Recent content by PowderApe

RNFP vs SWC I prefer the SWC every time at short distance game shooting.... The RNFP would be better at longer ranges as it keeps it's velocity longer where as the frontal area of the SWC would be aerodynamically blunt andwould shed velocity faster- and earlier.... The SWC also cuts a...

crimp A crimp is placed around the primer to keep the primer "locked in" and not potentially vibrate out. They can also place some sealer over the crimp (yes, that red ring) rings are a lacquer ans can be any color but red, black or green seem most common. (The lacquer is also a weather-proofer...

As mentioned above, H and IMR Powders are NOT interchangable!! You are flirting with potential disaster!! Even if the numbers are the same, they are NOT the same. Check ANY reloading manual! ....just from the tone of the original question and the answers it generated, it seem that many of...

:what: Gonna post THEM pix too??:evil:

In my Borschardt-Sharps (1878 falling block) rifle I like a 300gr FP in front of 53 gr 3031... Very accurate and relatively easy on the shoulder :o I also do 56.4 gr Pyrodex Ctg behind that same 300 gr pill...:D Black powder is mild and fun- once the smoke clears! If I have to stop a...

Where did you get that brass?? Sounds like GI .308 did you full length resize?? Could it have been reworked into another caliber and you just expanded the neck back out to fit a 308 slug?? Compare it to a known good 308 that DOES chamber and the bolt locks up and look for any...

I usually FL resize everything since I'm not sure what gun it's gonna go into or if I give a box to a shooting buddy when we go shooting and I want it to fit universally... What do you mean the lever action rifle's action is "springy"?? That just doesn't make sense to me?? :scrutiny: Please...

Consider signing up for an NRA sponsored reloading class or checking with a local shooting club/range. There's always guys around who would tutor him!! It's like learning to drive a car by reading about it (a little easier than that tho) It's a lot easier when shown how.

Sounds like old WWII vintage surplus ammo from 1942! Probably had corrosive mercury based primers too, which, over those 66 years, corroded the primer cup and weakened it somewhat. Those primers were staked/ crimped AND lacquered which- over the course of those 66 years, probably bonded the...

they'll usually give the primer stock # in the beginning of the load data.

Which manual? ALL of them. Whatever you can get your hands on! Compare the given data and work up your loads. I must have 20 manuals- new and old. Some good and some for cross checks only. Some mostly used as doorstops except when I want to cross check something (printing errors do occur...

plenty of guys do it--- just go to any decent sized local gunshow and there will usually be a booth or two peddling ammo. My buddy and I picked up some reloads and they were cheaper than store bought. Bulk boxes of 250 loose rounds. They shot "ok"--- that is to say- they went BANG and a slug...

Follow the common sense precautions of handling lead... I believe there's a sticky regarding that.... Lead is not as easily absorbed fron the skin and you wont go into toxic levels by simply reloading or casting lead. Much of that is environmentalist hype. Cast and smelt with adequate...

For those interested in the technical aspects of lead exposure: http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic293.htm Kids are more at risk because their brains and nervous system is still developing- Ingestion and inhalation are the usual culprits

...like Rusty's PACT scale!