How about a Remington Model 8.
Type: Posts; User: Wilderness
Alan - on a Lyman mould with a hollow of about .115" I just drop a pellet of #2 shot into the mould before casting. Obviously, adjust the shot size to the diameter of your hollow. The pellet finds...
Forum: Military Rifles
The Lithgow factory in Australia converted 600 Dutch Mannlichers to .303 for the NEI government (ref. Skennerton), presumably to simplify logistics in the face of the Japanese advance. Unfortunately...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
This is getting pretty close to a solution for hunting. I have been shooting pigs with hollow point 175 gn cast bullets in .30-30, MV about 2200 fps, and I'm talking a couple of thousand or more, not...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Tony - at one time I had both a Cadet and a 12/15. If I remember correctly, the innards could be swapped over 100%. About the only difference, apart from RF/CF was the inclusion of a cocking...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Another option is the .32-40. Bore is right, cases made from .30-30s, and the tapered case ejects without issue. Need to keep to the light bullets though for the 1:20 twist, e.g. #32359.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wolf - I just checked some old records.
This is for Lee 200 gn bullet, PC, alloy unknown but actual weight (with GC?) 208 gns. Rifle was Marlin 336A Rippletop, 24" barrel, 10" twist.
Velocity...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Good start Wolf - but read the old Larry Gibson post on LeveRevolution and you'll be pushing 200 gn bullets to 2200 fps in 24" barrel, maybe 2100 in 20", maybe 2000 with 213 gns. That's Mk VI .303...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello Wolf - you're on my wavelength.
My favourite .30-30 bullet is #U321297HP (.32 Special) sized down from .322" to .312".
I lube and gas check in Lyman .323" die, then resize in Lee dies,...
Forum: Leverguns
Don and others - we are all missing the obvious.
Having seen Berry bullets stuck in a .30-30 with subsonic loads that were fine with lead, I'll put my money on those plated bullets being the...
Forum: Leverguns
In my experience a clean barrel CAST bullet may give 50 fps or so EXTRA velocity. First shot on a cold fouled barrel does the same thing, possibly for different reasons. Is it possible that a plated...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Where I come from it's called "boar taint", and I can sure as Hell taste it.
In commercial practice now, boars are left entire if they are growing fast and are to be killed early enough (100...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
My .30-30 bullet weights don't quite line up with the Lyman prediction either - 164.5 gns with my "Linotype" and about 178/179 gns with my softest material (cores of jacketed bullets, .22s, roofing...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Petander - you might consider checking or controlling your alloy/hardness by going on bullet weight.
If you know the weights from the alloys you have on hand, and know where you have to end up,...
Forum: Our Town
Wolf - I have run into two issues with old Lyman iron moulds:
First issue is blocks don't line up and can be rotated against each other while they are pressed together, producing bullets out of...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Greg - was this the one with the drilled through stuck bullet in it?
Forum: Cast Boolits
How about 6.5x55 shell holder or .30-30 - RCBS lists same shellholder for both.
A friend needed RCBS #11 (.220 Swift, 6.5 Japanese) for nny (PPU) 7x57 brass.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
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I too am a fan of Orange Magic for full power loads. If you can deal with Brownells, they may be able to get it to you.
I have not tried Felix lube yet, though I would like to.
In the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
There's your answer - "Special Smokeless Steel" will be .32-40. The other version was "for Black Powder Only". This distinction was made for .32-40 and .38-55 barrels for the M1893. Never heard of it...
This fellow has rather a short snout for a multi-generational feral hog.
Similar story in my part of Oz. Most mature boars in Tropics and sub-Tropics start at about 50" nose to butt of tail. The BIG ones go over 60". My biggest ever was 66", estimated weight 125 kg....
Forum: Cast Boolits
As Larry Gibson suggests, use a Lyman 31M or equivalent expander and you won't need to size the bullets at all - seat gas checks and lube in .311" or .312" die.
In .30-30, which has a pretty poor...
I recall an article in American Rifleman from a long time ago on the subject of velocity loss as a revolver barrel, I think a .44 Mag, was shortened.
Velocity dropped off as expected until it...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Bazoo - I too have played around with .30-30 lengthening and case life. Rather than single cases, I have measured batches of cases, anything from a dozen or so to 200.
I have noticed with single...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The older berdan primed stuff (NATO mark in HS) was loaded with 2201, and the later boxer with 2206, both about 3031 speed. Can't swear on the changeover coinciding exactly with the primer change....
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 |