This is what happens when society becomes reactive rather than proactive.
I grew up in a time in which we were reactive to criminals by way of being proactive about ensuring we had enough prison...
Type: Posts; User: Recluse
Forum: Our Town
This is what happens when society becomes reactive rather than proactive.
I grew up in a time in which we were reactive to criminals by way of being proactive about ensuring we had enough prison...
Forum: Our Town
Lloyd brings up a couple of very good points here that I've emphasized in bold.
The same thing can be said regarding many styles of semi-automatic firearms, and if you look closer into those...
Forum: Our Town
Likewise here. Save all load development targets for rifle. For handguns, I shoot at a 3"x5" white notecard. I record all the data on that notecard about load, shooting characteristics, etc. Those...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Most recent rendition of the reloading shop.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=215438&d=1519875353
Gun cleaning area on the left, brass sorting and cleaning on the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
If you can't detonate the powder, all the lead in the world does you no good. Projectiles are abundant.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Too much alox, especially uncut, can make a number of messes of things.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Howdy, I jumped on the Hi-Tek coating within a few weeks of learning about it and the stuff becoming available. I've found for my rifle calibers (30-30, .308, .303 and 30-06) I can seat the gas...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I used to make my own lube prior to the Hi-Tek coating. Ben's Red is hard to beat. Even harder to beat is sending an e-mail to Lars for an order of either Carnauba Red or 2500+.
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Forum: Casting Equipment
Mine plugged itself up years ago and I simply left it. I prefer ladle pouring anyhow, so for once, Lee's drip-o-matic malfunction was an absolute win for me. Have never looked back.
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Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Along with the previous answers and in regards to "feeds better," many have also found that it ejects better out of a hot cylinder whereas brass will sometimes stick.
HA! Could be some real...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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Your "other concern" should be a HUGE concern. You are brand new at casting, but casting a projectile in a caliber that has high CUP pressures and with a powder you have no load data...
Forum: Cast Boolits
1. Ricochet.
2. A shot fired in the air will be louder and more percussive than one fired into the ground.
Crash,
I enjoyed that tale almost as much as the one about your having used a Lee...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Not exactly. This is--and always has been--a private forum, the history of which goes back into the early 2000's with the Shooter.com days.
I have a residence in an airpark. It is a privately...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I will anneal my 44 Special brass that I used for match-grade ammunition after five to seven loadings. As others have noted, this keeps the cases from splitting on me and seems to allow for a more...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yep. Thirty years ago, we had a lot fewer reloaders and the manufacturers were competing for market share. Fast forward to the recent political climate of the past eight or more years and the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought a Lee Challenger press back in '88 and loaded thousands of rifle rounds and magnum pistol rounds with it with exactly zero problems. When Lee came out with the heavier steel assemblies for...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I failed to mention that Lee has come out with something (fairly) new that I definitely like--their "quick trim" dies and case-trimming system.
Holy mother of mariachi midgets riding mini-bikes!
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a set of 45 Colt dies from Lee that I purchased many years ago. To this day, I fire very little 45 Colt so the dies get used very little. They do a superb job and I have no complaints,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Not the least bit uninformed. But I'd hardly call $40K worth of avionics "Chinese made junk" or "fit for a typical American cheapskate" when it is the industry standard. And the day I find a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I replaced a Rock Chucker probably six or seven years ago. It was a toss-up between the Redding Big Boss II and the Lee Classic Cast. I bought the Classic Cast on the recommendation of a number of...
Forum: Our Town
You're missing an option:
"NO, as I have no interest in owning one."
Used them in the military and in LE. No interest in them nor need for one. However, I am 100 freaking percent in favor of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
^^THIS^^
One cannot have too many reloading presses on the bench.
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Forum: Our Town
So I'm guessing you got to the tale of, "Bad barbecue and dangerous doctors," eh? I've gotten a lot of e-mail over that one. :-D
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Forum: Our Town
Unfortunately, I do and it wasn't good.
First off, I found it's "pain relieving" effects to be sorely lacking. Secondly, it's every bit as physically addicting as any opioid you could be...
Forum: Our Town
The Pit is like the little house-of-ill-repute that sits outside many small to medium sized towns. A lot of people gripe and complain about it publicly, but get caught with their pants down inside...
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 |