Yeah, me too. Heard that the Nickel cases were tough too but necked them down to a .30 cal in a pistol die first. Can't remember which one but think it was a Mauser pistol. They came out fine...
Type: Posts; User: Newtire
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Yeah, me too. Heard that the Nickel cases were tough too but necked them down to a .30 cal in a pistol die first. Can't remember which one but think it was a Mauser pistol. They came out fine...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
That's the only one that I know of, the Ruger Old Army.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just something I discovered by trying something new for myself. We tested the hardness of the lead from the range scrap I cast these from and the LBT tester said #5. I dug them out of the 100 yard...
Forum: Cast Boolits
As far as I'm concerned, the Lyman Cast bullet book is probably a good book for someone who is just starting out but hardly the final word. I have, as many others have done, pushed cast bullets...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've only used that Last Lee and I would have had to seat it way past it's crimp groove to get it to chamber. Lee #68 and same in an Arsenal mold are doing well with the Lyman 452460. The 225 gr....
I agree that it's a good shooter. I got the "service enhanced" (whatever that's supposed to mean?). Regardless enhanced or not, I really like it. Got thinking that these won't hold out at these low...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have that 6-banger Lee mold and the Arsenal Flat base and there really isn't alot of difference out of 3-1911's that live at my house.
Forum: Shot Guns
Just curious where did this info come from?
Forum: Shot Guns
I believe that sometime after 1925 or 1927, they standardized the 16's to a uniform 2-34". That 16 ga. is a nice size gun.
Forum: Shot Guns
I wouldn't advise shooting the longer 2-3/4" shells in that short chamber. I have a 1925 model 16 ga. They were made on the 20 ga. Frame and are a great gun and will handle the pressures of today's...
Forum: Shot Guns
With a shotgun shell, the wad is always seated against the powder, unlike some rifle and pistol loads where the bullet seating depth varies the distance from the bullet base to the powder. Deeper...
Forum: Shot Guns
No,the tests I saw were in The Double Gun Journal by a guy, Tom Roster maybe? The article was called Finding out for myself. It concerned his ideas about Damascus barrels and pressure testing. He...
I'm sure others have had some success with the "Thug Slug " but I have found no joy. Been doing great with both Svarog and NOE Diablo. I used 8 gr. Unique or 12 gr. Blue Dot with the Svarog and...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
HS-7/Win 571 best 1 oz. 20 ga. Hi-Vel load. I know this is an old thread and this is a discontinued powder but if you run across a deal, it's good stuff.
Made it back out to the range with my Henry levergun/skeet choke/Bushnell 4X12 and all else same except new load. This one is best so far. Had some Win. HS hulls and a new NOE Diablo mold. Mine...
The Precision roll crimping head is the one you want. It makes a nice rounded edge and beats that BPI single pin job hands down.
I used 8.0 gr. unique in a Cheddite hull with the Svarog Diablo slug. Slug + wads weigh same as Thug Slug with its wad. Svarog is tons more accurate. Velocity is 1250 fps out of my 24" Henry. I...
If someone knows of a good load for the 200 gr. ones Fury sells, would like to hear about it. I might be doing something wrong but all the ones I loaded turned sideways. Used an H110 load for...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Keystone 722 is one accurate little adult sized rifle.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I got avg. 1110 fps using 8.0 gr. HS-6/540 and a 160 gr. P/C NOE roundnose in my 6" gp100. I'd be careful about using any more of powders that fast. 6.0 gr. Unique is another great load as is 8.0...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That may well be since the Lil' Gun I have is no older than 5 years.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Here's what I got using after firing 10 shots .45 colt 265 gr. cast P/C bullet 19.2 gr. Lil' Gun, out of my thin barreled .454 Casull Rossi carbine. Just ahead of the chamber area said 75 degrees 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 |