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Type: Posts; User: JIMinPHX
Dawn works better if you add a little water to it than it does if you use it straight.
Winchester has had 5 ball loads for years. I never took one apart to see what they had for wad padding. I always wondered about that.
My fondness for buying used shotguns has now diminished.
From SAAMI website:
http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/publications/download/209.pdf
There is a lot of mumbo jumbo in that 100+ page PDF, but the spot checking that I just did in...
+1 on that. The difference is very noticeable.
The slug mold is also the most difficult to use of all the Lee molds that I have tried.
Several years ago, I fooled around with .410 buckshot loads. My problem was that the balls turned into pancakes when the round was fired. The balls grew to full bore diameter under pressure of...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bullseye has always been one of the cleaner burning powders that I've used. Clays is about the only thing I know of that burns cleaner.
Unique seems to have a tendency to lead less than other...
Mineral spirits is slightly different from turpentine. It is usually found in the paint section of places like Home Depot or Ace Hardware, right next to the turpentine. Mineral spirits comes in two...
Several years ago, I ordered a custom size push through die from Lee. They promised it in 4 weeks & delivered it much sooner than that.
When I pushed my first batch of boolits through it, they...
Sometimes, those things come apart easily & other times (most) they fight you tooth & nail. When those self tapping Philips heads are tight, they can be a bear to get out. I've seen a few methods...
After all that fooling around with roll crimps because the fold crimps would not stay closed for me, I now find out that if I change from pink wads to white wads, the fold crimps work fine. I still...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
A friend of mine in the Phoenix area has a fondness for high precision long range rifles. He has spent a lot of money over the years on slicked up rifles from places like Georgia Precision. He has...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
A hammer could probably be used to make a hammer.
Forum: Our Town
That's what my grandfather used to call them. It's not correct, but it's been around for a long time.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Dry firing those Handi rifles does break the pins for some reason. My little brother found that out the hard way many years ago.
I don't remember all the details, but something about reassembling...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bulk powder??? The can is marked 7oz. What qualifies it as being "bulk powder"? I'm not familiar with bulk powders.
I think that zip codes started in the early 60's, maybe around 63 or so.
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Forum: Military Rifles
I've used the clips with the little spring fingers in them & I've used the ones that just have the top corners bent in a little. I don't know where they came from originally. The bent corner type...
I got a Lee Loader a while back & then found out that they were originally designed for paper shells. I then got a crimp starter from MEC & used that with the Lee Loader to make plastic shells. ...
Forum: Special Projects
Did anyone ever actually try this? Get it to work? Range report?
Forum: Cast Boolits
40 grains x 500 rounds / 7000 grains per pound = 2.86 pounds of lead in a brick of .22lr. That's about $3 right there in today's world. Now add in brass, powder, priming compound, labor, equipment...
Forum: Our Town
Gun show in Houston about a week ago, .22LR was marked $95/brick. I didn't see any selling.
Forum: Military Rifles
Thank you for the pressure info Larry. It was an eye opener for me.
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 |