250-275 grains, .34" meplat, increase charge to just above where it would stop being comfortable enough to shoot all day.
Remember that the standard .45 Colt BP load was considered sufficient to...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
250-275 grains, .34" meplat, increase charge to just above where it would stop being comfortable enough to shoot all day.
Remember that the standard .45 Colt BP load was considered sufficient to...
I've always been leery of the stock Beretta 92FS because it has NO lockup at the muzzle end of the barrel. All the locking is done at the rear, so what locks the "exit" end of the barrel into...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just to play it safe:
Stick with nose-to-crimp-groove length of 0.3" or less. That will keep your cartridge length within max SAAMI spec per the blueprint. A lot of revolvers will probably let...
I think your BE-86 would work well for a hot .38 / mild .357 sort of option. You'll get PLENTY of penetration out of a 160 grain solid, so there's really no reason to load them toasty. Go for...
Forum: Casting Equipment
1954? You got your Dad's money's worth. Time to move on to a new one.
Sure, it's worth seeing if RCBS will replace it (fair chance they will), but having two would not be a bad thing.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
2400 is pretty well tested and proven for this sort of thing - best results typically around or a little under 2,000 fps.
I hit upon AMAZING accuracy for my .30-06 Ruger Hawkeye with 36 grains of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I typically cast until the temperature probe starts giving fluctuating readings, which usually only means about 2-3 pounds left in the pot. At that point drain and leave the pot empty to start fresh...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I shall HAPPILY take all of yours. To the point of the OP's topic, it's a bulk-box round that will reliably knock over empty 12 gauge hulls for me at 50 yards. Have had good luck with CCI Blazer as...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Put it another way: when they give up on loading commercial "hard cast", they'll either give you their remaining bullets or sell them to you cheap, and then you've made an easy score of re-taskable...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I don't know the rules of the game or distances involved, but something else to think on:
While you probably know the distances and will eventually figure out the elevation corrections for your...
Forum: Rimfire Area
NICE! If you're playing for fortune and glory, I'd highly recommend the Leupold 3-9 EFR with the adjustable objective that cranks down to airgun and rimfire distances.
:goodpost:
Those 20 people who bought guns chambered for the .30SC are going to need to be patient to see if it gains any traction, and the five of those who reload should plan and prepare for it...
No special cast done for the laps. I used my "working bullets" cast out of #2. You can use your handles to alter closing tension on the mold as you spin the lap by hand, or back off the tension of...
I just recently polished out some cavities thusly:
Insert bullet into cavity and close mold.
Clamp mold into drill press drill a pilot hole in the center of the bullet.
Use the drill press...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The Ranch Dog can be had in several formats:
NOE TL-358-100-RF
Lee TL-356-95
Accurate 35-098R. If tumble lube is not your thing, 35-098S. . . or like you say, just powder coat it. Of the...
Forum: Military Rifles
You also need to consider the nose section diameter for fitting the bore. The NOE "299" series runs as follows:
311299 (206 grain): .311" base, .300" nose. Go-to for .30-06 and Finnish M39
...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The nylon coated .30 caliber Dewey rods are pretty stiff, but their .22's might have enough flex to make the angle. Otherwise, the Otis pull-through cable kits are probably the ticket.
I'd be...
Toms designs for the .348 Winchester start in the "35" caliber section, not the "34's".
I've helped chamber cast and measure one Miroku 71, and we found that the nose of the 35-250B was pretty...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You have a lucky score of about 28 pounds of lead. You can go to the trouble of developing a load that, once they're gone, you won't ever use again, or you can slag them down to work in with your...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The eyes of the vast majority of shooters will glaze over the moment you start talking about the technicalities of reloading.
The eyes of the vast majority of reloaders will glaze over the moment...
To the right of that crown stamp in your photo is a "broad arrow", which is a British military proofmark.
In all likelihood, that gun was produced as a standard blue revolver for WWI service with...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
What firelapping will do for you is scour more at the chamber end, and less toward the muzzle as the bullet gets compressed. This could be a positive in that you'll end up with a very slight...
With the world shifting to 9mm as "The Standard", production numbers of everything else seem to be decreasing, which is only going to drive the per-round cost up. Given that the .32 and .380 still...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
You wheel weights will let you run .357 / .44 velocities as is.
A gas check will let you soften that up and keep your velocities.
Linotype is kind of like wheel weight on steroids in that it...
You know. . .they make mouse traps for mice. We don't have to shoot them anymore. :kidding:
I've gone through similar thoughts with a .22 K-Hornet. Definitely an educational project, but it left...
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 |