Flintshooter
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A friend of my mother asked me to get rid of these for her. There were some others too but they are more recent. I had to look up HiVel. Just a tad before I ever loaded a cartridge.
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A friend of my mother asked me to get rid of these for her. There were some others too but they are more recent. I had to look up HiVel. Just a tad before I ever loaded a cartridge.
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Fertilizer?
Armored farmer
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Cool cans.
A good start on a collection!
A good start on a collection!
Hooda Thunkit
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I seem to remember some loads in Ken Waters' books that used HiVel.
Some of his earlier work, I think.
Some of his earlier work, I think.
Random 8
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Was their powder in them? How did they look? I came into a can of Unique from the 1920s that a friend found in the family cabin. Had been stored in a cool, dry area. He kept the can, but I took some of the powder home. After an open burn test vs modern Unique where it appeared normal, I tried a few "popper" loads in 7.62x54r and it behaved pretty normally vs modern Unique.
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There is some Unique with these cans and I’m tempted to try it but a pound goes so far I will just burn it and the rest off with some rocket fuse. After pouring it out of course.
The guy must have been a real fan of 4198 because he had partial cans spanning several years. One can of my old favorite for .303 British and 30/40 Krag, 3031.
There are a set of .222 dies made by Hollywood. Another company that must have gone belly up before my time.
Catpop
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Thanks for posting
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Gumby0961
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These are my oldies, the HiVEL is full. I been using the Bullseye.
tightgroup tiger
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Some of the full cans I plan on using up in the next year so I can save the containers for my display wall. Forgot I had them hidden away.
Still cant get the hang of multiple pictures sorry.
Even back then they were jipping us with only 12oz in a 16 oz can as in the Winchester 231.
.222 and 4198 went together well.
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Love that old BullseyeView attachment 887441 View attachment 887443 View attachment 887441 CH]
Some of the full cans I plan on using up in the next year so I can save the containers for my display wall. Forgot I had them hidden away.
Still cant get the hang of multiple pictures sorry.
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