Fact or myths of reloading

[Texantothecore]

"Black powder becomes more powerful and more dangerous as it ages."

Rough quote of an interview with a curator of an exhibition of blackpowder rifles at a large museum in Chicago. It appeared in the Chicago Tribune.

The admittedly young curator also stated in the interview that after having an "expert", with special tools and chemicals (Dawn Dishwashing liquid, water and an clock oiling syringe), empty one gun of powder and ball and a half full powder horn: "It was the equivalent of 10 lbs. of Dynamite!"

The young lad should be allowed to handle neither Dynamite nor black powder. His ignorance is astonishing.

[Texantothecore]

She: .50 calibre black powder rifles are illegal.

Me: Indeed Madame? I own two ...

Madame: No, I know they are not legal.

Me: Madame, I am sure that the expertise of someone who has never in her life handled a firearm is vastly superior to someone like myself who has actually shot them for two decades.

Madame: Well! (she leaves in a huff)

[Catshooter]

303guy,

I too would like further data on this please. Link or something?

From what I have read no lab has been able to make it happen.

Thanks.


Cat

[Bwana]

Everyone on the Internet is capable of shooting sub M.O.A. groups offhand with every firearm conceivable at any distance. I find that one very entertaining. Maybe it's because I hunt. But all I need is minute of deer accuracy. And I like ringing gongs more than trying for one hole groups.
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I don't remember the last time I fired a rifle off hand. But then I don't hunt, or kill critters, either.

[Jammer Six]

I think off hand rifle shooting is a defensive tactic used against dangerous game, like geese and ducks.

[SandSquid]

Yea,
I'm still waiting to save money.

Simple.....
When a bud asks: "can you reload .## caliber for me"

If it's a caliber I shoot, I tell them:
I give you back 1 reload for each 4 good brass you give me.

If it's a caliber I do not shoot I tell them:
"You buy the dies, primers, powder, bullets, and provide the brass. When I'm dome I keep the dies and any left-overs"

[DeanWinchester]

Myth:
You can cast for guns you have and save money


Fact:
You can build guns for boolits you already cast and spend a fortune.
...and the congregation said AMEN!

[Benji40]

loooove this hobby

[sourceofuncertainty]

Myth: it's easy to get cheap or free wheel weights.

Fact: maybe for many of you 15 years ago, and maybe for some of you now. But it sure ain't for me

[newcastter]

Myth, Steel cases cannot be reloaded.
I just loaded 100 223 wolf steel cases with ease.....

[noylj]

My results for that little trick is that the reloading goes just fine. The "in-the-gun" performance, however, leaves a LOT to be desired.
For steel cases, would the annealing operation be to heat them up and then let them slowing cool in order to "soften" the case mouths?

[huntnfish72]

Reloading saves money.... That there is funny

[MasS&W]

.38 special with cast bullets can't kill things.

[newcastter]

You cant shoot a Gas Check boolit without the Gas Check

[I'll Make Mine]

You can't push cast bullets to factory jacketed velocity.

[Rangefinder]

You can't push cast bullets to factory jacketed velocity.

Shhhhhhhhush!! I've never told any of mine that yet and don't need 'em finding out now! They all just think I'm feeding 'em 'normal' ammo and haven't caught on yet! If my bores all start leading and accuracy falls off the table tomorrow, I'm blaming you!

[bowhunter]

that throwing a double charge of bullseye would blow a 38 up.

[gunoil]

I have paid for all my lee stuff . I have saved a ton of money reloading cause i shoot almost every day. And weekends too! I work at fort bragg, i cast my own bullets, i dig in berms for lead and ride round town for WW (wheel weights) at 18 wheeler tire shops. I literally scoop up brass some weekends. I have 3 gallon buckets full of 45,40,9's. I even have half shoebox of 380. I buy powderand primers at county bi-monthly gunshow. I made my SS brass washer from youtube. I cast from a 20lb lee lead pot. I love reloading and this site is bigtime help, and youtube, and loadmaster.com....

[Jon]

That's my biggest fear with bullseye. If there is any doubt, the powder goes on the scale. Although my plinking loads are light enough, I could probably get away with a double charge.

[o6Patient]

Separating cases by weight, separating bullets by weight, trickling charges right down to
perfection, developing loads to the half tenth .. will make your hand loads significantly
more accurate.