Good to see others efforts in making 6.5x50 brass. I have a Type 38 rifle that I want to shoot but don't have much brass for. I have a couple of old boxes of Norma stuff that is splitting and...
Type: Posts; User: seac
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Good to see others efforts in making 6.5x50 brass. I have a Type 38 rifle that I want to shoot but don't have much brass for. I have a couple of old boxes of Norma stuff that is splitting and...
OK, I hear you guys. Thanks again Country Gent and Jon Allen. Can make the double boiler, and I found a 1/2" delrin rod that I can turn down into a powder compressor bullet (will use brass if I can...
Thanks Country Gent. I'll try the compression and crimping, and make some of that Emmerts lube. I think I can use a wood dowel and mallet for compressing the powder. Maybe use the microwave to melt...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I had the full cock sear notch break on one of my C. Sharps by Montana Armory. Hammer fell as soon as I full cocked the rifle. It was at the shooting range with the rifle pointed downrange. I took...
Thanks Larry and Frank for your quick replies. Your advice will be applied in my next loadings. It was on my mind that the lube was at fault here, but didn't consider duplexing. Your experience is...
I have been shooting cast boolits with smokeless powder for many years in my 45/70 Sharps rifles. Just recently, I started using black powder loads. Seems that with BP, I can get only about 5...
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 |