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Type: Posts; User: inspector_17
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
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Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I scored some 45LC brass at a local gun show. About a 1/3 of the shells were reloads and not trusting somebody else's loads I took one apart. The CB's were a 225 grn FP. The powder surprised me,...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I haven't seen LRP or LP primers in my LGS for a long while. Plenty of SPP, SRP MAG and BR primers to go around though. Managed to get 1k LRP and 1k LPP at an auction last week. Paid 75 for one...
I was wondering about Fiocchi myself, looking for LRP, LPP. While researching I found complaints about their primers being slightly oversized and not fitting. From what I am seeing here, I think...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I found some LRM primers (26) in a box bought at auction. With the lack of LRP, I began searching to see if I could use them in my 308 instead of passing them on. So now I know that if I need to, I...
Forum: Military Rifles
Saw 12 gauge trench guns with bayonets attached once, belonged to an Army Reserve MP unit. Those bayonets were LOOONG bright and SHINEY! 2 platoons worth as I recall. Definitely intimidating!
Forum: Our Town
My LGS here in western PA, average $30-70 per pound of powder. LR or LP Primers good luck! SR, SP, and mag, are generally available. $90-110 per k tho. GS about hour and a half away says they...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Mostly I got mine from tire places, from local scrapper and mining the berm at my local gun club. I didn't realize how much of an addiction it was. I was picking up lead between rounds of shoots...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The going rate for my LGS is 90 (Rem)- 100 (CCi) per k, with a 5 k limit on the Rem. Spotted some Bosnian Primers at a gun show, 11 per hundred.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cheapest primers I've seen is Rem for $80 per k.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
All I have seen lately is $100 - $150.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
learned my lesson with obummer. I do keep an eye out though. I've seen primers listed $90 - $150 per 1k online. My lgs's will only sell 200 per person per day, when they have them.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use a coleman propane camp stove. works well for casting and smelting.
Forum: Our Town
Old sergeant I served with reloaded for me, I bought the dies, primers, etc, he did the reloading. He didn't show or teach me, but I got the bug and found out what I could (pre-internet) from a...
I have H110 to load my 45 LC with. Bullets are getting expensive, and I have the Lee 230grn mold. In the Lee manual for Ruger only loads there is a load for 240 grn jacketed bullet. My thinking is...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Finally got a room to store my guns and reloading stuff in the house. So now the only thing I have to go to the shed for is to melt/cast lead, powder coat my boolits and tumble brass. The roughest...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Besides SS check the vendors out also.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sorted my 308 brass. Found out I didn't have as much mil brass as I thought I had, 43 pcs, but it turns out it is all Match brass(LC and FC). Don't know when or where I managed to pick this up. ...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Found some JPW today at Lowe's, 1lb cans of the stuff for $1.99. Think I will finally try to make it.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thank You everybody. Geez, I love this forum!
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Yep, finally got my M1A. 22" barrel and synthetic stock. really looking forward to shooting it. Now to reloading. I have plenty of 308 brass, but have a question regarding 7.62 brass: I know the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Haven't lost/damaged a Lee pin yet. I do have a good supply of replacement pins for my RCBS, which I have replace more than once.
Forum: Cast Boolits
H110 for magnums and 45 colt. 231, SR7625, titegroup for 45 acp.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Not a lot of primers showing up, but powder is. Price for primers averages 100-150 per thousand. Have seen asking price as high as 200 per thousand. Powder at the LGS is going for $40-50 per...
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 |