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Archived threads are a gold mine. Lots of times current questions have come up that have their answers in those older threads. In example: on this thread Bazoo asked if powder coating was...

They look fine. Just load em up anyway.:p Now you're going to get to enjoy a real treat - whenever I have screwed up some powder coated bullets and had to toss them back into the pot, you get...

Outpost75: Really getting off topic, but; I just checked out the CBA website. It looks great, and I'd like to join, but there's a problem. I had intended to join a couple of years ago, but i...

Bill, you've inspired me. I've got a barrel blank in the lathe as I'm writing this that is going to become a 450 BM barrel for a '93 Mauser. I won't be making the rifle as fancy as yours, but it...

"Assuming the base is 4" long, the muzzle end of the base would be 0.0235" higher than the rear of the base"

This might seem counterintuitive but, if you raise the front of the base the scope will...

I don't shoot the 458 SOCOM, but I do reload for both 45-70 and 450 Bushmaster. The bullet I've selected fore this is the NOE 460-315-RF-AV3. This is a Ranch Dog inspired mold with a big meplat. ...

Just my humble opinion but I think we're ready for the "5th Edition, Lyman Cast Bullet handbook". There are several newer cartridges like 350 Legend, 300 Blackout, and 450 Bushmaster (plus more)...

Just last week I finished the inletting and barrel channel on a stock I'm carving. I use Kiwi black shoe polish that's thinned a little bit with paint thinner, then applied to the barrel/receiver...

Sounds like some third party vendor bought factory reject barrels at a discount, and is reselling them to an unsuspecting public. If I were an unscrupulous snake oil salesman I would use words like...

Shooters World Buffalo Rifle is practically the same as AA 5744. You can use 5744 load data for cast loads with SW Buffalo. Shooters World Blackout is similar to, but not the same as AA1680. If...

I've installed aftermarket triggers on lots of Mausers. These include Timney and Bold triggers, as well as homemade single stage ball triggers. Before I use any rifle that I've replaced the trigger...

6.5X284ever: You mentioned fishermen in your previous post. That means that you must be relatively close to water. There are many sources for scrounging lead & alloys for bullet casting. ie:...

Two things: First "engineers coffee". That's coffee with the aspirin already in it. (to be used only when coming up with last minute solutions to impossible problems)
Second coffee rule: A...

The only 8mm mold that I have is the Saeco #081. It works fine.
Show us Der Mauser....

Now this has absolutely nothing to do with the OP, but there is an effect that I've seen happen over and over again here in Commiefornia. I call it the "shallow reloader". Back during the pandemic,...

BLC-2 is an excellent powder for a variety of cast loads. Because it's a ball powder it can be hard to ignite in some conditions (like larger cases where there isn't complete fill). In smaller...

I used that phrase not too long ago. On every public gunsmithing forum since forever, keyboard commandos and armchair experts who repeat things they've heard like a flock of parrots, but have no...

Those molds look like they were made for the 8.15x46R cartridge. It is a popular Schuetzen cartridge that usually uses a .321" bullet.

I used to have a Colt new service in 45 Colt. It was a very nice pistol, but it wouldn't shoot worth a darn. No matter what I tried in it there just wasn't any accuracy. Eventually I sold that...

The 7mm TCU is stone simple: just run 223 brass through the resizing die, load & fireform. I've never fiddled around with the Herrett cartridges. The 357 seems interesting, but as far as the 30...

As a general rule you want your cast bullets to be around .001" over the groove diameter of your firearm. This goes for both pistols and rifles. If your cast bullets are at (or slightly under)...

I just Googled "Firing Pin Through Head". 165,000,000 results in 0.31 seconds. Not one of them about someone actually being struck in the head by a firing pin. It is possible to blow up a rifle...

Gordon's Reloading Tool (GRT) lists loads for the 8.15x46R using N130. You didn't indicate what bullet you're going to be using. To get you load data you'll need to say which bullets you're going...

I just read through this thread today. There is very likely nothing wrong with your model 70. With a more standard configuration cartridge you could probably cycle the action with your little...

I was just at the range shooting some cast loads yesterday (Though not 30-40 Krag). Some of the cartridges were "target loads" and others were just some plinker loads that I'd thrown together with...