That gun will easily handle 1 1/8 oz for hunting, 1 oz loads for target shooting clay birds. 3 Drams of 2F or 1F (a Dram is 27.5 grs) 82 grs and 1 1/8oz of shot will work great! Drive the 1 oz...
Type: Posts; User: Rockindaddy
Forum: Muzzleloading.
That gun will easily handle 1 1/8 oz for hunting, 1 oz loads for target shooting clay birds. 3 Drams of 2F or 1F (a Dram is 27.5 grs) 82 grs and 1 1/8oz of shot will work great! Drive the 1 oz...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
You have a nice ole' front stuffer. Track of the Wolf has all the odd gauge wads. I was able to get 22ga wads for my double flint gun and wads for my 13 ga Greener and 14 ga wads for a Williams and...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Nice old muzzleloading 14 ga shotgun. I have collected and hunted with front stuffers for many years. Don't waste your time trying to punch out wads. Track of the Wolf has the overpowder, fillers,...
Forum: AirGuns
That's a cool video. Bangin wood boring bumble bees with a derringer!
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
You will find the groove diameter of a Swiss Vetterli to be .445" I have a Lyman 446110 mould. It drops a 340gr .446" boolit. The Swiss Vetterli shot a heeled boolit like a 22 rim fire boolit. It...
Forum: Special Projects
Mount a vise in the center over a leg with a 12" square 1/4" steel plate under your vise with a 2" bench overhang. I used 3/8" carriage bolts to secure the 1/4" bolster plate to the bench top. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have made several bullet moulds with the cherries I have cut to cast a .002" over groove diameter bullet. Will send you the bullet and number for your list. I usually start with an aluminum set...
Forum: Special Projects
Nice modification there xtriggerman!!! Great workmanship. Many years ago when SKS's were $80~$100 I would modify them to take the 30 round AK mags. They sure are fun with a big magazine. The...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Just bought a pile of primers out of an estate. $3/ 1000 12 K primers will hold me for awhile. Some look like they are 20 years old. I used to just sweep up live primers when they would fall on...
Forum: Our Town
Still waiting for it to snow here. Been here since 1993. Tavernier ! About an hour south of Miami on an island archipelago. Still shootin iguanas!
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
The brass plug at the base of the Star/Magma luber-sizer is a 26 TPI x .560" dia cleanout plug. When you remove a plug like that you must rotate the plug counter clockwise until you feel a "click"...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
take a photo of what part stripped out and post it. I have 5 Star lubricator-sizers. Have two machine shops. Should be able to figure it out.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
Have a few New Stainless Ruger Redhawk 7 1/2" barrels. These are fully machined and finished 44 Mag barrels. $52 shipped 325873
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
If yah can find em the 22 Federal shot cartridges are loaded with No.9 shot. The Winchester 22 Shot cartridges are loaded with No. 12 shot. The #9 shot cartridges work better on rats. The...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Does anyone have a contact for Eric at Magma Engineering? Several months ago I sent Magma/STAR my lubricator and a few spare parts asking them for some service. To date I have not been able to...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
I have threaded a lot of barrels for suppressors. I am assuming you have a hollow spindle on your lathe. I make a wood plug that is a bit undersize of the ID of the spindle and drill a hole...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
The CH Auto Champs are a great pistol press! I have three of them. Have been turning out good ammo for 35 years. One in 38 spec, one in 45 ACP, and one loads 357 mag.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lee: The monitors spanked me for referring to a Lee progressive press using an F bomb as you did with the first letter and ***. They don't want any vulgarity especially since the F bomb is used as...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Your rifle has character. The gun looks to be assembled a long time ago. The lock could possibly have been a flintlock that was converted. The hammer looks like a percussion hammer that was used...
Is AA #5 Accurate No. 5 ?? Is it the same propellant? I bought an 8lb jug of Accurate No. 5 and found that 7 grs works good in my 1911's and runs my M1A1 Thompson quite well.
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
I believe these dies are for the True Line Jr press as I have the special shell holders. These dies will fit the Tong Tool. Not sure how the Tong Tool holds the shell. Have no experience with the...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
If you want shinny brass that looks new factory go to a stainless steel pin tumbler and mix in a couple drops of Dawn dish wash soap and a teaspoon of powdered citric acid and 2/3 rds full of water...
After trying out a S&W Mosel 52 try a SIG P210 Target. The SIG is a great piece of workmanship!
My Ruger No. 1 Varmint 22 Hornet shoots like it has eyes! Dime size 100 yard groups with 45gr Hornady HP's with 11grs WW680 surplus ball. Winchester 680 ball and commercial 1680 propellant is the...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Texas: You can slightly bend the cam end of the elevator lifter. Determine if your lifter is hard(use a small fine file). If its hard you will have to slightly warm it to a dull red. Bend just a...
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 |