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Been wanting to do a large batch of #2 alloy for casting rifle bullets. I've been doing small batches (18#/20#) of 14bhn alloy (91/4.5/4.5) and #2 alloy (95/5/5) at a time. A large batch will allow me to cast a more consistent bullet not only from casting session to casting session, from mold to...

Haven't reloaded any blammo ammo in 357 cases for awhile so I figured it was a good time as any to do so. Have 10#+ of bullseye laying around so I tossed together some test loads using cast/coated bullets that I use the most. Decided on 5.5gr and 6.0gr of bullseye for test loads. Put a 7x target...

Worked up a plinking load last week for the 1911 so it's time to start making bullets to burn up the the 3000 wolf primers I found laying around. Cast up 36# of bullets yesterday. Then I ran them thru a .452" sizer, ended up with 1200+ good bullet to use. Had to much to do today so I'll pc...

I have nothing to do with Dunham's sporting goods, just check their website every now and then. You can order firearms from their warehouse and have them sent to your local store (free) to do the paperwork and pick them up. I saw that they had the standard blued ruger gp-100 in 357 with a 6"...

Decided to take a look to see what I had laying around for primers and found I have +/- 15,000 lp primers. 3000+ of them are the old wolf primers I forgot I had. Thought it might be time to make up a bunch of blammo ammo for the 1911/45acp using those wolf primers. Saw that I had +/- 15# of...

Decided to do some standard pressure test loads with the ca bulldog today. Chose 8.0gr of power pistol and a keith 244gr swc hp. And a 200gr type III wc. Ran 10 rounds of each over a chronograph and then burned another 10 rounds of each on the bowling pin table. Interestingly enough the 200gr...

Finely got out to do a little more testing with the Mihec "hunter" bullet in the 308w. Been meaning to do testing with different bullets using bl-c2. I've done a little testing in the past with it and it showed promise. Todays target. While it doesn't look like much that target is actually...

I typically swage +/- 3000 bullets a year. Only did 1600 this year, they'll burn 2/3rd's of an 8# jug of h335 I have laying around. The rest of the h335 will be burned up in a 308w and cast bullets. Have to cut back on the primer consumption but I don't want to limit my range play either. I...

I use 3 shot groups when sighting something in. Simple enough shoot 3 shots, find the center of those shots, measure to what you're actually aiming at/trying to hit and move the sights/crosshairs/dot/ect accordingly. When using 3 shot groups as an indication of the accuracy of a load, it's...

Started testing the Mihec "hunter" bullet in the 308w. The fn solid nosed bullet is 152gr and the fn hp is 147gr. I'm getting +/- 70% nose support in the bbl, you can see the rifling marks on the bullet. I'm running into what I believe is too much lube. When you have too much lube it can...

I bought this mold over year ago and cast a couple hundred test bullets with it & then traditionally sized/lubed them. Never did get around to testing them so I re-sized & lubed them and loaded up ladder tests using H335. Did 32gr, 33gr, 34gr, 35gr loads. In earlier tests I use 34gr of H335...

Awhile back I was given +/- 450 22cal copper jackets and never did anything with them. I'm running low on bullets for the ar's so I decided to make up 5000/6000 bullets. I made a new de-rim die this year for making jackets out of 22lr cases. The last 1 was toast from scoring. I made up jackets...

These were laying around at a local range I go to. They're 40s&w cases, been several posts lately about case bulge and how to resize cases/get rid of the bulge. If I was a gambling man I'd have to call Vegas for the odds. bulged cases VS lee bulge buster:what:

Been meaning to cast some 44cal hp's from a new Mihec 432-gc mold. The bullets were designed for snubnosed/short bbl'd 44cal firearms. The original mold was supposed to cast these bullets. I have an updated mold that uses the cup/large/penta/small hp pins. I used 1 part pure lead to 1 part...

Any time I get a new or new to me revolver I use a set of feeler gauges to check the cylinder gap, end shake & fit. It takes less than 5 minutes to do and puts my mind at ease knowing that the firearm is safe/within specs. I typically measure the cylinder gap from both sides. Doing this tells...

I wanted to post some real world examples of when I broke out a chronograph and what it told me. Or sometimes what it didn't tell me more importantly. I bought my 1st chronograph back in the 80's. More of a novelty/wonder what kind of speeds I was getting for loads. It didn't take long to get...

Interesting reading https://www.outdoorlife.com/cartridge-primer-technology-developments