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I have no way to tell what pressures these powders actually produce, Other then the gun blowing up meaning it was too much. Without knowing that this is pure guesswork. Even chronograph numbers are...

Gang bangers behave the same way. I have given this a lot of thought and I'll just have to deal with the aftermath of killing the closer one f that happens. Cats don't have Glocks though.

This is a seriously first draft rough guess. I was hoping for input to improve it

Powders on this list are not evenly spaced by any means. Going by weight BP would be on one line. BH209 and 777...

Ammonpulver is seriously last ditch losing the war stuff. No reason for anyone to be making that now, even in Ukraine.

Thats not the cartridge length you need to be concerned about.

If you get ahold of any Hornaday "Leverrevolution" stuff it will be considerably shorter than standard, and if your dies are set for...

Homemade powders, from weakest to strongest, near as I can determine:

Golden Powder
White (Starch) Powder
Crimson Powder
Screened Black Powder
Puck & Corned Black Powder
Pyrodex
BH 209 / 777...

I use those same screens and based on where the powder stops at, I classify it like this:

2FA (Cannon Grade) 10
1FG / 20
2FG / 30
3FG / 40
4FG / 60
5FG /110

Not sure why I got a 110 screen...

1977, Lee Loader for .38 special. Later got one for .45acp and .44 special. Didn't have an actual press until 2015, didn't cast until 2019

Its far easier to reprime a Boxer Case than a Berdan case, true enough. Provided you have Boxer primers.

Consider that it is far easier to make a Berdan primer than a boxer primer. Its just a...

I still play with BB guns and I'm 66 now.

Of course, nowadays they tend to be PCP full auto jobs, but they are just upgraded toys.

This is when I went back to cap& ball. Percussion caps are even more scarce - but I can make those.

I won't make centerfire primers until there is some way I can either buy or make the two metal...

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Marbles, Ball Bearings, clay beads, bullets that someone else already shot, even your airsoft beads, just 400fps faster. 3000 rounds on Amazon are $17.

When I go to the range everyone...

What current smokeless powder would this be considered an equivalent to (for load purposes)?
Between the Ammonium Nitrate and the Charcoal, it sounds like this should be corrosive AND smoky?

The style of the grip, and how big these are, actually makes them comfortable to shoot with heavy loads in them. I put 80 grains of real BP in my Jukar .45 once - range master thought the gun had...

That looks like a Jukar pistol - I have several, most of mine are .45. I have them from .32 up to .65. I have made several batches of powder that didn't work out so great - but with these you just...

I still have two vibratory tumbers - I have seen these re-used for both tumble lubing, and powder coating but in these cases doing it by hand only takes about one minute so I don't see an advantage. ...

I just bought an electronic powder scale measure from them a few days ago. Not here yet but I think it had already made it out of the state.

My Lee Perfect Powder measure ......isn't. I had it...

I was at my FFL doing the DROS on a .44 mag CVA Scout and a guy came in with a S&W 629 and an ammo can with about 300 factory .44 mag rounds. I offered him $800 for it all and now its mine. This...

I have all four of the Lee 9mm molds that come in 6 cavity versions, in fact I even have three that make the bullet in question - a 2 and two 6's. Same issue with all of them, and I got them from...

After reading all these I am now wondering just how thick my powder coat actually is. I may make up a batch and tumble lube them and see how that goes.

This design must predate powder coating. It probably works fine with conventional lube but I don't shoot plain lead in 9mm and I suppose few people do these days.

Once you powder coat it, it will...

Just last night I had coffee while reloading - knocked over the cup all over the table and into a tray full of unprimed brass. So...no irreversible damage, just a big mess.

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Put Corn Starch in the oven for awhile and it makes Destrin. Detailed instructions are elsewhere here and also on youtube. But you only need Dextrin or SGRS with Screened black powder. None of...

I now have a formula that appears to be the functional equivalent of Unique smokeless. Also one that appears to be the equivalent of Pyrodex. When I run out of all the other components I got to do...