Obturation. I gotta write that down somewhere. Thanks Colcolt.
I agree bout the freezing and the use of a scope woukd no doubt give better groups.
I'd like to have a scope like the Malcolm...
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Obturation. I gotta write that down somewhere. Thanks Colcolt.
I agree bout the freezing and the use of a scope woukd no doubt give better groups.
I'd like to have a scope like the Malcolm...
Not bad groups there Hombre!
I have had the same problem with differing band diameters in a new mould. Things improved when I upped the heat to the alloy and the mould. I was trying to see if I...
Carbid taps will bust up with a good punch but high speed steel just peens and gets tighter. The force it takes to bust up a tap would mess up the mould more I bet.
Diamond burrs and a dremel may...
If yer being nit-picky then that goes along with the habit of rifles to be nit-picky bout the bullet size they want/like.
In the beginning you mention that you,"know the bullet will bump up". ...
Rapine bullet mould prep works fer me. Micro grafite in alcohol. Track of the Wolf sells it now that Rapine is gone. Keeps stuff from sticking in the first place. Too thin to change the mould specs....
Could be air in the mould. Keep the laddle spout on the mould a little longer so the weight drives out the air. Turn the mould sideways to meet the spout and then turn it right side up with the...
Forum: Leverguns
I'm a firm believer in following the "book". I'll pick what I want or close to it from a loading manual.
The starting loads are a good place to start. Loads with Accurate 5744 or even IMR3031 are in...
Forum: Leverguns
One thing I don't know....if I did once I fergit it. Do the dies fer 44 mag come in ,"pistol/revolver", and then also ,"rifle",????
If the chamber specs by SAMMI are different for rifleand pistol...
Forum: Leverguns
TnJim has the right idea. Check with the manufacturer and "confirm" with a slug.
Never heard of a 44Mag with a .431 groove diameter.
I always have to know the groove diameter in a rifle I have....
Forum: Leverguns
Depends on the size of the groove diameter in the barrel. If .429 then the .431 bullet is big enough. Three .001's over groove with a .432 may be tight and give leading.
Bullet alloy makes a...
Forum: Leverguns
I guess I'd have to concede my opinions to the Hombre that have physically killed deer with the type gun and boolit and velosity mentioned. I can't back up my opinions with hands on evidense since...
Forum: Leverguns
I'd be wantin close to 1,000ft/lbs energy at the buck with a bullet that has a wide flat nose or the jacketed softnose that can mushroom at the right velosity. A wide flat nose(that can transfer...
Forum: Leverguns
Agreed I'd have to be a leveraction rifle fan from the brainwashing I loved as a kid when there was practically nothing on the TV but Western Movies.
I really admire the Take down model 1886 lever...
Forum: Leverguns
I thunk I've bee misimformed some about the throat of the 1886 Winchester Miroko rifle.
I was under the impression it had "no throat" like ,supposedly, most lever guns have where the chamber size...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I was thunkin bout trying a lube made ferr blackpowder cartridge made of paraffin wax or bees wax mixed with anti-sieze grease. You know, the grey type anti-sieze grease.
Petroleum based grease...
Forum: Leverguns
The rifle seems accurate enough fer me even without a proper throat. Loaded 405gr. cast bullet alloy 94%lead,4% antimony, 2% tin with lead added 5lb.to 20lbs alloy to soften the mix.
Bullet pushed...
Forum: Leverguns
I would think that the center of a primer where the anvil is placed to ignite the ignition coumpound would be accessible in a large or small primer. The center is the center is the center.
Anyway...
An old cowboy and a injun sat by the fire racking their brains on how to help the horse with a camels hump and two broken legs. After a few hours of thunkin on it and emptying a coupla bottles of...
Why not a hollow based bullet that can open and center better in the wicked un-throat? Couple that with a bullet full diameter as close to the lands as possible.....very short ogive-nose.
What...
Forum: Leverguns
One thing to consider with guns shooting cartridges that have rainbow trajectories is the distance limit to be ethical. Most hunters in the know,and good experienced ones at that, will often admit to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Howdy,
I'molder now so.....Iwanted a powder that was not as corrosive as "The Holy Black" so when I got home from shootin and was tired I could clean my gun the next day.
I tried 777 powder and...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Just askin! Couldn't a large ball for a Brown Bess type work with a patch? Muzzleloader shotgun or cartridge yer workin with?
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I wanted to get back here earlier but had to finish the grass.
I have to apologize for making a mistake. I don't do that often(that's what she said) but....
I was talking Remingtons and was...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Howdy again!
There were more than two ways to convert a Remmy that the factory did back then trying things out.
The one with the thin backplate dovetailed to the frame with a two piece braised...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I forgot to add that I wouldn't recommend a barrel made of other than ordanance grade steel like 4140 or 4150 for a long range rifle with heavier bullets. The 12L14 type steel is,from what I've read,...
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 |