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What did you do at your reloading bench today?
Lee often has progressives on closeouts. I grabbed a second lee pro 6000 because I did not want to mess with my first pro6000 set up as a 9mm dedicated press. I believe they still offer free shipping for orders over 75+. I have to call in and have them put the order on ebay to bypass their... -
Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
I cant seem to find 1/8" thick 100% wool felt easily. Looks like I will need to source some wads just to try out. Should the wad be .05"-.06" overbore for best seal, i.e. 45 cal uses a 50 cal wad, and 50 cal uses a 56 cal wad?- guzma393
- Post #20
- Forum: Black Powder
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Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
Where do you get your wad material? Will 1/8" 100% wool felt work?- guzma393
- Post #16
- Forum: Black Powder
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Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
I think i came across your videos about it. Ill eventually get to making my own wads and trying out unlubed lee REALS with lubed felt wads acting as a gascheck.- guzma393
- Post #13
- Forum: Black Powder
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Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
Ballistol is good stuff, it's just expensive. I'll probably resort to buying a whole gallon to stock up on the stuff and have it as my go-to lube again.- guzma393
- Post #9
- Forum: Black Powder
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Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
Interesting, I'll keep that in mind. The reasoning for getting maximal coverage on the lube grooves is that I had an instance of hard bp fouling caking forming. The lee REAL has some deep grooves in them, so I figured I try to fill them in with lube. It could also be user error, and I am getting...- guzma393
- Post #6
- Forum: Black Powder
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Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
I'm finding myself using used motor oil as a storage oil for ML's to address surface rust issues caused by trace moisture after cleaning. I run a dry patch down the bore to wipe off the oil before I shoot it to make sure I am not burning off any synthetic oil (I heard it leaves a stubborn...- guzma393
- Post #5
- Forum: Black Powder
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Lubing Lee REAL bullets?
Black powder neophyte here, I been messing around with Lee REALs as of late, and even got them to shoot fairly well out of my traditions hawkins woodsman. I didn't know what to make of the lubrication process, so I just brought a can of crisco with me and lubed them on site. It worked well, I...- guzma393
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- Forum: Black Powder
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Jumping to the lands
Hey, those look similar to my 7.5 swiss casts which i have to seat a similarly fat ogived bullet to accomodate for a tight throat. I experimented with chasing the lands with casts and it was more trouble than it was worth (kept jamming the bolt action) with little gain.. The most accurate I have... -
Overpressurized rounds safer in a revolver?
Pull the bullet, use the powder as fertilizer (or make a nice fire fountain if you're a pyro like me), and shove a foam earplug into the primed casing. Now you have a spicy nerf round for dry-fire/quick draw practice! Obviously won't cycle in blowbacks, but revolvers will shoot them all the... -
Double Load(checked that box)?
Y'ouch...I've since ran a powder cop die since I started loading 9mm subs on my progressive and im happy that i did as i caught some intermittent powder drops along a defective powder thrower along with other things. I also started looking down my brass before putting them in the case feeder... -
RSP vs Haffers for Powder and Primer prices
I bought some SW blackout from RSP, recently, but their prices was in-line with powder valley prices, minus the shipping and hazmat fees. I never been to Hafers, but I heard their prices are not any better as well. Because of this, I been buying powder online as of late. -
Handloading WW2 or post-war cartridges
I've reconditioned ww2 surplus 30-06 before. It had a brown patina to them, but cleaned up nicely when ran through a wet tumbler with ss pins. Brass does get brittle overtime, but could be softened back through annealing the neck and shoulder. Once annealed, they loaded up and fired just fine... -
MP5 feeding issue?
My century arms ap5 runs reliably with 124 grain and 147 grain subs, can or no can. It hiccups a bit on 115, even after doing the "1000 round break in with 124 grain 9mm" century arms recommends. Myns absolutely hates fp's and hp's therefore just run strictly round nosed ammo.