As they dry, look at them. If a ww looks like it just came out of the factory, chances are, it's zinc. Those don't mar or acquire a "road rash". Then look harder; if you see zn, its zinc. P, or Pb is...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
As they dry, look at them. If a ww looks like it just came out of the factory, chances are, it's zinc. Those don't mar or acquire a "road rash". Then look harder; if you see zn, its zinc. P, or Pb is...
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
If you're gonna plant seeds sometimes you need to break the sod.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wife say it seems like I've been cutting down on coffee. Don't know, but always enjoy a good cup or pot. Coffee and water are drink staples when doing anything!!!!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yep, I size my cast for .300 Blackout to .310 . No issues feeding.
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Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Colossians 1:28
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
FWIW, I have a 50 ton commercial press and can see no discernible difference between compressing pucks at 15 or 30 tons (so I never saw any sense going higher). I suspect anything above 9 or 10 tons...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I did try jacketed bullets and it keyholed everyone. I tried the same powders as above but not as may different combinations.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Delkal, the COWW are wet or have been wet. Why invite the tinsel fairy? Not a good idea to add cold metal to molten metal. Please be safe.
My apologies, I misread your post and did not follow the link. I now see the link took me to a 45 caliber wadcutter. Interesting looking boolit.
I may try to find some for sale before ordering a...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Thank you, please let me know if you would like to sell those dies.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I use the 200 grain RCBS FP with about 20 grains of H-110/296 or 4227 with small rifle primers. Have both moulds, the plain base and the gas check versions. The plain base mould was discontinued by...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Try 3FG in the short stubby case as it burns cleaner. I also built my "Super Snider" on a Martini Henry frame, 92gn FFG and a 620gn boolit certainly gets your attention.
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
Yes, versatile. It has one of those elastic cartridge holders for 10 rounds on the buttstock. I call it my "fully semiautomatic break-open single-shot assault rifle, with high capacity fabric...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I've also used the CBC brass in 45 colt with no issue.
RP
Forum: AirGuns
I was always negatively impressed with the people going into the swamps after the Pythons without a shotgun. I could not understand live capture of those monsters. I would not go unarmed, nope, not...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I have some CBC 357 and 45 Colt that I picked up at the range, probably a couple hundred. Been using it for a few years with no problems.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I went into Academy Sports yesterday to buy a 1-pound bottle of Triple-7 powder for a friend who needed it for his muzzle stuffer. The bottle had a price sticker that read $39.99 and was my only...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I have 200 rounds of CBC 45 Colt brass that I picked up in 2007 that is still holding up. Haven't had any issues with it. A friend has 50 rounds of 24 ga CBC that was converted to 577/450 that he has...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I watch the birds and squirrels eat while I drink a cup in the mornings. I get up early and this lets the wife sleep in.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hoping this helps others looking for a supersonic cast boolit that works well in an AR. First I bought the Lee 160 grain mold and no matter what I did it would not feed in 2 different AR's. I then...
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 |