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Maybe it’s baking soda? I’ve read where some people add it to the f-42 formula to “increase the shelf life”.

My chemicals are stored separately in their own containers. It would be wise to only work in very small batches unless you are up for the Darwin Award. The quantities I have been working with make about 30 caps. I don’t plan to store thes but just make what I plan to shoot a few days ahead of...

To update the thread: I received my pietta 1851 navy 36 cal from Dixie gun works. I acquired a .375 Lee round ball mould from titan reloading. Finally my percussion cap maker got here from 22reloading. I made up my percussion caps using the ww1 formula of potassium perchlorate/antimony...

I usually work with 1/2 pound of black powder meel at a time. I add approximately 1 20 oz water bottle capful to the meel. It’s usually an ozarka water bottle. If you have ever seen these they are a small cap. To be clear only 1 cap full of water. I will mix this in well and look for...

I guess if you are trying to match factory density then some sort of pressure gauge and a 20 ton jack is necessary. I use a 6 ton jack and just press it till it won’t go anymore. My stuff may not be quite as dense as factory but it is just as fast. I just pressed up a batch of pucks.

Yo don’t want them too thick because they become quite hard to break up. I would say a 1/4” once pressed is about as thick as you would want them. A very small amount of water is needed to dampen off the powder. I use a bottle jack to press the pucks between two c channel steel pieces. It is...

Ok I have no problem changing nipples. What about clearance issues? Let’s say the homemade caps bind up the cylinder from rotating, can the nipples be filed down a little to improve clearance? For those that have tried the cap maker does one style or manufacturer of firearm have more...

I have the components to make primer compound and it works quite well in my center fire rifles. I have mastered homemade black powder. I can cast lead balls no problem. The Achilles heel of my black powder endeavor is percussion cap availability. I’ve been wanting a cap and ball revolver for...

So I had 7 out of ten of the primers go off. Not bad for the first run I think. The ones that went off were quite powerful and I have no doubt would set off smokeless powder. I suspect the sealant was the problem with the 3 primers that didn’t go off. I used straight up shellac out of can...

If the picture comes out you can see the amount of flame produced from the H-42 compound. I loaded 10 primers last night. I’ll have to see if the sealant I used messed up the compound. Waiting on it to dry, will report back!

I have done it successfully with ground match heads and red phosphorus with a tiny pinch of black powder meal mixed in. It set off pyrodex loaded 45-70 cartridges every time. The red phosphorus is scraped off the side of the match box. Last night I mixed up ten grains of H-42 primer compound...

I have lots of 40 s&w brass if that fancies you?

Lee molds are relatively inexpensive. You don’t need an electric melting pot either. You can make your own bullet lube as well. Tons of reading on the internet about casting on the cheap.

Roger that Charlie. You think my relatively slow hard cast bullet can make it through a whitetail leg bone at say 100 yards?

I was using Re7 because that's what I had on hand. Getting powder where I am is not an easy task. I dislike paying the hazmat charge very much especially if I'm just guessing at which powder to try. I am just ignorant as to the speed needed to harvest deer with the hard cast bullet , but I am...

Shot a small doe this evening at 55 yards with the tightgroup load and 350 gr cast bullet. Shot her through the shoulder and she never took another step. 45 cal hole going in and 50 cal hole going out. Apparently my speed is sufficient, now I need a big buck to test the load on:)

I just recently tried working up a load of Re7 with a 350gr cast bullet for my 45-70. I noticed a fair amount of unburnt powder in the barrel throughout the whole range of weights. I was using Winchester large rifle primers. I load 49gr of Re7 under the 300gr hornady hollow point and get...

I have imr 4831, imr 4064, h335, cfe 223, tightgroup, longshot, Alliant steel, and reloader 7 on hand at this time. I shoot jacketed 45-70 bullets with the R7 and get 1.5" 100 yard groups. I really want to harvest a deer this year with a cast bullet. I had the R7 on hand and have read that...

The tight group load is way better than the Re7. The R7 load was actually terrible from 32-41 grains in .5 grain increments.

I got out this afternoon and shot 30 more of the 12 gr tightgroup loads. 10shot 75 yard group was 2". 50 yard group around an inch, and 100 yard group opened up to 3". I was hoping the Re7 would work but it wasn't meant to be.