For CCW my wife and I like our Ruger SP101 snub nose and 3.5" five shot revolvers with hammer and iron front post and for our bullseye matches we both like our S+W 586 4" and 6" six shot revolvers.
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For CCW my wife and I like our Ruger SP101 snub nose and 3.5" five shot revolvers with hammer and iron front post and for our bullseye matches we both like our S+W 586 4" and 6" six shot revolvers.
Forum: Cast Boolits
The reason for my question is I really like the MP .227 65 gr NATO mould that I see in the group buy. I had at first thought of getting it to shot out of our AR-15 rifles since the heavier weight....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Is riffling twist to bullet weight the same for cast and jacket bullets?
If I have a Remington 700 in 223 rem with a 1-12 twist what weight cast bullets can I reasonable expect to shot out of...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Sadly BullBerry Barrels went out of buisness right before the world shut down. Troy who was their barrel maker purchased it from them. I do hope BullBerry inc makes it threw this Covid times. A lot...
Forum: Casting Equipment
MidSouth has all of the Lee pots on sale right now.
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/0000690947/pro-4-20lb-melter-110-volt#:~:text=Pro%204-20lb,Status%3A%20In%20Stock
If I did the...
Forum: Our Town
I firmly believe it is never a bad thing to have a good quantity of ready cast boolits as long as I can store them with out them getting messed up.
BTW pizza box lids make excellent card board...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I store my ingots on the cement floor but I turn the first set of ingots up side down and then lattice stack them correct side up. That way I can get the last ingots off the floor easier. If storing...
Forum: Our Town
Speaking of old technology. In 2019 a few months before the Christmas sale season there was a new item on the shelfs. Walmart listed it as "A new media of sound marvel. The Turn table" It was so...
Forum: Our Town
And people thought that Total Recall was just a movie and not a glimpse of the future. Elon Musk will end up owning all of space the rights to put satellites in orbit and the rights to go to other...
Forum: Helping Hands
I sent a Pm for a Rock chuker supreme in if will work if pulling handle left handed. Thank you
All of my Lyman moulds have visual machining lines going across the surface of the mould. When you drag your finger nail across the top of the mould it is not 100% flat. While not as bumpy as...
Forum: Swaging
I was taught to reload using Hornady bullets in 1991 and while I do use Sierra for my M1 Garand loads I stick with Hornady for all of my other Jacket bullet needs.
Forum: Our Town
The material that makes rechargeable batteries possible is mined in a part of Africa. The world turns a blind eye to the work conditions of the mining. Forced child labor since adults are to big to...
A couple of questions to responces given in this thread
disassemble the sprue and then polish the bottom of the sprue and the top of the mold blocks with a strop and Jeweler's Rouge if you've...
Forum: Our Town
+1 Thank you for posting that link to article.
Forum: Our Town
I have been trying to explain to my eye doctor at the VA about this and so fare no luck. Is there a link I can give my eye doctor that would let him read up on how to write a prescription that would...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
If a person was going to start loading cast in AR-15 chambered in 5.56 NATO which of these three rifles would make for a more forgiving platform to learn on?
1) 20" Colt Target H bar Clinton era 1/7...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Do you have a electric powder scale to check the Lee powder dispenser setting and its ability to stay at the desired charge? Those Lee powder dispensers are the bottom end of powder measures. If you...
I just seat my RCBS 45-230-RN so the top of the driving band is flush with the top of the case trimmed to .893". That way the 45auto round fits in my 1911's and my Ruger revolver in 45auto
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Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I think it is more a thing of the non carbide trimmer getting dull over time, verses the carbide not getting dull. I have yet to find a way to sharpen the dulled cutting edge of my non dulled RCBS...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I know you will be please with your results. My Marlin 336's in 35 rem absolutely love the RCBS 35-200-FN cast bullet #2 alloy and the White Label 2500+ lube My loads do use a different powder...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Has any one shot gas checked bullets in Browning 30-06 Springfield with ported BOSS fixture? What problems have you experienced if any?
Thank you for your replies.
Back in March 2018 I had a stroke. Apparently for almost a month before the stroke I was being affected by it. Though the doctors never did answer me on if there is a pre stroke period or not. I do...
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 |