One drop only of 2- cycle oil on the sprue plate pivot screw. One drop only on a Q-tip to lightly lubricate the alignment pin bushings. With new mold boil blocks in tap water with a squirt of Dawn...
Type: Posts; User: Outpost75
One drop only of 2- cycle oil on the sprue plate pivot screw. One drop only on a Q-tip to lightly lubricate the alignment pin bushings. With new mold boil blocks in tap water with a squirt of Dawn...
I see no need for the .327. I have two Ruger Blackhawks in .30 Carbine. One with 7-1/2" barrel and the other professionally shortened to 5-1/4". The .30 Carbine with full charge factory loads beats...
Forum: Our Town
USAA Half Century Member. Both home and auto. One house fire, one tornado two cars totalled when struck by drunk drivers. No complaints.
You can increase the Bullseye to 2.5 grains in the I-frame or 3 grains in a J-frame or 3.0 and 3.5 of 231. These should not be exceeded if you want the guns to last.
MEASURE the cylinder throat diameters with zz- minus pin gages or by driving a dead-soft, pure lead round ball through each charge hole and measuring with a micrometer. For a rifle do a pound cast of...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Water filled gallon plastic water jugs. At least four deep.
Agree. The kids today do not measure. We may have met years ago when I was at Ruger and I believe you may have been at New Haven, CT Winchester. Enjoy your posts. Jay Jarvis and Dave Zaidan were a...
With Accurate Molds you can specify alloy and indicate whether you want the 0.002 tolerance positive, negative or centered. I order most molds with nose tolerance negative to enter cylinder thoats...
Important to cast chamber and origin of rifling and to also slug barrel. All three of my Beretta 9mm pistols are .357-.358 groove, but chambers run tight so that it is absolutely necessary to select...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My design from Accurate I use in .32 S&W Long, .32 H&R Mag and .32-20 is 31-105T.
Tom can make in plain base if you object to the bevel and can adjust diameters.
I load 2.5 grains of Bullseye...
Forum: Rimfire Area
My very first rifle was the clip- fed version of what you have, the model 511. Great guns. Wish I had kept mine.
Forum: Vintage Reloading Manuals
In what caliber? For which rifle or revolver?
4227 is too slow burning to work well in .45 Colt.
Lyman has 4227 data for .454 Casull.
The pre-WW2 Colt D-frames and non-heat treated pre-1929 Army Specials must be treated gently like the pre-1918 S&Ws.
An Official Police .32-20 or post-1920 Colt SA can handle heavier loads as...
My S&W 4th change shoots to the fixed sights at 25 yards with the Accurate 31-105T and 3.5 grains of Bullseye for 850 fps from a 4-inch barrel.
For a heavier hunting I load 5 grains of AutoComp...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you go back and read Keith's book Sixguns, Elmer was no engineer, but knew what worked from his empirical testing and experience. He favored softer 1:16 or 1:20 tin-lead alloys for revolvers and...
I don't like either of those designs. We can do better.
SAAMI chamber shows 1 degree 30 minutes, Basic from forcing cone entrance.
Rather than trying to match two cast cylindrical diameters...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bullseye has worked well in small game and gallery applications for over 100 years:
3 grains in .32-20
4 grains .455, 45 Auto Rimmed
5 grains in .45 ACP and .44 Special
6 grains in .30-30,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The scrap dealer I use pours out my 5 gallon buckets of jackets onto 1/4" wire mesh, agitated it to shake the loose dirt through, then runs an electromagnet over the pile to pull out any steel. ...
My Saeco #441 drops .433" diameter and weighs 266 grains in Wheelweights. It is an older San Diego. CA mold from the early 1970s. If you want a true 240-grain mold which is lever action friendly with...
Larry Gibson pressure tested .45 Colt loads for me. Factory velocity with standard pressure are closely approximated with 6.5 grains of Bullseye and a 255 lead conical similar to #454190. Accurate...
Older pre-1920 .455 elre lovers are not heat treated. Keep loads below 13,000 psi. Not to exceed 3.5 grains of Bullseye or TiteGroup in Fiocchi, Hornady or Starline 0.76" length cases with...
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 |