http://historicshooting.com/ Tue, 19 May 2026 05:52:24 +0000 MyBB http://historicshooting.com/thread-3411.html Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:48:53 -0600 JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3411.html JKR]]> JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3399.html Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:12:07 -0500 Steveu]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3399.html My question is, have there been any issues with lots that were produced in 22,23 or 24? The partial can that I have left I got in 2018.

Cheers,
Steve]]> My question is, have there been any issues with lots that were produced in 22,23 or 24? The partial can that I have left I got in 2018.

Cheers,
Steve]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3393.html Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:28:08 -0500 JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3393.html His rifle is a very stock Browning BPCR. Badger barrel, 18 twist. MVA LR sight, Browning front with aperture.
Shooting was done sitting from the sticks.
So much can be said for breaking the perfect shot!
JKR]]> His rifle is a very stock Browning BPCR. Badger barrel, 18 twist. MVA LR sight, Browning front with aperture.
Shooting was done sitting from the sticks.
So much can be said for breaking the perfect shot!
JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3321.html Mon, 16 Jan 2023 07:40:52 -0600 JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3321.html I recently came into some Federal 150’s and I’m thinking I probably shouldn’t try them in the Shiloh. I did try them in the C Sharps but they’re pierced by the firing pin. It’s looking like pistol primers are a no go in my rifles.
JKR]]> I recently came into some Federal 150’s and I’m thinking I probably shouldn’t try them in the Shiloh. I did try them in the C Sharps but they’re pierced by the firing pin. It’s looking like pistol primers are a no go in my rifles.
JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3307.html Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:45:21 -0600 JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3307.html My fingers weren’t far behind!
JKR]]> My fingers weren’t far behind!
JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3293.html Thu, 25 Aug 2022 11:09:55 -0500 Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3293.html Just recently I got cheap 10 liter ultrasonic to cleaner from Amazon to clean carburetors and injectors and I been using this combination also for cleaning brass.
When I get home I deprime and soak the brass in some water for about an hour to soften the fouling and then put the cases in the ultrasonic for an hour with one pellet of Cascade dishwasher stuff and then run them in the tumbler for a halve hour or less with the cascade and they come pout looking newer than new
Just using the ultrasound gets them clean but not bright like you see them below. Those little 3mm ceramic balls polish the brass like you would using Brasso on your Military Brass Belt Buckle.

But in the end the loads don't shoot any better.

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When I get home I deprime and soak the brass in some water for about an hour to soften the fouling and then put the cases in the ultrasonic for an hour with one pellet of Cascade dishwasher stuff and then run them in the tumbler for a halve hour or less with the cascade and they come pout looking newer than new
Just using the ultrasound gets them clean but not bright like you see them below. Those little 3mm ceramic balls polish the brass like you would using Brasso on your Military Brass Belt Buckle.

But in the end the loads don't shoot any better.

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Specifically I’m interested in the results with straight wall cases and heavy, long range loads.
JKR]]> Have any of you done actual testing to determine what primers give the lowest SD?
Specifically I’m interested in the results with straight wall cases and heavy, long range loads.
JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3267.html Sat, 11 Jun 2022 06:44:25 -0500 JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3267.html What would the advantage be over the way we load a patched bullet just barely in the case?
Are special tools required to seat the bullet?
I assume the case needs to be loaded so that no air space exists when using a black powder load?
JKR]]> What would the advantage be over the way we load a patched bullet just barely in the case?
Are special tools required to seat the bullet?
I assume the case needs to be loaded so that no air space exists when using a black powder load?
JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3244.html Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:21:42 -0500 Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3244.html $239. a brick.
H-380 powder in a I think it was a 8# jug $389.
Lots of loaded ammo on the shelfs for less then the powder and primers.
I wonder where this is leading?????]]> $239. a brick.
H-380 powder in a I think it was a 8# jug $389.
Lots of loaded ammo on the shelfs for less then the powder and primers.
I wonder where this is leading?????]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3224.html Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:20:03 -0600 JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3224.html
JKR]]>
JKR]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3213.html Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:19:20 -0600 Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3213.html I didn't make a reamer for my new .38-50 Hepburn. It was chambered with the DZ reamer and after shooting 60 cornmeal blanks fire forming the cases, blowing the shoulders and necks out with the .30-40 Krag brass to the .38 caliber. I trimmed and reloaded for the final second shot fired with a full load of 3F of the old Goex Express powder I have left and a lead bullet. This did the final expansion of the cases fitting the chamber.
I shot as many rounds as I could without fouling control because it was cold and the fingers were hurting handling wet patches so I just loaded and shot. Pushing a damp patch through when loading got through I found paper rings, no surprise with this happening because of repeated shots fired without wiping.
But what I found is the paper rings will just not only damage a bullet it also can damage a case. Never seen this happen before. The bullet was a deep seated diameter PP to see what the 45 chamber end does to the shank of a bullet.
I guess it's time to get back to the drawing board and make a throated again.

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I shot as many rounds as I could without fouling control because it was cold and the fingers were hurting handling wet patches so I just loaded and shot. Pushing a damp patch through when loading got through I found paper rings, no surprise with this happening because of repeated shots fired without wiping.
But what I found is the paper rings will just not only damage a bullet it also can damage a case. Never seen this happen before. The bullet was a deep seated diameter PP to see what the 45 chamber end does to the shank of a bullet.
I guess it's time to get back to the drawing board and make a throated again.

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I annealed 200, primed and loaded them with 15 grains of Unique powder and a 1/4 teaspoon of corn meal and sealed it with a lube wad to make loading easer without spilling the load in the case.

This sure makes loading a Blk powder round a lot less time consuming and a lot easier.

I fired one round in the .40-70 to see if I had enough powder to get the shoulder shot out with this load and it looks like a factory short .40-70 case. Perfect! Now to shoot then in the new rifle and get them trimmed and reloaded with lead and elk powder.
I really don't think a second forming load will be needed from looking at cases Arnie formed in his .38-50 and the case that came out of my .40-70. This case I shot today blowing the shoulder out is the same diameter as the ..40-70 cases I been shooting in the .40-70. I expected to see way undersized case necks with the corn meal load, but it didn't happen. They are right on.

Kurt]]>
I annealed 200, primed and loaded them with 15 grains of Unique powder and a 1/4 teaspoon of corn meal and sealed it with a lube wad to make loading easer without spilling the load in the case.

This sure makes loading a Blk powder round a lot less time consuming and a lot easier.

I fired one round in the .40-70 to see if I had enough powder to get the shoulder shot out with this load and it looks like a factory short .40-70 case. Perfect! Now to shoot then in the new rifle and get them trimmed and reloaded with lead and elk powder.
I really don't think a second forming load will be needed from looking at cases Arnie formed in his .38-50 and the case that came out of my .40-70. This case I shot today blowing the shoulder out is the same diameter as the ..40-70 cases I been shooting in the .40-70. I expected to see way undersized case necks with the corn meal load, but it didn't happen. They are right on.

Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3197.html Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:36:36 -0600 Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3197.html
With my broken foot it's a little tough hobbling around and even tough going down the stairs into the mole den to cast or work with the mill, but I been heating the lead pot and got 700 .38 bullets cast for a rifle I don't have yet. These .38-50 DD Hepburn projectiles sure look good and I noticed that I can cast a lot more without having to add more alloy with 100 cast.
I also have several hundred for the .40-65 and .44-77.
Also I have several thousand patches cut for the .38 .40 and .44.
I'm counting on a good season next year.

I think the .38-50 Rem Hepburn will be a fun project upcoming. I have found that getting tooling for this caliber is going to be a doit your self thing. Cant get any of the die makers to make a set. Dave at CH-4-D said it might be 2 years, Lee, RCBS, Hornady and Forrester all gave a thumbs down so it's time I get a reamer made and make my own die set and wad punch as well as a push through bullet sizing die.
But this will have to wait till I get the rifle and make a chamber cast.

Arnie has been a big help fire forming some .30-40 Kraig cases in his chamber blowing the necks out so I can get a rough chamber diameter and I have ordered a chucking reamer and I have a bridge reamer on hand so I can make a push through bullet sizing die and I have a bunch of 1" bar stocker projects.
This will be a fun ride for this old new caliber.

Kurt]]>
With my broken foot it's a little tough hobbling around and even tough going down the stairs into the mole den to cast or work with the mill, but I been heating the lead pot and got 700 .38 bullets cast for a rifle I don't have yet. These .38-50 DD Hepburn projectiles sure look good and I noticed that I can cast a lot more without having to add more alloy with 100 cast.
I also have several hundred for the .40-65 and .44-77.
Also I have several thousand patches cut for the .38 .40 and .44.
I'm counting on a good season next year.

I think the .38-50 Rem Hepburn will be a fun project upcoming. I have found that getting tooling for this caliber is going to be a doit your self thing. Cant get any of the die makers to make a set. Dave at CH-4-D said it might be 2 years, Lee, RCBS, Hornady and Forrester all gave a thumbs down so it's time I get a reamer made and make my own die set and wad punch as well as a push through bullet sizing die.
But this will have to wait till I get the rifle and make a chamber cast.

Arnie has been a big help fire forming some .30-40 Kraig cases in his chamber blowing the necks out so I can get a rough chamber diameter and I have ordered a chucking reamer and I have a bridge reamer on hand so I can make a push through bullet sizing die and I have a bunch of 1" bar stocker projects.
This will be a fun ride for this old new caliber.

Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3070.html Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:47:53 -0600 H-Marlin]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3070.html http://historicshooting.com/thread-3068.html Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:49:00 -0500 Kurt]]> http://historicshooting.com/thread-3068.html
I been spending time learning how to use my new mill so I had a BA mould I ordered undersized at .428 to shoot dirty with in my .44-77. It's the BA Jim-428/490. With all the latest interest in Arnies DDEPP bullet designs I thought , well it is a good time to work on moulds.
I put the boring bar chuck in the mill and opened the base to .444" this added 6 gr of weight to the bullet and it's a snug fit for the fired .44-77 Farmers fired vase but it's perfect.
I put the scope back on the .44-77 Farmer with the 17 ROT and I got the scope zeroed and took 10 shots with the bullet I modified. And I think it will work.
I used a unsized fired case primed with a Fed GM match primer.
78 gr of the new lot of 1.5 Swiss.
The bullet is the modified Jim 428/490
This bullet gained 6 gr cutting that base.


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I been spending time learning how to use my new mill so I had a BA mould I ordered undersized at .428 to shoot dirty with in my .44-77. It's the BA Jim-428/490. With all the latest interest in Arnies DDEPP bullet designs I thought , well it is a good time to work on moulds.
I put the boring bar chuck in the mill and opened the base to .444" this added 6 gr of weight to the bullet and it's a snug fit for the fired .44-77 Farmers fired vase but it's perfect.
I put the scope back on the .44-77 Farmer with the 17 ROT and I got the scope zeroed and took 10 shots with the bullet I modified. And I think it will work.
I used a unsized fired case primed with a Fed GM match primer.
78 gr of the new lot of 1.5 Swiss.
The bullet is the modified Jim 428/490
This bullet gained 6 gr cutting that base.


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