Check your state's website for proper procedure as well. Long story short; I showed up at State Police station for my renewal, hours early, to be first in line. Official comes out, calls out...
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Forum: Our Town
Check your state's website for proper procedure as well. Long story short; I showed up at State Police station for my renewal, hours early, to be first in line. Official comes out, calls out...
There is a lot of controversy about using handloads for EDC. From what I have read, the most legitimate concern is that factory loads are, for the most part, a known load. It is possible for a...
From the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th Edition
For the Lyman #429650 (300gr) boolit
Primers: CCI 300 &350
Maximum COAL 1.1610 although you may need to go a bit shorter to get it to feed properly....
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/steak-diane
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/256877/steak-au-poivre/
Or just grille as usual and put a slice of this on the warm steak. ...
Forum: Leverguns
I got a Henry Big Boy in 44 magnum last Yule, have been feeding it 265 grain Ranch Dogs at 1.580 COAL. My suppressor was approved, so I've been working on loading NOE's 319gr RFN nose boolit...
Forum: Our Town
Depending on what gauge the wire is, SJ or SO is the heavier than 18ga type of wire you are looking for. SJ and SO wire is very fine stranded, making it very flexible.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have processed and have had analyzed hundreds of pounds of came. Some of it seems to be electroplated with tin. Some pieces that come through are steel, some few pieces are non-ferrous but not...
Forum: Our Town
Ten hens, one rooster. Favorite hen breed is Ameraucana. Ours are free range in our fenced in back yard. Rooster forages / calls hens when he finds a tasty morsel. He also watches out for...
Forum: Cast Boolits
There is a soft (lower temperature) solder used in HVAC / refrigeration applications: Staybrite #8 that contains 6% silver. This can be obtained at any HVAC supply house. It is pricey, but it stays...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
By itself: no. Alloyed (2%) with lead (96%) and antimony (2%): yes.
Forum: Our Town
Whatever grease you go with, stay with that. Otherwise check grease compatibility charts for what you use and what it will mix with. Modern greases have multiple components. Trying to mix two...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I would look at minimum and maximum charge weights, then figure five or so charge weights: minimum weight, maximum weight, and three in between. Five cartridges of each weight charge loaded. This...
Forum: Our Town
Redneck1 - Try this. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?17545-Sticky-Lapping-301-Changing-LEE-feature-diameters&highlight=leement
Forum: Cast Boolits
I like my 444 Marlin. It and the 45-70 are so close ballistically that the target won't know the difference. A quick check at Midway USA shows 45-70 ammo available, 444 Marlin not available. If I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Check NOE. I have and like several of his moulds, have no financial interest in his company. https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/251/
Forum: Our Town
Native New Orleanean here, now living in south Mississippi. I was working at a hospital in a suburb of New Orleans when Ida came through. Fortunately little flooding in the immediate area. What is...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Bimus beat me to it. Check with a home store for a contractor / plumber changing out a gas fired water heater. The contractor / plumber may let you pull the burner from the old water heater for a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Use a high volume regulator. A standard regulator has a safety device that shuts off flow if / when the flow goes too high. Resetting this device requires closing the bottle, then disconnecting the...
Forum: Leverguns
Those should work. Missouri Bullets states they are for the Marlin 336. The only way to determine the exact size boolit your gun needs is to slug the barrel. Short description: this involves...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
Bowling balls whistle as the go downrange. https://youtu.be/0Q1waGceDjM
Forum: Leverguns
Long story short: I downloaded 444 Marlin using Unique and 265gr Ranchdogs. From 10 to 15 grains Unique velocity tracked 100 fps for each grain Unique used (chronoed). My goal was to reproduce 44...
Forum: Casting Equipment
One of several things could be going on. First off you need to determine if the breakers are tripping for a good reason, or if they are failing. I am much more familiar with electricity than I am...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Your profile shows you are from New York. To me that means you will be hunting big northern deer.
A big advantage cast has over jacketed is that cast boolits can be made of alloys harder than...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The "reduce" part of the procedure is this. When a substance combines with oxygen, this is referred to as oxidation. When a substance (metal) is already oxidized and we want to get back in its...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Don't know where in the world you are, but tin exists in two forms: "white" and "grey". White tin is the form with which we are most familiar. Grey tin occurs when white tin is cooled to -58* F,...
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 |