mattstr got a set of Hornady balance beam scales and a Hornady powder dispenser you can have to help you on your way. Just pay postage ($15 max). 199739 NB. Powder dispenser does not have a...
Liked On: 20-06-2022, 12:31 PM
I am in Napier. As a retired person I am very happy to let you use my gear and componants - powder , primers , projectiles etc and show you how to do it. Cheers, Gary.
Liked On: 20-06-2022, 12:27 PM
Find a stable es charge and providing it shoots good groups varify velocity by shooting at longer ranges and calculate velocity by using the drop.
Liked On: 06-06-2022, 10:36 PM
I've used them in 30 cal, 8mm and 6.5mm The are accurate, hold together well and open up fairly quickly, but are not at all aerodynamic. Nowadays I'm using Norma Oryx as a bush load in 7mm and...
Liked On: 01-06-2022, 01:12 PM
I believe you are over thinking it....and recoil....means you are pushing things hard...45grns of 2208 is good load behind 400grn cast....its stout but not rattle your teeth hot.... there used to be...
Liked On: 22-05-2022, 11:50 AM
Re the next tension You are assuming the tension you experienced pulling the bullets is the same tension when the bullet is being released up the barrel I wouldn't assume that because the...
Liked On: 22-05-2022, 11:47 AM
Stand a whole bunch of projectiles upright in a flat pan melt your lube and pour it into the pan till it's level with the top grease groove and leave it to cool. Cut the bullets out with a "cookie...
Liked On: 22-05-2022, 11:26 AM
My Lyman beam scales settle very quickly, the pointy end will be sitting still even while the pan is still swinging. I tried the cheap Hornady G2 1500 electronic scales - the end result is I won't...
Liked On: 01-05-2022, 10:37 AM
Digital scales have a bad habit of being unreliable and expensive. I would stick to a decent beam balance and if they are slow settling add some magnets (or replace with stronger ones) to the...
Liked On: 01-05-2022, 10:36 AM
After a few cycles of neck sizing and firing you’ll need to FL size.Redding body dies might be a good option if you can’t get FL dies
Liked On: 26-04-2022, 10:03 PM
Oiled cases as far as I'm aware were only ever used in pressure testing using the copper crusher method as well as in the ww1 Austrian schwarzloss blow back operated machine gun plus a few others. ...
Liked On: 26-04-2022, 09:42 PM
I use 30cal subs for everything these days, in 300blk It works well on everthing from turkeys to home kill bulls shots need to sever the spine(hard) or scramble the brain(less hard) I site for...
Liked On: 24-04-2022, 06:46 PM
Gday. Some blued things are sort of rust-resistant but some aren't. My old Browning A5 shotty was a PITA for rust on the blueing. It had to have the jebus oiled out of it to stop it. Others are way...
Liked On: 09-04-2022, 03:29 AM
Hi Cambo - the 70 grain Speer does stablise in a 1:12 twist - it was designed as one of the first deer specific-bullets made for the .223, and they all had 1:12 twists then. (I have found it will...
Liked On: 28-03-2022, 10:34 AM
Even the importer has to deliver his powder around the country himself, so I doubt it.
Liked On: 18-03-2022, 01:33 PM