Howdy, pards. Been to the auto auction and finished rigging my wife's sidecar. It'll all need to be done again after I make a new mount for it, but at least I know the target positioning, now.
Will, I was thinking about the PennBullets.. I think the gunshow is next weekend if I get a chance I'll see if he is there again
They're the ones I'm really waiting to try. It'll be good to see what they can do.
If there's nothing else that I learn from this board, at least I can get some good food ideas.
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So I've learned.
Our indoor doesn't allow any black powder, even though they have a ventilation system that will knock you down.
It'll be interesting to see where this settles.
I'm glad the dawg is ok.
Yeah, the vet is doing OK, too, at $4000 to fix the leg.
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Ya might try some softer boolits. It will probably stop the leading.
I just read an article, "Loading Cast and Jacketed Bullets" by Dave Scovill, in the Dec. 2007 Handloader mag. Among other things, it talks about the use of too had of boolits for the velocity and pressures of your gun. It causes leading because "the base of the bullet cannot expand (obturate) to form a gas seal. This allowed combustion gas to escape past the heel, eroding the surface of the driving bands. The result was a deposit of lead alloy in the chamber throat, forcing cone and barrel. Not only was leading contributing to lousy accuracy, but excessive friction caused by the buildup of leading occasionally caused a low-velocity relatively hard cast bullet to lodge in the barrel." That is a small sampling of the great info in this article that pertains to CAS. Y'all should pick up a copy. A cosie we all know pretty much has told me the some things that are in the article. ![Wink ;)](https://www.cascity.com/forumhall/Smileys/cowboys/wink.gif)
Don't know that I'd have thought of that. It makes perfect sense. Thanks for the tip. I'll try it.
Will, are those samples you got coming from Penn the softer alloy? They offer you a choice of alloys, a softer CAS type and a somewhat harder one for autos and higher velocity revolvers.
He knows I'm using them for CAS, so I expect they'll be the softer ones.
Most store bought bullets use what is called the Taraco Alloy, 2% tin, 6% antimony and 92% lead. This was developed in the 80's for the IPSC shooters who were mostly using 38 Super for the top shooters, it is the cheapest and hardest alloy that gives a a very high percentage of good castings.
You have any idea what the formula for the softer "20:1" bullets might be? Does that tell me 20 parts lead to 1 part tin?
Got 9 right on the turkey quiz. Better than I was expecting.
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