i have a winchester bpcr ive been shooting for a couple years, i have found they shoot better with heavier boolits, i shoot 450 gr rnfp and 520 gr postel over 66 gr 1.5 swiss or 68-70 gr 2f goex...
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
i have a winchester bpcr ive been shooting for a couple years, i have found they shoot better with heavier boolits, i shoot 450 gr rnfp and 520 gr postel over 66 gr 1.5 swiss or 68-70 gr 2f goex...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i have one of those streachers from BACO that i streached all my remington brass to match a highwall chamber. it was easy to take the brass from 2.095 to 2.105. if i remember correctly the stem is...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
new shiloh saddle rifle, 30" standard weight barrel semi fancy wood 45-110 10 lbs 10 oz
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj395/dmack380/DSCF0001.jpg...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
my brass does the same thing if i dont pre-soak them in some dish soap and hot water, then rinse and put in tumbler. i use well water too, mine doesnt have sulpher but is high in calcium and other...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i almost cant believe that price, its $10 a pound more than swiss. go to powder inc or have them ship it to you Powder Inc.
1861 North College Ave.
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i really like my montana vintage arms sights, somthing like the #112
http://www.montanavintagearms.com/globes.html
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i wish they still had brass cases in the gau-8, they are all aluminum now. the brass ones are nicer to look at
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
adrians
KIK is a true black powder made in slovania. i ordered 15 lbs of 1.5 and 10 lbs of 2f from powder inc, the price is pretty affordable from them and shipping is already added in.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i loaded and shot 200 new RP brass and after firing they pretty consistantly measured 2.090 to 2.095, i streached all the brass to 2.110 and trimmed back to 2.108 to square the mouths. after...
Forum: Leverguns
i was in town monday looking at 22 lever guns and found a nice looking winchester 9422 i would of liked to buy untill i looked down the barrel and saw the front sight, it was mounted several degrees...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
i had this same symptom and it was the adjustment screw was hard against the light setting which allowed the hammer to not catch and drop when the action was closed, i turned the screw 1/4 turn or so...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i have the mva 3000 series 28 inch scope with the centerless mil dot reticle with the silhouette mounts. in the front mount the stop you set the eye relief with has a keyway on the bottom that...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
if i remember correctly my mva scope has the crossahair etched in a lens in the scope and the mounts are desighned so the scope slides foreward in the mounts during recoil. you have to pull the...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
from the pic of the end of the barrels the rifled side looks like it would use an octagon slug. Ive seen pics in articles about them in an old magazine thats no longer around called black powder...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
shiloh #1 sporter fancy hand picked wood 45 2.1 30" heavy half barrel.
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj395/dmack380/DSCN1795.jpg...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
most of the pb lube formulas i have seen are pretty much all beeswax based with other ingredients like vegtable oil, olive oil, jojojaba oil, crisco. you get the idea, most info says stay with...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
over on the bpcr.net forum there is browning 1885 bpcr in 40/65 with accessories for about 1600 and a shiloh 40/65 for 2900, nice looking rifles.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
jacob7,
are you looking for bpcr silhouette cross sticks that meet NRA specs? if so if i remember correctly you can have either 1"x2" with a 3" metal spike on the end or an 1 1/2" round with a 3"...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
one thing i have noticed, i bought 200 new remington 45/70 brass, sized, loaded and fired them then measured the lenth after firing and they all averaged .010 short so all have since been sized and...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
here is what ive been loading in my 45/70, lyman 405, lyman 490, and rcbs 530, all loaded over 65 to 70 gr of 2f goex.
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj395/dmack380/DSCN1512.jpg
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
SPG is a brand name of black power cartirge lube
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
the new RCBS manual has a chapter in the front about an expierment they did with some bp loads along with some data that they collected if you happen have the book on the shelf
Forum: Cast Boolits
its nothing to worry about, molds throw different weights with different alloys. i casting a mold thats listed at 490 gr but with my 20 to 1 it throws 477gr, and i have another that is listed at...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
i tried 777 in my ml a couple years ago and on the first shot found out its quite a bit hotter than bp, i guess the label says to reduce starting loads by 15% or so. the accuarcy wasnt there for me...
ive been casting 500 gr and 405 gr 45 boolits normally at 750 degrees, i tried turning down to 700 and 650 on different casting sessions and my frosting got worse. both of those molds when new...
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 |