All I smell is gun powder and a lot of it. One shot fills a three car garage. I’ll have to finish the rest at the range. I tried rolling on of my wife’s brand new beach towels over the muzzle so I...
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Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
All I smell is gun powder and a lot of it. One shot fills a three car garage. I’ll have to finish the rest at the range. I tried rolling on of my wife’s brand new beach towels over the muzzle so I...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Buddy I hunt with asked me to reload him some 7-30W. Having never fireform any brass before, I thought I give it a try.
I neck sized the 30-30 brass(annealed first), loaded up with 12 grs of Red...
Man, blast from
The past right here!
This is what I found from back then. This was at 100 yards. I believe insured blue dot....
Maybe the intent of Azot is to mean “nitro”?
Anyway, Ryan reached out to me today. He’s got a run of American made Azot wads coming soon.
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Range day:
https://youtu.be/wTu5Gv2sssY?si=H2h0TaKYWwP5GH5h
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Here’s what I did:
https://youtu.be/gDuK2RkAxU8?si=0iPF0DiyyaOGiTBz
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I’ve played around with TSS quite a bit. Got a great deal on 70# for $15/lb. That’s the only reason I’m in the TSS game. Just my opinions:
- TSS really brought sub gauges back to life and few back...
They’re mainly designed as an alternative to the Russian Azot wads I’ve got quite a few of them including the glow in that dark wads. I wish the obturator of the wad was made to fit BPGS GAS SEALS to...
I sent it back for another problem. Their customer service is top notch. I’ll jack around with it soon.
What’s you MEC doing? Had trouble with mine, but it was because I wasn’t familiar with it....
I have a 9000 and a Dillion. Haven’t loaded a shell on my Dillion in 4-5 years. Can’t get the primer longshot to feed. The tray gets stuck.
My 9000 has never missed a beat.
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I would go the opposite direction and add powder. Cheddite primers a considerably weaker than Win 209 primers when measured on the briscance scale.
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Super cool! That is the style molds them Turkish boys make.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I’m 45. Been casting for 15 years now. Hope to keep this craft alive and passed down to my son.
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Thanks Randy! Gaep has the BN series (I use the BN2) for finishing fold crimps and the OTPnfor roll crimps only.
Here’s a two loaded hulls. Left:pre finished crimp. Right: finished with the BN2....
This may help. They run fine in my Tac-14
https://youtu.be/gDuK2RkAxU8?feature=shared
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Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
I’ll get my smith to handle that.
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Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
I read Vintage “Rifle” and Range Scopes.
Got it. [emoji1474]
Scopes vintage though.
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Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
BecauseI have two other 45-70’s I load for.
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Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
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Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
Trying to upload brass….
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Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
After about three years of searching, I found a Siamese Mauser converted to 45-70. Shoots like a dream at 100 yards with my reloads (jacketed bullets). Problem is, the chamber is a little oversized...
Would love to get my hands on that.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Agreed. Close though.
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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 |