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Ah, I just realized that Lee makes two 405 grain bullets. One is for smokeless, casts out at .457 or so,takes a gas check, and has tiny lube grooves. That one is useless for black powder. The one you...

My wife used to work in a pulp mill in Ketchikan. Their two main customers were Alliant Energetics and the food industry. It makes great gunpowder, and diet food.

Use soft lead and good BP lube and it won't lead. I shoot gobs of those through my Trapdoor with no problem at all.

Those are good looking cartridges, much better than mine came out! You could test the rifle by possibly wrapping paper or other material around the action when you fire it to see if that gets burned...

I have a mould from Accurate that throws a .350" bullet about 210 grains. I use it in my 35 caliber inline muzzleloader, and paper patch it for the 35 centerfires. It does have tumble lube type...

My wife has one of those from about the same vintage. A few years ago it also stopped working, I bought a repair kit and fixed it. I don't remember it being terribly difficult to do, there is one...

Yep, nothing but black powder loads for my H&R and Marlin 38-55. Marlin likes the Lee 250 and the H&R gets a 280 gr. paper patched bullet from an Accurate mold. Easy to load for and very nice to...

I tried linen cartridges and gave up on them, no benefit over paper and a lot harder to make. For a bullet I have settled on the Guy France design from Moose Moulds, sized to .540" to fit the throat...

If you have any Cerrosafe you can pour a relatively long slug and push it through the bore to check for tight spots and twist rate changes.

There's a big difference between nitrated paper soaked in KNO3 and flash paper, cellulose turned into nitrocellulose by soaking in nitric acid like magicians use. make sure you're talking about the...

That will work. Cast them as soft as you can for best effect. Enjoy the new adventure! There's a learning curve there but once you get it things work great and the 45-70 is the best place to start...

Yep, noticed that in his other threads as well. I guess if nothing else he gets the rest of us here talking about different topics. But there needs to be a special punishment for evil scammers...

The 45 caliber rifle molds are too big. You need something that is just over bore diameter so you can patch it to groove diameter. .452" bullets that end up around .460" after patching.

Using smokeless, a good way to get started patching for 45-70 is to use some 300 grain bullets made for the 45 colt. They're the right size already to patch and you don't need a custom mold right...

Oh well, we tried.

Not odd, just well made and finished. They are supposed to be like that.

If you have a hydraulic shop near you, see if they will sell you a few inches of honed tubing of whatever size you need for the size of your press. I just made a 2 1/2" one and have been very happy...

If using smokeless, size bullets to .001" over bore diameter and patch to just over groove diameter. If using black powder, patch to bore diameter. Since you're on the smokeless room I assume that's...

You are getting the hang of this stuff. Pretty soon the addiction will be strong and you will be fully immersed!

Why not? I have an old Lee mold that makes a 200 grain one. Works great.

I just bought exactly what you're looking for. It's a Howa with a synthetic stock, Vortex scope, threaded muzzle, and magazine fed. The funny thing is the package deal was cheaper than the bare...

When loading shotshells with card wads I just go be what is on the box. Maybe 3 drams of powder and an ounce of shot or whatever I want it to do. This is with black powder of course, and to be modern...

I've used .375" pistol balls in a .410 with good results. I'd check your wads and see what fits inside without bulging the case. And make sure it will fit through the choke if you have any.

That is hopefully good news. I want to see them restored to their former glory!

I don't see why you couldn't use it for combustible filler. Of course it will add some energy to the shot but not a tremendous amount and it will certainly take up space. Just remember to clean your...