Just last week I finished the inletting and barrel channel on a stock I'm carving. I use Kiwi black shoe polish that's thinned a little bit with paint thinner, then applied to the barrel/receiver...
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Just last week I finished the inletting and barrel channel on a stock I'm carving. I use Kiwi black shoe polish that's thinned a little bit with paint thinner, then applied to the barrel/receiver...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sounds like some third party vendor bought factory reject barrels at a discount, and is reselling them to an unsuspecting public. If I were an unscrupulous snake oil salesman I would use words like...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Shooters World Buffalo Rifle is practically the same as AA 5744. You can use 5744 load data for cast loads with SW Buffalo. Shooters World Blackout is similar to, but not the same as AA1680. If...
Forum: Military Rifles
I've installed aftermarket triggers on lots of Mausers. These include Timney and Bold triggers, as well as homemade single stage ball triggers. Before I use any rifle that I've replaced the trigger...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
6.5X284ever: You mentioned fishermen in your previous post. That means that you must be relatively close to water. There are many sources for scrounging lead & alloys for bullet casting. ie:...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Two things: First "engineers coffee". That's coffee with the aspirin already in it. (to be used only when coming up with last minute solutions to impossible problems)
Second coffee rule: A...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The only 8mm mold that I have is the Saeco #081. It works fine.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Now this has absolutely nothing to do with the OP, but there is an effect that I've seen happen over and over again here in Commiefornia. I call it the "shallow reloader". Back during the pandemic,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
BLC-2 is an excellent powder for a variety of cast loads. Because it's a ball powder it can be hard to ignite in some conditions (like larger cases where there isn't complete fill). In smaller...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I used that phrase not too long ago. On every public gunsmithing forum since forever, keyboard commandos and armchair experts who repeat things they've heard like a flock of parrots, but have no...
Those molds look like they were made for the 8.15x46R cartridge. It is a popular Schuetzen cartridge that usually uses a .321" bullet.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I used to have a Colt new service in 45 Colt. It was a very nice pistol, but it wouldn't shoot worth a darn. No matter what I tried in it there just wasn't any accuracy. Eventually I sold that...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
The 7mm TCU is stone simple: just run 223 brass through the resizing die, load & fireform. I've never fiddled around with the Herrett cartridges. The 357 seems interesting, but as far as the 30...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
As a general rule you want your cast bullets to be around .001" over the groove diameter of your firearm. This goes for both pistols and rifles. If your cast bullets are at (or slightly under)...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I just Googled "Firing Pin Through Head". 165,000,000 results in 0.31 seconds. Not one of them about someone actually being struck in the head by a firing pin. It is possible to blow up a rifle...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Gordon's Reloading Tool (GRT) lists loads for the 8.15x46R using N130. You didn't indicate what bullet you're going to be using. To get you load data you'll need to say which bullets you're going...
Forum: Military Rifles
I just read through this thread today. There is very likely nothing wrong with your model 70. With a more standard configuration cartridge you could probably cycle the action with your little...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I was just at the range shooting some cast loads yesterday (Though not 30-40 Krag). Some of the cartridges were "target loads" and others were just some plinker loads that I'd thrown together with...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I own a Savage 110 heavy varmint in 223. You can get new 110 bolt heads from lots of places: PTG, Grizzily, Brownells, Gun Shack, Midway, etc. Just do a Google search for Savage "110 bolt head". ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Years ago I made up a nose sizing die that used Redding neck bushings as inserts inside the die body. A post attachment on the press ram would push the bullet up into the die, and because the die...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If a mold manufacturer makes that I'll be the first in line to buy it!
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Late to the party, but I'll second the opinion on IMR-3031. In both 308 Winchester and 7x57 Mauser cast loads 3031 is what gives me the best accuracy. I use a 1 grain tuft of polyester stuffing...
Before you begin a casting session, with the molds in their handles, open the sprue plate and hold the closed mold blocks up to the light. If you see any light coming through between the mold blocks...
Forum: Cast Boolits
braddock: Though youtube videos can be very informative, there are also videos that claim that the pyramids were built by space aliens, or that you can make a birthday cake using nothing but peanut...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Not only have some powders become obsolete, new cartridges and powders have become available since the 4th edition went to print. Where's the data for 6.5 Creedmore, 350 Legend, and 450 Bushmaster,...
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 |