The firearm thread

[Mr Merde]

First 50 rounds for the .44 magnum reloaded. Made 5 lots of 10 running from the minimum of 7 grains up to the maximum of 10 grains... Should be fun!

Also had a quick test to make sure the bullets I have are larger than the cylinder throat, looks all good in that department.

I have loaded 100 rounds for the .44's

80 .44 spl and 20 .44 mag. All soft loads.

200 gn lead bullets and 5 gns of AS 30 N,

Target loads but work well in the pistols and the lever action.

This weekend i hope to load up a couple of hundred .30M1 and 200 .223.

Picking up a kilo of FFg bp next Wednesday. Will load up some more 45-70 and some BP shotgun for the coach gun.

[jono035]

I have loaded 100 rounds for the .44's

80 .44 spl and 20 .44 mag. All soft loads.

200 gn lead bullets and 5 gns of AS 30 N,

Target loads but work well in the pistols and the lever action.

This weekend i hope to load up a couple of hundred .30M1 and 200 .223.

Picking up a kilo of FFg bp next Wednesday. Will load up some more 45-70 and some BP shotgun for the coach gun.

Nice, only a kg of black though? I figured you'd be picking it up by the pallet

That's a neat load for the .44 but it must have the same 'drop in the bucket' characteristic that all of mine seemed to have.

Do you bother wadding them with anything or just use them as is?

[Mr Merde]

Nice, only a kg of black though? I figured you'd be picking it up by the pallet

That's a neat load for the .44 but it must have the same 'drop in the bucket' characteristic that all of mine seemed to have.

Do you bother wadding them with anything or just use them as is?

Wish I could afford to purchase BP in bulk.

Yes the load for the .44 is very nice. Easy on the wrist but accurate enopugh for me at the length of my range.

The powder does only seem to just cover the base of the case but I deliberately decided to attempt to replicate the balistics of BP.

MV is about 850 fps from the pistols and 1000 fps from the lever action. Pretty much what I get from my bp loads.

Its cheaper for me to train with modern powder replicating the feel of bp than to actually use the stuff. All that is missing is the smoke and flame.

[jono035]

Wish I could afford to purchase BP in bulk.

Yes the load for the .44 is very nice. Easy on the wrist but accurate enopugh for me at the length of my range.

The powder does only seem to just cover the base of the case but I deliberately decided to attempt to replicate the balistics of BP.

MV is about 850 fps from the pistols and 1000 fps from the lever action. Pretty much what I get from my bp loads.

Its cheaper for me to train with modern powder replicating the feel of bp than to actually use the stuff. All that is missing is the smoke and flame.

Ahh, of course. Do you ever have any delayed or failed ignition problems? I've heard those mentioned quite often in conjunction with low power loads for subsonic rifles etc. but don't know if it's just making a mountain out of a molehill...

What is FFg BP worth by the kg roughly?

[Mr Merde]

Ahh, of course. Do you ever have any delayed or failed ignition problems? I've heard those mentioned quite often in conjunction with low power loads for subsonic rifles etc. but don't know if it's just making a mountain out of a molehill...

What is FFg BP worth by the kg roughly?

Never had a delayed ignition. Have had failed ignition but that was usually something to do with the primers (possibily me getting stuff like oil on them)

Low power rifle rounds now I havent played around with. I have heard that when making a round subsonic that a filler should be used. I ahve also heard horror stories about people short loading the cases and having an explosion in the case instead of a controlled burn. I remember seeing a pistol in my club in Cardiff, the owner had loaded it way below the minimum spec for the powder and the resultant effect was that it blew one chamber out of the cylinder and the top strap off. Best laxitive ever

[jono035]

Never had a delayed ignition. Have had failed ignition but that was usually something to do with the primers (possibily me getting stuff like oil on them)

Low power rifle rounds now I havent played around with. I have heard that when making a round subsonic that a filler should be used. I ahve also heard horror stories about people short loading the cases and having an explosion in the case instead of a controlled burn. I remember seeing a pistol in my club in Cardiff, the owner had loaded it way below the minimum spec for the powder and the resultant effect was that it blew one chamber out of the cylinder and the top strap off. Best laxitive ever

I've seen a photo of someone doing that same thing to a revolver from a double-charge... Broken top strap, shattered cylinder which detonated 2 other rounds. Pretty damn scary looking...

Definitely underwear-replacement territory.

Edit: http://iris.nyit.edu/~bithead/anaconda/ That's the photo I was referring to...

[Mr Merde]

I've seen a photo of someone doing that same thing to a revolver from a double-charge... Broken top strap, shattered cylinder which detonated 2 other rounds. Pretty damn scary looking...

Definitely underwear-replacement territory.

Edit: http://iris.nyit.edu/~bithead/anaconda/ That's the photo I was referring to...

Yes thats what the pistol I saw looked like but in its case it was an underload.

[jono035]

Yes thats what the pistol I saw looked like but in its case it was an underload.

Chilling... Definitely staying withing manufacturer specs for min and max here, that's for sure...

It was that photo that made me think my first Dillon would be a XL650 for the extra station in the toolhead allowing a powder check die!

[Mr Merde]

Chilling... Definitely staying withing manufacturer specs for min and max here, that's for sure...

It was that photo that made me think my first Dillon would be a XL650 for the extra station in the toolhead allowing a powder check die!

As I said in my brief seminar.

The most important part of reloading in my opinion is attention to detail.

[jono035]

As I said in my brief seminar.

The most important part of reloading in my opinion is attention to detail.

Yeah, a comment that I have definitely taken to heart.

For me an extra feature like a powder check die isn't to allow less attentive reloading, more the peace of mind that there are a couple of levels of failure that have to occur before a disaster... It's the same principle used when designing the safety systems for mains-connected electronics, no single fault should ever expose the user to danger.

[JDK]

jono
have a look at trailboss powder for ya 44 mag it's a very bulky powder made for cowboy shooting to get over the light load big case probs
ADI make it or ya can get IMR (same stuff diffrent tin ) but the IMR stuff is pricey
http://www.thalesgroup.com.au/handlo...uide/index.asp
click on single action and then single action pistol tick the "i know my arse for a hole in the ground disclamer " (or just click on pistol data and the whole list of loads are there for ADI powders

[sAsLEX]

It's the same principle used when designing the safety systems for mains-connected electronics, no single fault should ever expose the user to danger.

Its only 240 just a little tickle....... had two electric shocks at work this week I have had to deal with only 240 and both are fine.....god I hate paper work and OSH though!

[Brett]

hey if anyone can help me, I have a .22 that I would like to get from Chch to Auckland...the guy i bought it on leaves for Aussie on Tuesday and NZ Couriers wanna charge me $150 to transport the thing...it is only a Marlin 925r so hardly worth that sort of coin especially since I paid $300 for it...nearly makes it full retail new...
Any help would be appreciated. I would also be interested in anyone who could pick it up for me and hold it...I will be down that way end of next week or early the week after anyway...just bad timing!

Thanks

[sAsLEX]

hey if anyone can help me, I have a .22 that I would like to get from Chch to Auckland...the guy i bought it on leaves for Aussie on Tuesday and NZ Couriers wanna charge me $150 to transport the thing...it is only a Marlin 925r so hardly worth that sort of coin especially since I paid $300 for it...nearly makes it full retail new...
Any help would be appreciated. I would also be interested in anyone who could pick it up for me and hold it...I will be down that way end of next week or early the week after anyway...just bad timing!

Thanks

And why is that?

My rifle was $ 25 postage with NZ Couriers, no way near 150 thats for sure


and according to some its a dangerous MSSA!

[jono035]

Its only 240 just a little tickle....... had two electric shocks at work this week I have had to deal with only 240 and both are fine.....god I hate paper work and OSH though!

Depends on how you get the 'little tickle' and how long for. Hand to hand 240v is a hell of a lot more than a tickle!

Also, people tend to get a bit more picky when it comes to commercial appliances and exposure to the general public!

Edit: On a related note, the $20 1500W electric hob that I got off trade me melts lead like a champ right up to the point where the internal insulation melts and the thing lets out a big puff of smoke and trips an RCD... Good times... Bought myself an 18 kg ingot of lead to get started with, no idea what the composition of it is though, may have to try get hold of a few kgs of plumbers solder or something to alloy it with... I also need a better melting pot, the spare steel cake tin that I was mucking around with won't quite cut it for 2 litres of molten lead...

Have got a spare stainless serving spoon (one of those huge ones, probably from a barbeque tools set) to use as a ladle and a $5 muffin tray for ingot molds... should be interesting...