Having experienced this problem and from reading the replies, I'm going segregate the remaining two pounds of VV powders I have from the rest and keep a lot closer eye on them. Guess I could start...
Type: Posts; User: Kent Fowler
Forum: Cast Boolits
Having experienced this problem and from reading the replies, I'm going segregate the remaining two pounds of VV powders I have from the rest and keep a lot closer eye on them. Guess I could start...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I bought a used Ponsness non progressive loader that I, absolutely, could not have ANY distractions when using it, or I'd wind up with a blooper. Gave it to a friend of mine with that warning. He...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I keep three 8# cans and a couple 3# cans (all 1995 vintage Winchester powder, W296,W231, Superlite, Super Field AA) laying on their sides in a 4' wide office filing cabinet with a row of 1# cans...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yes, 10 years from now $3.50 will be a bargain
Forum: Cast Boolits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJFRbcAjz4
While some of what he says is common sense, he's getting bad info about contracting lead poisoning.
Forum: Our Town
++This. I really don't know why gouging posts such as these exist. Every time we have political situation that encourages mass buying, here comes the gouging posts. It's not gouging, it's called...
Forum: Our Town
Good machines, though the cost of a 25# bag of shot has soared out of the stratosphere. Haven't run a cost analysis, but at $75-$90.00 a bag it may be cheaper to buy factory at this point and time.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I buy a 4 pack of hydrogen peroxide quarts at Walmart and dump the contents. That leaves you with a good HDPE container for less than a buck a piece.
Forum: Our Town
If you can't abide by the sellers terms, treat it the same way you do a car dealer whose price is way too high; get up and walk out the door and find a better deal at another dealer. If you think...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
I'm not the greatest with a camera as you can tell from the sideways photo, but I'll snap a few pics in a couple days.
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Having problems remembering, but for some reason I think I got it from an auction company that was run by the same folks who published Shotgun News. I think they are out of business now. Cost me 32...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
It's a full box. The Robin Hood Ammunition factory in Vermont blew up in 1912. Their shot shell and .22 boxes are the holy grail of collectors and have been bringing insane prices for years. Some...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
282200
This is the only one I've ever seen in all my years of collecting
Forum: Our Town
Would be interesting to know how far out Dillon is on deliveries at this point. They had an 8 week minimum delivery time during the '12-'14 shortages. Still boggles the mind how anyone on this forum...
Forum: Our Town
Carefully rod out the main jet with a torch tip cleaner. Start with the smallest and go larger until you meet resistance.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
From Redding:
"The new LR-1000 Powder Measure will have all of the features of our Match-Grade and Competition powder measures. In addition it will have the benchrest proven hemispherical metering...
Forum: Our Town
Been using Rig Rags for the last 30 years.
SAAMI standard specifications on 9mm OAL are:
Min 1.095
Max 1.169
You were just a shade under minimum length
Forum: Our Town
Whataburger has decent sausage gravy and bisquits.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Have you had much experience with the 160 FN and Win 296? Would like to discuss this with someone who has.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Glad to find out about the Dillon expander. I've been using my Dillon S/D for years with no leading probs on my old Colt Trooper since it has a .354 bore. I recently bought that 5 inch Smith Model 27...
Forum: Our Town
Have you ever read The Gentle Grifter by O. Henry? Some devious scams going on in the book.
Forum: Our Town
Most likely his 1911 was a 10mm. The round is gaining popularity with the Alaskan folks.
Forum: Our Town
I am probably the only one he ever told that story to, other than my dad. He said very little about his service, especially since he was a senior master sergeant, flying on B-52's later on. Don't...
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 |