making steel targets - The Firearms Forum
2009年10月15日 · The majority of steel weight lifting weights that I have seen have been of cast construction. They 'might' work for a while as a .22 LR target, but a centerfire round will probably quickly shatter or crack it. Cast iron is fairly strong, but it is often actually quite brittle and can be broken just by dropping it on a hard surface.
melting wheel weights - The Firearms Forum
2013年8月19日 · I melt down a wheel weights about once a year in the back yard using my fish fryer and a cast iron pot. The steel clips will float to the top and you can skim them out when you flux the lead. I use candle wax to flux, always completely dry to …
S & W Antique .22 Starter Pistol - The Firearms Forum
2010年1月21日 · As kids in the 1940s we could buy these at the hardware store for a buck and get a box of .22 short black powder blanks for 50 cents. We discovered that if you whittled the bullet of a regular .22 short, or rolled a BB down the barrel, they would shoot well into side of my dad's shed, but sometimes this broke the cast iron frame...
Best Iron Sights For Remington 308 - The Firearms Forum
2013年3月22日 · I live in Colorado and own a Remington 308. I have an upcoming local neighborhood shoot. Rules are iron sights only. No scopes/peeps. 100 yard target with elk caliber rifles. My eyes are not what they used to be at 64. I'm in need of the best iron sights for competition, adjustment and vision. Thanks for your assistance. [email protected]
Davis-Warner Infallible disassembly - The Firearms Forum
2010年3月2日 · Still, any designer should have realized that that design could easily be dangerous, and figured out a better way. The use of a cast iron frame was not really a misstep, since many guns, even at that date, were still made of cast iron or wrought iron. People think, for example, that Colt casehardened the SAA frame because of the appearance.
LEE Classic Turret Press spent primer removal - The Firearms Forum
2017年4月2日 · Yep, there are two Lee turret presses. The "old" style, aka "Value Turret", and the new "Classic Cast" turret. I have a "Value" I bought mebbe 17 years ago and it worked quite well for the tens of thousands of rounds I reloaded. I also have sized many thousands of …
flairing a case for a lead bullet - The Firearms Forum
2013年3月24日 · Cast bullet reloading is entirely different than jacketed bullet reloading - understand this and you are on your way to a very successful career with cast bullet reloading and shooting! Please do not use factory crimp dies for cast bullet reloading. Cast bullets MUST remain in their pristine state in order to shoot accurately.
Old Guns and Modern Ammo - The Firearms Forum
2011年11月19日 · But many old guns, top breaks in particular, were made of cast iron or wrought iron, not steel, and were never intended for long or extensive use. The top latches will loosen up firing ANY cartridge to any extent.
360 Buckhammer and Cast Bullets - The Firearms Forum
2023年6月30日 · I'm curious about the 360 BHMR bullet diameter and if anyone has successfully loaded any cast .358 bullets into it? I get that a smokeless powder load would drive a 158 grain bullet pretty fast but I'm looking for a cartridge and rifle combo that I can still use the 358 bullet molds I have with black powder or BP substitute and still drop a ...
Infrared thermometer for measuring lead temps? - The Firearms …
2017年5月15日 · I have found that stainless steel pipes will read 10 to 30 degrees F, lower than actual temps, by comparing readings with other instrumentation. My understanding is that lighter colored metals will read lower than darker metals i.e. carbon steel, cast iron etc..