I would suggest starting with Saeco and from there going to H&G (if you can find what you want) or Ballisti-Cast same as the H&G in my book. I have one brass Accurate mold that has been very...
Type: Posts; User: hhranch
I would suggest starting with Saeco and from there going to H&G (if you can find what you want) or Ballisti-Cast same as the H&G in my book. I have one brass Accurate mold that has been very...
I have had good luck with Saco's over the years, particularly their 4 cavity molds, if you run a pair of these together you can really put out the lead. I lucked onto an old Saco 8 cavity No. 68...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I never had any trouble with the springs on my 550b powder measure, but one advantage of the linkage is that it is spring loaded at the bottom, and if adjusted correctly, will pull the shell plate up...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I've used the bent wire sharpened to a chisel point for years to check for incipient case head separation. Usually I don't start until a bright ring appears just in front of the case head web. the...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I understand that using a .22 barrel used to be a common practice when the .22 Hornet was being developed, but the barrel is normally softer, and the twist rate slower 1" in 16" or so, and the bore...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've loaded a lot of cast boolits as well as J-words (but not so many) on a Dillon 550B for the last 20 years or so. No problems with the boolits, but I did wear out a couple of the priming slides...
When I was cowboy action shooting several years ago, I used 4.0 gr of Clays with a 246 gr round nose cast boolit with good results. It burned clean, did not dirty the guns, and most of all, I used...
Forum: Our Town
I have a handful of RWS large rifle primers purchased in the early 70's (250 per box) that are still good. I use them sparingly as they seem to give significantly better accuracy in a couple of my...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I've used a lot of it in .223 and .308. It might be a little fast for the 30-06 except for the lighter -150 gr and under bullets.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Second the recommendation of a Thumler's Tumbler Model B. I have used mine for over 30 years, replaced a number of drive belts and the rollers once. If you check a good hardware store, sometimes...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
The Star manual recommends running a lubed boolit through the die every 20 to 25 times as noted. I have found that depending on the hardness (or softness) of the alloy that this may or may not be...
Forum: Leverguns
Find a Winchester 9422 - always shot well for me, and at least says "Winchester" on the barrel.
Forum: Casting Equipment
For my two cents worth, nothing beats a Star if you are casting a lot of pistol/revolver boolits. Otherwise, I have always found my SAECO best for seating gas checks and lubing rifle boolits - far...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sears (Marlin) .22 bolt action with a tubular magazine. It shot shorts, longs and long rifles, and I started out with shorts. 13 th birthday gift, I restocked it in a thumbhole configuration from a...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Quote:
Originally Posted by oneokie
"I put a Lyman receiver sight on a Win 94. To get the POI and the POA adjusted, I had to raise the receiver sight .200" above the lowest position.
My first...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I don't know that it is the best, but I shoot my 6" Diamondback better than my K-22. Same for a 6" Colt Match Target and a Smith 41, although the Smith has a much better trigger. There is just...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Actually there isn't anything wrong with buying reloads as long as you get them cheap enough that you can break them down, throw the powder away and use the primed brass and/or bullets. The problem...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I agree with most of the above posts. My Star is ideal for high volume, non gas-checked sizing and I use the old SAECO for gas checked and other low volume (rifle) boolits. Both are well made and...
Forum: Our Town
crabo,
Many years ago, longer than I care to remember, Dave Budin of Del-Sports, who was importing Kahles scopes into the country recommended that I try the German #1 reticle. This is the triple...
Forum: Cast Boolits
When I have annealed brass in the past, the process left the neck much softer with less neck tension. Particularly if you overheat the brass when you anneal it, it will be very soft. Generally it...
Forum: Our Town
I have used regular steel wool "000" or "0000" for several years to remove stubborn leading from various pistol barrels without any ill effects, ie, scratching the bore or wearing of the rifling. ...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Several times I have had Allen head scope screws "round out" when trying to remove them. Usually not set in that tight to begin with, but with a soft Allen wrench and/or soft head, they will often...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I recently made some .221 cases from some military and old .17 Remington cases. Very lightly lubed the cases, ran them into a Redding file type trim/form die, cut off the excess with a hacksaw (fine...
Forum: Our Town
Took my father's Winchester 63 out one day, and with one pull of the trigger, emptied all ten rounds. Kind of like squirting water out of a hose. After playing with it all day with the same...
Forum: Our Town
I got this bug back in the early 90's and had a 25-222 Magnum (.25x47) built up on a Sako action with the intention of using it as a light deer rifle for our antlerless season here in Kansas. I...
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 |