Don't waste your money! Buy a Marlin in 45-70. Much better gun.
Type: Posts; User: Rockindaddy
Forum: Leverguns
Don't waste your money! Buy a Marlin in 45-70. Much better gun.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The Swiss German name for early experimental propellant which means: "shooting cotton" or common guncotton. We are experiencing a shortage of propellants used to reload our cartridges. The common...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Am an old stock maker. An old kerosene lamp or a lit candle works great. Hold your barrel or action over the flame and the lamp black gets applied. The lampblack from the flame is transfered to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Great cap and ball revolver! An 1863 Remington on steroids. My buddy has shot two deer with his using a conical bullet and 28 grs of 3F Enjoy your great gun show find.
Forum: Leverguns
Acquired a box of old reloading gear, gun parts, and ammo. In the box of various sights was an odd looking aperture sight. This sight has an adjustment screw on the rear and a 1/4"x 28TPI thread on...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Pretty cool Leadchucker! Makin your own caps. I like shooting percussion 54 cal Sharps, a Colt 58cal musket and an old Tower 1853 Enfield. Might have to get into making caps too if they get any...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
With the high prices of propellants I predict that there will be some new players getting into the smokeless powder manufacturing. These current powder producers have opened up the playing field. ...
Forum: Military Rifles
I had the same problem using 54R Norma but chucked the sizing die up in my tool room lathe. It fit in a 5C collet. I used a carbide cutter to remove .012" off the face of the die. Worked great! ...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Two Gatlings in 45-70 and an M1A1 Thompson shooting cast boolits. My Master Caster machine gets a work out. It keeps saying: Feed Me, Feed Me! Thanks Bud for the count calculations. How many...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Lead seems to be around .40~.50 cents per pound at current scrap prices. 5-7-2024 Ran into a fellow selling his house. He apparently had a boat that listed to starboard. 150 lbs of lead ingots...
Kevin: Welcome to this Boolit site! You will find a wealth of information here!! If you look up Track of the Wolf they have a lot of card wads, filler wads and nitro over powder wads. Dixie Gun...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Probably an American 180. Load 177 rounds in the drum on top of the gun and let er rip! At 1000 rounds per minute it was a little buzz saw! Shot a scrub 3" tree off with one burst!!!
Forum: Leverguns
Abert: Send your address and I will send you some .382" cast boolits you can size to .002 over your groove diameter. My old 1893 Marlin 38-55 slugs .380". My .382" boolits shoot ragety 5shot holes...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Your article on old powder is interesting. I save old pull down powder these days as modern sporting powder is way overpriced. I used to just throw the old nitro cellulose out in the lawn or...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Being a gunsmith is very rewarding. There is always a need for a gunsmith. You may not get wealthy but will always have beer money. But consider this. I have been a gunsmith for over 50 years. ...
Forum: Our Town
Was in a small pawn shop a couple of years ago and besides all the AR black guns and Glocks there was an old single barrel shotgun and an 1853 Enfield three bander hanging up on the wall. The clerk...
Forum: Leverguns
Hey Brimstone: I must have gotten lucky as my 86 Pedersoli action is as smooth as my original 86's. My only problem was the crappy plastic stock finish. It was peeling like wax paper on the wood. ...
Forum: Leverguns
I bought a Pedersoli 1886 in 45-70. The gun overall looked great and shot very well with my cast Gatling Gun loads. The gun was used and the butt stock looked like it was carried in the rain on a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I really like my little Franklin Arsenal rotary pin tumbler. Even bought a second tumbler. The seal and mating surfaces have to be wiped clean each time the drum is emptied and check and see if a pin...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I use Winchester Sub-sonic in my suppressed Marlin 22 . The 40 gr boolit is traveling around 1050fps. Great for varmints! This load should be close to the 111ft-lbs you require.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Boss lady corrected me on the sewing machine wear. She said it took her 50 years to wear em out. Pfaff instructs users to only oil at certain points. A quart of 20 weight oil will last her a long...
Forum: Our Town
You said it! Some pawn shops you can find great deals. Other pawn shops seem to have a large inventory but have everything way overpriced. But every one in awhile you stumble into a treasure...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Never ceases to amaze me how metallurgy affects our everyday life. My wife loves to sew. She makes the most beautiful things. She has worn out two fine sewing machines. A German Pfaff machine is...
Forum: AirGuns
I've hit feral hogs with a 45-70. The Marlin 1895 is very accurate. Have never had a hog get up and go anywhere. Guess if you don't own a rifle, a shotgun with slugs will work. We hunt around...
Ringing the steel targets with my M1A1 Thompson Submachine Gun. A 30 round magazine doesn't last very long. My hard cast 45 boolits made from range lead and wheel weights work great! There is...
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 |
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