I also check everyone after resizing and trim those that need to be trimmed.
Type: Posts; User: dr_rick
Forum: Military Rifles
I also check everyone after resizing and trim those that need to be trimmed.
Forum: Casting Equipment
There's a reason RCBS make as a small casting pot! Use a propane stove and the small pot and you'll crank out some really good ingots fast. Smaller size pot helps to spot contaminated lead and...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Beware ingots that contain zinc if you're using a bottom flow lead pot. You can drip some muriatic acid on the lead and if it has a reaction, it most likely contains zinc.
Sounds interesting I'll have to get some and load up some rounds immediately.
Forum: Cast Boolits
https://choiceammunition.com/product-category/hi-tek-bullet/
Found them reliable and shoot straighters!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Locally we can expect to pay $40 a five gallon bucket full of wheel weights. It's a mixed bag of types and in spite of the waste it's a good deal cheaper than buying it. Not to mention I sell my...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Never loaded any garlic powder. How's it perform?
Forum: Our Town
The tornado thing is inherit of the eastern side of the Rockies. Warm moist air at a lower elevation come up from the gulf and meets up against the mountains with cooler air flows across the top of...
If the 380 cases, you want to "resize" came from your gun, you don't need to resize them but would need to flare the end to accept a new bullet.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
They're your dies and ultimately your barrel that will see additional wear for badly tarnished cases. I would at least sonic clean them prior to resizing and setting a bullet.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I concur Titegroup is a good alternative for clean burning selection of 9mm cartridges.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
:Fire: Have also sized then powder coated then sized again without any loss of coating.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
You can download the manuals for most powder manufacturers to.
I concur with Hodgdon TiteGroup. It works with all my 9mm cast bullet sizes. Burns clean and a good over all powder.
Forum: Leverguns
I have the original Winchester 1892 Manual if you are interested. Can't seem to be able to attach it perhaps DM?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use the two-die method and always crimp semi-automatic rounds. I have picked up tons of range scrap and have come across hundreds of bad live rounds where the bullet has been shoved into the case...
I was successful in loading these and shooting them.
Cartridge: 380 Automatic
Manufacturer: HODGDON Powder: TITEGROUP
Size: 0.356 Type: TL356-95-RF Weight: 095
BHN / PSI: 20.1 25710
Charge:...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I purchased the Lee 147 Grain bullet two cavity mold and I have not had any issues. I ran it through the chronograph, and it performs like a 45 ACP in velocity characteristics. Seems to have less...
Forum: Our Town
In the second amendment state of Missouri, I am able to obtain small pistol or rifle primers magnum or standard for .07 each. I was at a local gun show the first week of December and was able to get...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I recently purchased this mold and have successfully used it without any issues.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I made a PID controller that I set to 680 degrees and stop worrying about the and focus on the tempo and just crank out lots of bullets.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I did not find any reaction with the sulfuric acid and wheel weights. I did however find a reaction using muriatic acid and wheel weights. A couple of drops on a suspect bare piece of suspect lead...
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 |