With the myopic focus on offshoring everything to keep costs down, the idea of strategically important industries has been completely forgotten. We can and should tool up certain industries again and...
Type: Posts; User: TXTad
With the myopic focus on offshoring everything to keep costs down, the idea of strategically important industries has been completely forgotten. We can and should tool up certain industries again and...
I think I'm good for a long time as long as I use the alternatives I have when I don't need Unique. WC244 and BE-86 can cover a lot of bases.
I understand. I didn't like paying what I paid for what I got last month, but I'm set now.
A friend just finally found some RL22 that he needed very badly for his .257 Wby...$65 per pound!
I'm doing something similar with BE-86. There are good data for it by now, but not quite as much as Unique. I believe there is very little that can be done with Unique that cannot also be done with...
Then it will have a lock. They will only make the hammerless models without the lock.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'll do that. I've always had an odd interest in the .303 and .358, though I've never really pursed them. I have a couple of Enfields, but nothing in .358. The Uberti is my first nice rifle in either...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'll try this. I think the top of the mold is cooler than the bottom. I've dipped the bottom of the mold into the pot, but never the top. I'll give that a try next time.
I agree, but note that the .327 has a max pressure exactly double that of the .32 H&R at 42,000 psi vs 21,000 psi.
Can aluminum J frames handle that?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a Lee production pot and a thermometer that I bought from Rotometals. I can keep the lead within a 20 degree range without much work, and about 10 degrees with just a bit of effort.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I think 50 yards will be what I consider extreme range for my handgun loads, with maybe 80 to 100 yards for .357 and .44 through my lever actions. As per another suggestion here, I just need to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This is why I think I should add the hotplate.
Forum: Cast Boolits
That is next on my things to try. I hope @Springfield still has pewter to sell when I get back into things again before too long.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Even though I've been casting for a long time on the calendar, I actually haven't done all that much of it. I'm still learning how to get good results from my various molds, aluminum, brass, and...
Forum: Leverguns
My LGS has several recent ones and I see some very inconsistent quality. They have two Lipseys 5" blue GP100s. One is great, with tight lockup and good wood, the other is sloppy and has grips that...
I understand now. Looking over the 02-19-2007 post by @robertbank (who I see hasn't been online in most of a year), I see that I have a number of powders that will work for loads from 900 to 1,900...
I'll buy another powder if I have to, but powders I have on hand in good quantities are:
WC844
WC846
WW748
WC852
WC820
RL22
Unique
3.2 gr of Bullseye in the relatively big, for 3.2 gr of Bullseye, .303 case?
Any other
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Are those colors you have mixed, or do you buy them as they are?
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Oh! Good job! Normally I go through those gyrations, but I quit easily at the dead pictures and didn't realize he was quoting another site.
I think the BB Code just doesn't like URL and wants url:...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I was going through old bookmarks and came across this one. It looks like all of these photos are gone and @O9Tacoma4x4 hasn't been seen around here in more than 12 years. There's so much knowledge...
That is impressive. I've been wondering how close some of these are.
Even with FedEx saying there was an "operational delay" in Paris at Charles de Gaulle, the MP 45-270SAA mold arrived this morning, about 62 hours after I ordered it. :-D:-D:-D:-D
I ordered the MP 45-270SAA last night, and by 2:06 a.m. I had a shipping alert from FedEx. If Thanksgiving doesn't mess up the schedule too much, I might be casting with it by Saturday.
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 |