Have some Sanka and we'll have a December to remember

Started by Delmonico, November 30, 2020, 09:27:03 PM

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Silver Creek Slim

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 24 and overcast. High of 39.

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

Silver Creek Slim

I am trying to load for my Colt Police Positive. I have .358" SWC tumble-lube bullets I use for .38 Spl. I tried some and they are trying to key-hole. I found the following and wondering what you think.

"You can 'bump up' 0.358 inch diameter .38 S&W Special cast bullets to 0.363 inch diameter for .38 S&W by squeezing them – nose to base – in a flat faced vise. About a quarter turn in my vise works nicely. You are left with a flat nose bullet, but 0.363 inch bullets are hard to find these days. Accuracy is significantly improved in many guns by this diameter increase."
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/38-sw-the-other-38/

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

pony express

Drydock told me about this mold:
https://www.amazon.com/Custom-Cavity-Bullet-Caliber-Grain/dp/B07D7JDMWY

I bought it, but haven't cast any yet. It looks very much like the original bullets loaded in .38 S&W, 146gr and a short base section, allowing for the most available powder space in the short .38S&W case. Not a problem for smokeless, but my pistol is a BP S&W DA.

Major E A Sterner

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Silver Creek Slim

Quote from: pony express on December 08, 2020, 07:16:49 PM
Drydock told me about this mold:
https://www.amazon.com/Custom-Cavity-Bullet-Caliber-Grain/dp/B07D7JDMWY

I bought it, but haven't cast any yet. It looks very much like the original bullets loaded in .38 S&W, 146gr and a short base section, allowing for the most available powder space in the short .38S&W case. Not a problem for smokeless, but my pistol is a BP S&W DA.
That's the ticket if they still had them.  :(

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

pony express


Delmonico

Quote from: Major E A Sterner on December 08, 2020, 07:47:11 PM
Happy Birthday Del, Have a Curmudgeonly day  >:( :o :o ;D ;D

I did, fighting a bit of a cold, slept most the day.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

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Delmonico

Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 08, 2020, 08:50:19 PM
That's the ticket if they still had them.  :(

Slim

Contact Lee direct, forget the Amazon guy, they should still have the cherry and usually don't charge that much extra.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Silver Creek Slim

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 20 and clear. High of 45.

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

Silver Creek Slim

Quote from: Delmonico on December 09, 2020, 12:43:03 AM
Contact Lee direct, forget the Amazon guy, they should still have the cherry and usually don't charge that much extra.
I will.

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

Johnny McCrae

I had a letter to mail out to a friend that seemed a bit heavy for one stamp. Too cheap to buy a postage scale and I didn't want to wait in line at the Post Office so I used my RCBS Rangemaster.  One ounce is 437.5 grains. Good thing I weighed it as this letter weighed 455.4 grains. The older I get the more lazy I get
You need to learn to like all the little everday things like a sip of good whiskey, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk,  and a feisty old gentleman like myself

pony express

I thought an ounce was 473gr? But Google says different. Maybe that's why I don't get as many shots out of a pound of powder as I thought I should...

Silver Creek Slim

NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

The Trinity Kid

Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 09, 2020, 09:55:35 PM
7000 grs per pound.

Slim

Looks like I'm almost 1 million grains.  ::)

Evening all.

I am in the lucky position of getting to move again this weekend. Not a great place, but it's a roof.

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Delmonico

Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 09, 2020, 09:55:35 PM
7000 grs per pound.

Slim


In the  avoirdupois system, in the troy system there are only 5760 grains per pound, meaning that a pound of feathers really does weigh more than a pound of gold. The pound of gold weighs only 12 ounces but the troy system ounce weighs 480 grain so the ounce is heaver which means an ounce of feathers weighs less than an ounce of gold but weighs more than a pound of gold.  The grain remains constant it bothe systems  ::)
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Major 2

Happy belated Del, I did not catch that yesterday  :(  Sorry you spent it under the weather.
Chili here , both is temps and for dinner , had mine with a Hillshire Farm cheese stuffed sausage....

Won a Brommie C96 Mauser on GB, It should be on its way.  :D 
One has been on my bucket list for many years , but something always needed attention, fixed or demanded my sock away cash.





 
when planets align...do the deal !

Silver Creek Slim

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 20 and partly cloudy. High of 50.

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

Silver Creek Slim

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

Congrats on the C96, Major 2.

'Tis 30 and partly cloudy. High of 38. Could get sn*w tomorrow.

Slim
NCOWS 2329, WartHog, SCORRS, SBSS, BHR, GAF, RBCS, Dirty RATS, BTBM, IPSAC, Cosie-in-training
I love the smell of Black Powder in the morning!

Major 2

Good morning, thanks Slim for the Coffee & congrats...

Today  44° with the high 71°  guesser says we won't get higher the 79° for Sunday , then back to low 70's the rest of the week
when planets align...do the deal !

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