You can do two things - you can size the cases and press them out like normal - (absolutely no problem doing that, I do it all the time. Hundreds of them. (I have primers that have been pressed out...
Liked On: 30-03-2024, 10:14 AM
The OAL length thing is simply not an issue - with 44-40 you have to crimp them, and the bullets have crimp grooves in the right place obviously. You crimp into the crimp groove. If you decide to...
Liked On: 29-03-2024, 08:54 PM
With the long throat in the 7x57's, it means you have to ignore the book and just load them up till they have the correct velocity. ""Correct velocity"" in a Mauser 98 or a modern rifle, is 2900fps...
Liked On: 29-03-2024, 05:35 PM
I think I enjoyed the black powder more than anything. All of my red deer with .44-40 were black powder. (And they died just as quickly as if I'd shot them with a .270) But I shot a lot of...
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 08:46 AM
Black powder is very little problem in a Winchester 92 chambered in .44-40. Just pour some water down the bore after shooting and wipe it out with a couple of patches and then an oiled patch - and...
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 08:44 AM
Black powder is very little problem in a Winchester 92 chambered in .44-40. Just pour some water down the bore after shooting and wipe it out with a couple of patches and then an oiled patch - and...
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 07:46 AM
I think I enjoyed the black powder more than anything. All of my red deer with .44-40 were black powder. (And they died just as quickly as if I'd shot them with a .270) But I shot a lot of...
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 08:32 PM
Black powder is very little problem in a Winchester 92 chambered in .44-40. Just pour some water down the bore after shooting and wipe it out with a couple of patches and then an oiled patch - and...
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 08:27 PM
I think I enjoyed the black powder more than anything. All of my red deer with .44-40 were black powder. (And they died just as quickly as if I'd shot them with a .270) But I shot a lot of...
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 08:23 PM
Black powder is very little problem in a Winchester 92 chambered in .44-40. Just pour some water down the bore after shooting and wipe it out with a couple of patches and then an oiled patch - and...
Liked On: 25-03-2024, 12:22 PM
Black powder is very little problem in a Winchester 92 chambered in .44-40. Just pour some water down the bore after shooting and wipe it out with a couple of patches and then an oiled patch - and...
Liked On: 25-03-2024, 10:34 AM
If my hunting life consisted of shots around at 300 metres I would get the 7mm Remington Magnum, and if I was usually hunting open tussock like in Otago and had designs on the wapiti blocks or tahr...
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 07:51 PM
It's very expensive. Some of us are cheap. I have a bunch of old .270 around here. Im going to try it. .270 is basically a 7mm already. I have made it from 8x57 (no problem, just size it and...
Liked On: 18-03-2024, 10:04 PM
I never got any good accuracy with lead bullets until I started casting my own. (And then I could control the alloy and the lube, all of which is important.) That photograph reminds me of why.
Liked On: 18-03-2024, 07:03 AM
I was thinking of taking my BSA Majestic in .308 for the roar again this year. I have always used 150 grain bullets in the .308, but this year was thinking of loading 180 grain Speer BTSP's in...
Liked On: 17-03-2024, 09:15 PM