I have a friend who is an experienced organ builder. According to him, pure lead was used a lot, but that their current process uses lead with a very small percentage of tin (I think it was 3 percent...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have a friend who is an experienced organ builder. According to him, pure lead was used a lot, but that their current process uses lead with a very small percentage of tin (I think it was 3 percent...
Forum: Leverguns
I get the preference here, but the way it is stated seems a little arrogant given the popularity of tang sights on lever guns for 150 years or so- not to mention the fact that many fine top-eject...
Forum: Leverguns
This is gonna bug a lot of people, but I deer hunt with one rifle- a 24" barreled .44-40. My Swiss black powder loads push a 217gr soft lead boolit over 1,325fps, and after thousands of rounds of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Well thank you Wes! I genuinely enjoy my work. Hope to get back to making some more youtube videos this year.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Ha! Well I guess I was so excited about ordering the expander I didn't look at all the pictures! Many thanks for your time and everything you do, Tom. Could be nice to add a note in the item...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Tom, this info is PERFECT! Thank you! I went ahead and got the kit with all three pieces when I ordered my .44WCF plug, but could not find any info anywhere on NOE's site as to when the spacer and...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Wow guys. Next time I won’t abbreviate it: Public Service Announcement.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have no idea, but would love to know as well.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Just found out NOE has added an entire line of their excellent expanding plugs in a powder-through style to fit Lee’s die. Got a kit on order for my .44-40 loading, will report back here when I get...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Randy, that is astounding shooting. I’m experimenting with the same bullet and powder in Starline cases in my Uberti 1873 and haven’t gotten a group that good at 50 yards! I am not a great shot...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I'm personally obsessed with creating accurate .44-40 black powder ammunition that replicates the ballistics of the original loading. 36-37 grains of Swiss gets me there, pushing the bullet over...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Dude this is freaking awesome! Thank you SO much, PM incoming!
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Brilliant! Excellent idea! If it tests out good, I'd love to buy one from you! Now if I could get someone to print a case collator like the factory one except sized for those larger tubes... But why...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Kinda sad no one has suggested real black powder loads in here- the way God intended the .45-70 GOVT to be shot lol. Just kidding, but the West wasn't won on smokeless powder, and few things in life...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I also wonder about tubes from other brands of feeders. Someone said Dillon 650 feeders feed 44-40 slicker'n corn through a goose- I may look at ordering some spare tubes to try.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm loading .44-40 on a Lee Loadmaster (will probably upgrade to the new Six Pack Pro soon), and for my purposes the Lee case feeders (which are universal to all their progressives) would be just...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If you can afford it, buy any new revolver you like and send it to a reputable smith to have it worked over before you use it. I've heard he can have long wait times, but Mike Brackett of Goons Gun...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
They haven't been released yet. Titan and others are getting ready by setting up listings ahead of time with stock set at zero, hence "out of stock". I suggest signing up to be notified when item is...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
That is a very interesting boolit! Looks pretty much exactly like the Accurate/John Kort 43-215C I’m shooting now, with a longer base. I wanted closer to the weight of the original boolits, but yours...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
That's what I hear. Don't they usually keep parts around for discontinued stuff though? I can't wait to get my hands on it's replacement- that Pro 6000.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Some love 'em, some hate 'em- some are in between like me. Some of their stuff is like a kit for a tinkerer, and often the instructions are incomplete. But anyhow, I'm rebuilding a basket case...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Wow! Great minds and all... nearly the same setup I have in mind! And those are exactly the tasks I have in mind for the APP. Definitely going on the list. Good to hear you like the Cowboy sizing and...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Thanks! My goal is to avoid moving off-press if at all possible- but crimping off press ain't a bad idea at all. Don't need a single stage- the turret press can be used just like one. They really are...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Thank you sir! I look forward to tackling the .32-20 one day as well!
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 |