new one, I would try some of the suggestions others have offered to repair it. I am not able to weld but I wonder if bedding epoxy would work in this situation. JB Weld...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have three pots. My original Lyman furnace that is over 50 years old, a gently used Master Caster and a NIB Lee 20 lb.
I have never emptied the Lyman and currently is about 2/3 full. The...
Forum: Processing wild game
Neat story.
We raised pigeons until I was about 6 or 7. My mom could make them taste good...or maybe I did not know any better. Lots of pigeons made it to the dinner table.
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
There is none. But countries may refuse to sell arms directly to Israel.
UN may send in "peace keeping" troops and that would get very sticky. I can see a few false flag incidents.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
$5/lb using 22 gr works out to a powder of cost of $15.71 for 1000 rounds. I do not know how long it takes to make 3 lbs but your numbers indicate a batch size of 1 lb. Say an hour????
Cost of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Lots of ways to get things done. Much depends on what you shoot and how much.
JD, when you started this thread I thought. "What a waste of time". Figured the contraption could never give decent accuracy...but I was wrong.
Not something I am interested in doing (have no...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cultural differences are interesting. When you said you were "casting indoors", I assumed what indoors mean to me. A garage is a great place to cast...just not considered "indoors" by anyone in my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I would sell them. They have more value as bullets than the lead you will recover. Not worthwhile to find a load to use them up. Worst advice is to buy a gun that can use them unless you really...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I look at the alloy content rather than a name for an alloy. "Hardball" is a common name, and it is normally 92-2-6 alloy. Places selling Hardball list the composition. No fuss no muss.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Casting indoors is not a good idea. If you must do that, a few things to consider.
Bear in mind I am a "safety Nazi" and have been accused of being "over the top"...but here goes.
If you live...
Forum: Cast Boolits
One thing not mentioned is alloy. IMO, bad alloy can give you fits. Are you using whatever stuff you scrounged or a good alloy?
Forum: Our Town
Agree with M-Tecs and NSB. If you do not see the front sight clearly, you are never going to shoot well.
My rifle and pistol shooting glasses are set up that way
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
We think alike. I have established a minimum reserve for what may happen in the future. I will stop plinking and shooting for fun when I get to that level unless I can purchase more.
I have...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
What a wealth of knowledge and resourcefulness on this forum.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
When I was attending the University of Toronto in the early 70’s, the Range Officer was an old man who had shot the .303 at Bisley. For whatever reason he took a liking to me and shared a number of...
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 |