Now I'm confused. Much of my smelting and casting stuff comes from the local thrift store. My ingot mold is one of those things you poach eggs in. It's aluminum but the ingots never stick.
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Forum: Classics & Stickies
Now I'm confused. Much of my smelting and casting stuff comes from the local thrift store. My ingot mold is one of those things you poach eggs in. It's aluminum but the ingots never stick.
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Thanks to all of you. I feel a little more normal. When I decided to start hunting regularly, I dug out the .50-70 trapdoor my father bought when I was about 10 years old. Since then I've spent...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've been using this calculator for a while now - https://fdocuments.net/document/ballistics-computer.html?page=1 It's an Excel spreadsheet that's floating around all over the internet. It lets you...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I lurked for a really long time, then I joined. I'm still kind of lurking. There's so many smarter people than me, I have my hands full just reading what everyone has to say.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Dan - Are you planning on going away any time soon? If not, the shoulder surgery may be worth it. And for other things besides shooting too. At 60, I had my shoulder put back together. It was...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
It's a pretty uncommon cartridge to find in stock anywhere. Just put in your order for Starline and wait. I had to wait about about 1 1/2 years for a bag of .50-70 in the middle of Covid. No one...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
When hand sorting, I always keep a small screwdriver in one hand. For any WW that I'm not sure of by sight or feel, I give it a good scratch with the screwdriver. Zink doesn't scratch deeply and...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
2022 update - The proportion of non-lead weights is way up. I call it 110lbs for a 5 gallon bucket that is full (even with the top of the bucket). Annoying but still worthwhile if I can collect...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I'm surprised there is so much concern over zink WW. I smelt in an old pot on a propane camping stove and the zink doesn't melt even if it sits in the pot of melt for a good while. Yes, the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Not just when people see the case. I get plenty of questions after I've shot it a few times as well. It doesn't sound like the inline muzzle loaders so many people have.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
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Now I feel like a slacker. I made my own case but not as nice as what I see all of you doing. I tried to make it look good, but my main motivation was to protect the gun in transit since...
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 |