One needn't send off for nitrocellulose glue. I make it by pouring a bit of acetone in a small glass jar and adding whatever odds-and-ends smokeless powder I may have a container of. I use it to glue...
Type: Posts; User: yeahbub
Forum: Muzzleloading.
One needn't send off for nitrocellulose glue. I make it by pouring a bit of acetone in a small glass jar and adding whatever odds-and-ends smokeless powder I may have a container of. I use it to glue...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
My paper cartridges are made using perm papers glued with nitrocellulose (miscellaneous smokeless spillage over time) dissolved in a little acetone to the consistency of brushable paint....
Forum: Muzzleloading.
For bore protection, I use LPS-3, which is intended for long term outdoor metal storage. It leaves a layer of soft petroleum wax in place and I have never had any rust problems. I never trusted bore...
Forum: Leverguns
I use the .375, but only because that's what I have. Either one will certainly get the job done.
Just a quick note on using .38-55 brass in the .375 Win. Check chamber depth in your rifle.
I...
Forum: Our Town
I've been wondering about a Generac stand-by generator set up to run on propane with the transfer switching making the operation automatic, so I don't have to be at home when the grid goes down. It...
Forum: Cast Boolits
i've had very good results over the years with pretty much any 200 - 220gr boolit going 1000 - 1200 fps. My favorite for accuracy is the Lyman 429215 cast at 8-10 BHN. Commercial cast 200gr SWC's or...
Forum: Gas Checks
Will they make checks with .006" material? I plan on using the thin material on plain base boolits.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Good point. I have used paper, leftover shim stock and .006" pop-can aluminum for that purpose.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
SNDBGGR1484, I had that experience with an M48 some years back also. Maybe the chambers in them run a bit short? The Lee FL die I was using worked perfectly for another guy's M98. It appears the Lee...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
It's been my experience with plated boolits that they can be driven harder than lawyer warnings indicate. I've seen no evidence of failures when driving the Berry's 150gr .308 flat points at full...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I'm with MaryB on road kill deer. There have been a few that tangled with cars and were freshly dead with few marks on them. One was hit early one morning and was dead in someone's front yard. They...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
You sure can. In fact .278 molds might be a place to start. I commonly patch conventional .30 cal cast boolits for .30 cal rifles as well as 8x57. I patch and size to the needed diameters, preferably...
There used to be Taylor-throating for revolvers, which reamed a gentle taper into the threaded area so the boolit would be guided and swaged to the correct diameter before engaging the rifling. The...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Nice! That's an accurate rifle. Do you wipe between shots? I've never had Blackhorn 209 and don't know what the fouling is like.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't know whether it's available these days, but back in the 1990's, I went to a Knob Creek MG shoot to gaze and drool at all the stuff I could see there that I'd have to have multiple forunes to...
Forum: 3D PRINTED RELATED ITEMS
Actually, very satisfactory bullets were made and used by Germany in WW1. Their 9mm military bullets were composed of powdered iron bonded with bakelite, IIRC and swaged together, bonding with heat....
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
That's one place to start. As noted above, H110 has a narrow min-to-max load range and is useful mostly for max loads with heavy boolits. There are a wide selection of powders which have a wider...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
That's a spiffy looking rifle. . . . I never saw one with the rifling on the outside, ar ar ar. . . .
What are the bore and groove dimensions? I ask because some years ago I put together a couple...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Doesn't Lathesmith make sizing die as well? I thought I read some posts last year that he does that. I guess he'd be the one to ask whether he does that kind of work.
Forum: Leverguns
One caveat on the Rossi's chambered in .44 Mag; For whatever reason, there have been times when Rossi manufactured their .44 Mag barrels at maximum SAAMI bore dimensions and it played hob with...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
That does make sense. Probably makes it easier to guess-timate how it's going to turn out after baking. When making plain cornbread, I've taken to generously adding unsweetened apple sauce to the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You're right, they are intended for use in short barrels and they may lack lube for a carbine. I don't know what lube is on those, usually some dry stuff, but you have options, like Ben's Liquid Lube...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I see. When I get a need for fried fish, few things go better with it than hot hush puppies and good cole slaw. Alright, but why boiling water I wonder? Wouldn't tap water do the job or does this...
Forum: Military Rifles
I'll second Samari46 on the source for brass long enough to make full-length cases. As for load data, IIRC, the factory round operates at 45kpsi and produces the same performance as 7.62x39. With the...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
The solubility of copper in high percentage tin alloys (95/5 tin/antimony lead-free plumbing solder) is a great reason to not use lead-free plumbing solder on electrical connections. It'll solder...
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 |