I shoot the one from Miha. The flat point comes in at 265 grains. I mostly use the cup point for deer hunting. Yours appears to take up more case space than mine. The mp bullet uses the full cylinder.
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I shoot the one from Miha. The flat point comes in at 265 grains. I mostly use the cup point for deer hunting. Yours appears to take up more case space than mine. The mp bullet uses the full cylinder.
Adding to the excellent post by John B, I have had this tinning before. It is very hard to remove. I flux the tinning, and carefully heat the area with a torch, and wipe with a rag. Repeat until all...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I did this Winchester shotgun with citristrip and tru oil. I was surprised what was underneath that nasty finish.
I have seen the warnings. I have never warped a mold. I think that I may have warped a Lee sprue plate once. It was when I first started casting. I can’t remember the details, but I think it was from...
I set my hotplate a little higher when preheating a brass mold, compared to aluminum. I also run the pot a little hotter when doing hp’s. 750 will usually do it, but I have used as hot as 785....
http://https://www.mp-molds.com/tipsntricks/
If you hit on menu, you get a drop down menu. Click on tips and tricks.
There are alot of good tips and techniques on the MP-molds website. They are definitely worth reading.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Hardening up your alloy as you describe could be enough to stop the swaging.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
This is how I was taught to make it. I don’t always make it that way, though. To me, the key is getting the seasoning just right. I also sometimes make hamburger patties with the roux recipe. It...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I received the same email, and then about 20 minutes later, got an email from the real muzzle-loaders.com telling me about the scam email. 20 minutes after that, I got another scam email telling me...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have MP hollowpoint molds for many calibers, mostly for handguns. I use 49% coww- 49%pure- 2% pewter. They expand great. I try to match the hp pin to the velocity. I have been really liking the...
A 30mm ultradot is about the best that you can get. I handgun hunt, and love the 30mm ultradot. I think that you just need a little more practice with it. After a while, that dot will come up in the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I used to use the Lyman m-dies until I measured my 45 colt m-die. It measured .448”. To me, it should have measured .450” or greater. That is why I switched.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Are you already using an M-die, yet the bullets are being sized down? No, the Noe expander is designed to work with the Lee universal expanding die. I think the Lee dies are about $12. That is about...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Look into NOE expander inserts. They basically turn a Lee universal sizing die into an M-die type expander. There has been plenty written about them on here, so I will not go into it again, except to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
It is possible that your brass is swaging your bases down in size (as Steve Urquell suggested). It is much harder to swage down a gas check. Pull the bullet on a loaded round and measure the base....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use a tiny drop of 2 cycle oil on the sliding pins, and a tiny drop on the male side of each alignment pin. Wait for the mold to heat up completely before applying the oil. I just use my hot plate...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The only place that I tap is the bolt on the handles. Tapping on the pins can cause irreversible damage to a mold. There are some good tips and techniques on the MP-molds website. They are worth...
Here is my impression. If you have a legitimate use for it, it is not bad. I played with the .314” cartridges for a couple years, and still own them. I don’t have any legitimate use for them. I can’t...
Just remember that it is important to use the proper expander when loading over sized bullets.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I picked up some brand new Starline brass in 45 colt years ago. I started measuring it, and the length was all over the place. I decided to size it, and guess what, after sizing they all measured the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use NOE expanders in all of the calibers that I load for. I used to use M dies until I measured my 45 colt M die and the expander only measured .448”. I can see using the Lyman dies if you only...
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 |