I have an handi rifle in 500 S&W. I read about walking around rifles and wanted one that would knock a hog silly. I started out with the Lee 440 grainer it worked fine over 16 grains of Tightgroop....
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I have an handi rifle in 500 S&W. I read about walking around rifles and wanted one that would knock a hog silly. I started out with the Lee 440 grainer it worked fine over 16 grains of Tightgroop....
I am a retired engineer who had worked with calibrated equipment a lot. It is my opinion that there is no way to properly calibrate high pressure measuring equipment as there is no primary high...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have one in 17HMR. I don't think they are all that special. I also have a Henry in 17HMR which I think is easier to like and find. Of course Henry's come in 22lr and 22WRM.
Forum: Cast Boolits
The Handi was sold in 500 S&W. I have one I bought brand new years ago. The 500 has a larger base area and was designed with a 65000 operating pressure. Loading to Ruger pressure is acceptable. I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Years ago I reloaded the Lee 50 cal modern improved minie for a
500S&W Handirifle. This is essentially a 50 caliber hollow based wadcutter. I was using 14 grains of Unique and a .
large rifle...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I recently got a Savage break action stamped "22 Hornet". It turned out to have been rechambered to K hornet. When I fire 22 hornet in it I just get split cases. This is the first time I have...
Forum: Shot Guns
A Savage 24. 22lr over 20ga. It is not a pump but I don't like pumps.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have had reason to shoot a few critters with a 22ĺr. They either died or ran off. I think that is the epitome of self defense.
Forum: Leverguns
I have made mư own peep sights for years. I take a piece of 1/8 steel usually 3/4 or 1/2 and bend it 90 degrees so that it is approximately 1&1/2×1/2 ell. Drill two holes in the long leg and tap the...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have a bottle of 777 which I would like to use to reload revolver blasting ammo. I asked Hogden.They said yes and just fill the case just to the base of the boolit. Has anybody else done this?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I spent a significant amount of time doing instrument caliibration and designing measurement systems. When I got into reloading, I was somewhat aghast at chamber pressure measurement techniques. I...
Forum: Rimfire Area
It was one of the first guns I ever bought. It was horrible. It looked so cool but it scattered bullets all over creation. It was a disgusting pile of.... firing from a open bolt is like having the...
I just got a new 3" barrel Charter Arms professional. I was astonished at how much the ammo costs. I have been reloading 32 SWL for years. Those dies etc are supposed to work on the 32 H&R as well....
I am answering this mainly to be subscribed to your post so I can see the answers you get. I have found 32 caliber pistol loads in older hand books to often be pretty stiff. The model 31 Smith is...
At a gunshow this past weekend, I got a Balvar scope that requires external adjustments via the mount. The only marking I see that may indicate what it is is CG9109. The scope has rings but no mount....
Forum: Sights and Optics
Perhaps you might try out some of the Simmons 4×32. I have been putting them on 22's. The make 4×32 scopes for rimfire, shotguns, etc. They are simple and susposedly tough. Some are available with 50...
Forum: Leverguns
Sorry, the 500 big wadcutter weighs 365 grains.
Forum: Leverguns
I haven't done this in a while but I used to cast one of the Lee 50 caliber modern minies and shoot it out of my Handi rifle. That boolit looks like a huge HBWC and weighs 165 grains. I loaded it...
I know this ia an old thread but I would like to issue a caution. The load data for 32 cartridges is really messed in several manuals. The earlier Lyman manuals listed 3.5 grains of Unique as a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The Handi is a very strong action. Mine came in 500 S&W mag which originally was loaded to 65,000 psi and has a very large case head even larger than the belted magnums. I also got a 30/30 barrel for...
Forum: Leverguns
I think that the reason that the receivers won't blue is that the alloys are essentially stainless. I have engine turned a few and they are beautiful. It is my opinion that the 94's made in the later...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have argued in more than one forum that there is no way to accurately measure chamber pressure mainly because there is no way to calibrate them agianst known primary standards. Can you get a bottle...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I used to pine for a rook rifle, then it occurred to me that light loads in my 30-30 handirifle would do any thing a small 30 or a 32 would do. Works.
Forum: Factory Rifles
When I did more reloading I picked up lots of brass at a public range. Most of the centerfire factory cases had flattened primers.
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 |