Anybody using a Woody's puck press and pressure gauge with their powder press?
Type: Posts; User: FrankJD
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Anybody using a Woody's puck press and pressure gauge with their powder press?
Forum: Shot Guns
Beretta A300 and 1301 shotguns come with a shell liter that remains in the down position after chambering a shell.
This means that inserting a shell into the magazine requires pushing down on the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
There will be a slight flat spot with Lee molds and their tangential cutters. 30 minutes in a rotary tumbler and all balls are what they should be = reasonably round.
Lee ball molds are excellent...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Henry H015-357 rifles are around, not HR cheap though.
https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/h015-357
I meant that if you can open up a star crimp, NOT cut it off, and booger up a bit of the crimped ends with pliers and such, cutting back just part of the crimped ends should still allow that hull to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Sprue up for a patched ball, trad muzzleloader.
Another consideration might be roll crimps. If you booger up half of the star crimp during opening, what's left can be trimmed, expanded (cone and heat gun), roll crimped on top of the overshot wad.
IMM - I would cut the shells and save the powder, primers, shot, maybe the wads. Been there, done that a few times.
Loading shotshells is ***SO*** different than loading for most rifle/handgun...
Forum: Shot Guns
I've had and used the Lee #00 buckshot mold, it was okay. Now I have a Marty's Mold in .310" on order that will powder coat to .320".
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The burning powder and the "exploding" powder ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1KO2Uj3y8
Forum: Rimfire Area
In the short and long run, all aiming shooting sports are self competitive - it's you against you. To think otherwise, particularly when competing, is in some ways self defeating.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
What I have learned and what works best for me after over 6 decades of enjoying 18th century traditional muzzleloaders and cartridge guns of the 19th century is to keep the black powder fouling as...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Hah, I just sold the SMR. I kinda knew in advance I wouldn't like that dang crescent butt stock as they're meant for a bicep mount, not a shoulder mount. Another issue, but minor one, is the tiny...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
At the least yer looking at $1300 for lock, stock, and bbl. In the world of Quality traditional muzzleloaders, that's far more than a fair price.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Distances beyond 100 yards really makes using the .22LR quite interesting. With a good gun - bbl and trigger - the challenge is almost always The Wind.
Forum: Rimfire Area
200 yard rimfire is a heckuva lotta fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CpWuikCaw4
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Most may find that a .060" LDPE wad will improve accuracy ... it did for me and PPBs.
Forum: Shot Guns
I have 3 shotguns - Beretta A300 Patrol LE version (full cylinder, no chokes) 19" semi-auto 7+1, Mossberg Maverick 88 (also full cylinder, no chokes) 20" pump 7+1, Stevens 301 "chinese special" break...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If you mean metal, yes, I never blue or brown bbls and locks - they're left to patina on their own, as many guns of their era were.
Forum: Shot Guns
So far, so good. Functions flawlessly with 1200-1350 7-/12 bird 'n' 00 buck shells. Recoil is not bad, either. Now I have a pair of excellent HD scatterguns.
https://i.imgur.com/jo47E1K.jpg
Forum: Shot Guns
This is the LE version with fixed cylinder choke. Killer.
https://i.imgur.com/qa95Nm2.jpg
Forum: Single Shot Guns
It was too easy to pull the mega strong ejector spring outta the Stevens 301 and replace it with a weaker spring of the same length and about the same diameter = instant extractor.
The pin to...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Drop tubes compact the kernals of powder in order to maximize case capacity, compression is the next step. I drop fill .45-70 cases to the case mouth, then push in an LDPE wad, then use a press...
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