Have you ever shot a firearm? Have you ever washed your hands after being in contact with lead? What do you do with the water from washing your hands? Hasn’t it been in contact with lead?
I’m in...
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Have you ever shot a firearm? Have you ever washed your hands after being in contact with lead? What do you do with the water from washing your hands? Hasn’t it been in contact with lead?
I’m in...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
At least you broke it into pieces. It won’t falsely entrap the next caster.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Eureka!
BPI sells unslit wads. They say the wad must be sufficiently slit by the hand loader, or the shot won’t release, acting like a slug...
If law enforcement cut open your ammunition, it...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I assumed the derringer was chambered in 45/410 that you are using the 9mm adaptors in. 303 will chamber just fine in many 410’s. They make everlasting 410 cases. They should hold plenty of rice!
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I need to send you some 454 brass or even 303 British!
[/QUOTE]Because their painful to shoot, After 650 rounds sold mine. ;)[/QUOTE]
Aren’t you supposed to use purple font to signify sarcasm?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I see where we stand. I’ll happily buy other brands, and hopefully reloading data will expand for what is available. Maybe by the time they feel like selling to us peasants, I won’t need their powder.
Forum: Our Town
Would it be possible to rent out their current house and have enough with her current income to rent a smaller (less expensive) place for themselves?
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I ordered The Paper Jacket as soon as I saw the link in post #4
I guess I should get both books?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Those are great looking hollow points! Have you done expansion testing on them?
Do you have any concerns seating the gas check below the neck?
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Ice water is 32° and boiling water is 212° So see which ones are closest.
Forum: Our Town
Sounds tropical. Hot, wet, miserable!
Hopefully it will get better for y’all soon.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
326713
Increased the difficulty level. Got a lot of what I would normally cull. A few have sharp bands. I’m waiting for the brown truck to bring my Harvester/Claybuster smokeless sabots. I’m...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Do you know what top punch fits the Lee 500 grain?
Thanks
Interesting you brought up the the compressive strength by Richard Lee. That’s what lead me to looking at 44 special loads in 44 mag brass. Trying to not exceed my soft 25:1 alloy. The Hodgdon data...
@Three44s
I’d like to hear more about your HS-6 loads please. I just cast some 200 grain and have some HS-6 on the shelf.
http://www.edstc.com/contender.html
Not sure how current the prices are, but you can gauge which barrels are more valuable.
Forum: Our Town
The Ford limited slip differential additive is a great $20 treatment for the lock-up torque converter to help those who aren’t covered under warranty. It’s stinky like sulfur.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hindsight is 2020 isn’t it?!?!
Hopefully others will learn something from this thread.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I loaded a few more since I figured out the debris/headspace issue. I increased the oal from 1.058” to 1.070” in an attempt to reduce chamber pressure. I didn’t want to go any longer, due to exposing...
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 |