It happened to me the first time I reloaded_
36 Chief, 2"_
I still wonder today if a double charge under a hollow base wad cutter could have created a squib, melting the center of the wad cutter,...
Type: Posts; User: wilecoyote
It happened to me the first time I reloaded_
36 Chief, 2"_
I still wonder today if a double charge under a hollow base wad cutter could have created a squib, melting the center of the wad cutter,...
...not only is it not dangerous, but for plinking it is certainly less stressful for revolver and shooter - the point is to use powders that safely allow this_
Forum: Vintage Reloading Gear
if the thickness of the brass is not homogeneous, especially on the neck, and this is achieved by reaming the inside and turning the outside, if and when possible, they are not decisive, but only...
Forum: Leverguns
without if: I wanted a lever, and I wanted a .444_
and that's what I chose_
what I have. 2002 and 2003_
low res., because the site doesn't allow me high res._
if interested, I can e-mail PDF_ maybe it can help_
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Gentlemen, thank you ALL for the almost unanimous answers !
:drinks:
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
...same lenght of wave about Fiocchi, here_ and I avoid S&B, too, counting that I don't shoot 9mm, but .357 and .44magnum only, today_ thanks!
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I've some boxes of CBC once fired .44magnum cases_
never used CBC ammo or brass, I know nothin'about them_
Is it worth handloading them, or better sending them to the recycler?
opinions...
strange thing: I hated and I hate motorcycle helmets, but I've always used glasses on motorbikes, and I can't stand to use my industrial vacuum cleaner without shooting hearmuffs...
Forum: Casting Equipment
just in case: I happened to partially crack a Lee wooden handle longitudinally, starting from the part closest to the heat.
I closed it tight with two opposing stainless hose clamps: fast & ugly,...
...just today my glasses stopped a splash of boiling water: I had slipped a potato into it_ enough said
my only .45 acp mold has been and it's the TL-452-230-2R #90358: never gave me feeding problems_
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
the problem can occur on new cases as well as on used ones, although for different reasons_
the Sinclair Primer Pocket Uniformer it's my fool-proof insurance against shallow/uneven primer pockets,...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
for what I can, uniformity is the keyword. since the start_
sizing new it's a must, in my book_
...:drinks:...
I don't know what shotgun you have, but certainly a traditional pump is the most forgiving for this type of experiment. it was also easy on my shoulder, too, compared to a full magnum...
...same mold, Lee #90282_
to play soft with my 870 express magnum, I bought the cheapest non-magnum for birds, emptied the wad from the birdshots, and replaced the pellets with the 7/8 Lee pure...
...acetone can be really aggressive against most unknown plastic/rubber compounds, starting to melt them...
if used as a last resort, one must be quick, and immediately after go through with white...
U.G., please let us know if any of the stickiness solutions of above are or will give you any results: this will be of future use to all of us_
about o/sea grips, I don't love them just as I don't...
...forgive my ingenuity: the main problem it's the excessive/sticky grip on your hand
or the gummy residues inside ?
if the problem concerns the interior only, and cannot be solved otherwise, a sheet of baking aluminum applied to the internal rubber faces will remain stuck, and can be appropriately cut_
spraying...
...nothing to lose, therefore, before thrash them definitively, I would rub them with white petroleum = lamp oil.
if fails, I would try spraying them with dashboard silicone, next dabbing the...
...at worst, I would have tossed the container, not the powder !
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 |