OOPS !
If at first you don't succeed ... lower the temperature :drinks: !
Gary
Type: Posts; User: gwpercle
Forum: Cast Boolits
OOPS !
If at first you don't succeed ... lower the temperature :drinks: !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
Accuracy is what counts and what puts meat on the table .
Some of the most accurate loads I've seen in test's did Not have the lowest ES's and / or SD's ...
Check for accuracy and go with the ......
Forum: Our Town
From someone very experienced with flooding ...
Gut the safe down to the bare studs ... remove all the sheet rock and all the insulation and all the mould . Sit the safe outside in the sun and...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Is that Taco ... American Indian or India Indian ?
Big difference there !
Gary
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Most of those big dial thermometers Do have a nut on the back ...
If they don't ... do not buy it because you can't calibrate it properly !
You loosen the nut and correct the temperature setting...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I wanted to buy and shoot a handgun ... but I wasn't old enough ... you had to be either 18 or 21 to buy a handgun in Louisiana at the time and I wasn't ... this was about 1963 or 1964 ... but the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
If you already have a set of 45 ACP dies and if you are loading a boolit like the 200 grain Lyman 452460 SWC or the Lee 452-200-SWC , then just seat and taper crimp like you would do a 45 ACP round...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Another book I have found useful is the reprint of Elmer Keith's 1936 book
" Sixgun Cartridges & Loads " the reprint is available on Amazon ... published in 2016 by Silver Rock Publishing . ...
Forum: Our Town
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LIKE !
Keep On Keeping On ... Nice to hear from you again !
The first round's on me :drinks:
Gary
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Is it true that cellulose ... grows on trees ?
Gary
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
In the 45 Colt with 200 grain cast boolits ...
If you can't get Trail Boss or Clays ... see if you can find :
700X
Bullseye
American Select
Red Dot
TiteGroup
AA #2 (Accurate Arms )
N320
231
Forum: Cast Boolits
Not only do I flux while casting but use a two step flux ...
Flux #1 with wood shavings (pencil sharpener shavings) and a little beeswax .
Flux #2 with Marvelux .
Why ... because it works best and...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
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LIKE LIKE LIKE !!!
Perfect Pig Perforator ... Awesome :drinks:
Gary
Forum: Hunting with CB's
We were visitin my Daughter in North Port Florida two weeks ago ...
Spotted pigs in the back of her apartment complex ... at a rest stop / small park and around a road construction site ...
......
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Just How Huge are they getting ???
In Louisiana I have seen ( harvested ) them 12-15 pounds and length is about 30 inches overall ... body and tail ... full grown adult ...
20 " body - 10" tail...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I have enjoyed Mexican food my whole life (75 yrs old now) loved Tacos but alwys had them with beef . Until Saturday ... had Crispy Fish Taco's ...
I know Fish Taco's sounds real weird ... but...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lyman used to sell a set of moulds ... #1. cast the body , with hard alloy and mould #2 cast the nose of soft alloy ... then you took epoxy glue and glued the boolit halves together after it set up...
Forum: Testing Area
I'm a big Wadcutter Fan ... 38 Special , 357 and 41 magnum ...
My Daughter has a 44 Special and these are the favorite loads we have worked up
with the NOE 432-226-WC PB ... a 226 grain plain...
I inspect all my brass ... each and every case for crimped in primers , Berdan Primers and primer size (small or large) ...
... you never know what the heck is going to pop up these days ...
I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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Agree 100% ...
Loading lead in a 9mm Luger is hard enough ...
Loading Lead in a Wonky (rough machine & chatter marks ) barrel is going to be next to impossible ...
Life's too...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Why not indeed !
The mould I would look at first ... and I have this design in both 38 /357 and 41 magnum ...
Is the NOE #432-237-WC BL4 2 cavity (1 in stock ) RG2 PB .
This is based on the now...
Forum: Our Town
I'm just as prepared as I was for... Y2K ... :drinks: !
Gary
Forum: Our Town
That's just Awesome !
I know what to do ... in theory
I know when to do it ...
but actually being able to keep your head and perform the maneuver when the Chips are down is something else !...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I've been using a Lyman 450 since 1972 ... nothing has broken and it's still doing it's assigned task ... I don't have a bad word to say about it ... I Like It !
Gary
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 |