What did you do today in the world of reloading?
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10ring.com is a small shop off Jones Road in north Houston.
They sell reloading stuff.
Periodically they will have a swap meet outside the store. Typically on a sunday.
They don’t advertise when. You have to get on the email list. Notifications come via email.
You can sign up at the store or call them.
You could probably send an email to them as well but I’m not sure on that.
I think the last one was in January?
Anyways its for old curmudgeon cheapskate reloader types.
No gun sales allowed at the meet.
Thanks, I’m gonna have to get on that notification list! I’m old and cheap so it’s right up my alley. I always spend more than I want when I go to that store. I bought my press, lots of my dies, as well as tons of powder, primers, bullets, and other reloading supplies from them.
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I wrestle with using BP in original guns. I have shot a lot of it over the years in original shotguns and rifles. Then spending untold hours cleaning and scrubbing that nasty, vile, corrosive, hygroscopic, caustic, reside. That is my motivation for finding, light, clean, SAFE loads for the original guns.
It is way too early to go all Shakespearian, but:
The question, whether tis nobler in mind too dismantle, clean and scrub the shit out of my precious, or use smokeless and not lose untold hours of sleep over some nasty little speck of corrosion eating away at my cherished antique. Having seen beautiful examples marred by some sneaky little speck of evil makes my skin crawl. Out damn spot!
I still fire a lot of BP out of modern reproductions as my schism with corrosion seems to be less with them.
Shooting the old rifles with 400 to 500 grain bullets lumbering along at 1800 fps is most impressive on steel plates, and old derelict cars.
Well…March 11 range trip with 25-20 and 22LR lasted 2 hours of driving and target prep plus 1(one) shot that missed the paper. The very first 25-20 stuck the case. The cleaning rod was safely deployed inside the front door beside the 22LR ammo and my Yeti coffee mug. I shoot at a private range, so no retail counter. Packed it all back up and was home before lunch. After lunch, I pulled the remaining 99 rounds, saving the powder but ruining the soft alloy bullets. While the cases were tumbling to remove the powder and bullet lube in their necks I fired up the lead pot and cast another 100 bullets and pan lubed them.
March 12 I threw four series of reduced charges, topped by the bullets from the afternoon before and went back to the range. Three of the steps shot into one group! The top load impacted low right, obviously a barrel timing issue. That load is two steps below the charge that stuck a case the day before. It was cool and I expect most of the matches to be shot in close to 100°F, so headed home to make more of the milder loads for practice.
March 15: Made up the rest of the bullets for 200 yard practice. ORF issues on 16 & 17, raining this morning. Feeding my ORF buddy’s cows this afternoon so y’all have fun.
March 12 I threw four series of reduced charges, topped by the bullets from the afternoon before and went back to the range. Three of the steps shot into one group! The top load impacted low right, obviously a barrel timing issue. That load is two steps below the charge that stuck a case the day before. It was cool and I expect most of the matches to be shot in close to 100°F, so headed home to make more of the milder loads for practice.
March 15: Made up the rest of the bullets for 200 yard practice. ORF issues on 16 & 17, raining this morning. Feeding my ORF buddy’s cows this afternoon so y’all have fun.
If cleaning after firing Holy Black is a problem, I submit that you’re doing it wrong. A few warm moose milk patches, a dry patch or two then an oily patch and it’s done. By few, I mean 4 or 5. If your fouling is worse than that you need more lube.
Got dies, brass for 7.62x39, might start cranking some out today, ordered 8 pounds of powder just to have, 4 for pistol, 4 for rifle. Still waiting for the price of primers to drop, but I am still working on the bulk buy I did 12 years ago but they are getting thin.
Been doing the same. I bought a crap ton of stuff from an estate sale. Like the back of my Tahoe full of stuff. Been putting the stuff I can use in my stocks. And then selling off a bunch of stuff I know I won’t use.
Still have a few items for sale on the classifieds, but over half is gone. My garage is much less cluttered now.
Fowling in the barrel is not a problem. Darr lube for shotguns, White Label for rifle, Max lube for revolver. I can clean the bore in minutes
But after shooting 100 or so rounds on a good day it is the rest of the gun that BP residue gets in. Side lock, rolling block, lever, revolver, or trap door, its the rest of the gun. Pulling side locks, forearm wood, rolling hammer, lifter block, and getting the nastiness out of them.
I have picked up BP revolvers that the guts are frozen from improper or lack of cleaning. Damaging an example of a bygone era that has come into my possession is a sin. I want to leave it to whom so ever comes after me in like condition as I received it. A light frosting of rust, where the last shooter failed to property complete the cleaning is a hanging offense.
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I've got 1000 7.62 brass prepped and ready to go. I have 200 SSTs and about 450 160gr cast rounds ready to load for it. It's just not a priority for me I guess. Need to get a brass catcher anyway before I start testing.
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Which discipline?
Maybe I'm just doing it wrong, but a measuring cup of boiling water down the bore, followed by brush and patches with hoppes does really well...while there is a little residue on the lock/ action, it cleans up easily.
(In my opinion)
I do have a lever action that I do not shoot BP in, that would be a nightmare to clean.
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But then again, I usually don't sit down and shoot a hundred rounds out of 1 rifle...usually 20 or so out of each...so, 20 rounds times 10 or so weapons. Still a lot of cleaning. But I really enjoy it, so it is a labor of love.
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If absolutely none of the tainted water gets under the fore-end, lock, barrel, trap door, breach block, side plate, ect., all good. If any of the now corrosive tainted water rolls around there you are going to have issues at that spot, very quickly. Watching guys clean a stack of guns after a BP Rendezvous will turn your stomach.
Your correct.
If absolutely none of the tainted water gets under the fore-end, lock, barrel, trap door, breach block, side plate, ect., all good. If any of the now corrosive tainted water rolls around there you are going to have issues at that spot, very quickly. Watching guys clean a stack of guns after a BP Rendezvous will turn your stomach.
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Not sure which got more fowling, the gun or your hands. For the flinters, their whole body. I had to shower in the garage before I was allowed in the house.
Best of times.
I belonged to a club that had trap competition for BP muzzle loaders, and BP breach loaders. 25 shots per round. 4 rounds minimum, more if a tie.
Not sure which got more fowling, the gun or your hands. For the flinters, their whole body. I had to shower in the garage before I was allowed in the house.
Best of times.
Yes. I have a copper tube made to fit the chamber of each caliber. (Blow tube) that I connect to a flexible tube and funnel. Unless I screw up, the water goes straight through the bore. But like I said...20 to 25 rounds and I'm done. Especially the 50-140. LOL.
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85 last week, cold and snowing today in the desert,,, nothing to do this afternoon but scroll through the internet, and buy that MP mold for a .357 HP. Been wanting to work up my own FBI load for my 38 special, especially since that load had totally dried up, can't find it anywhere, and it's my first brass mold so I'll get to see if they are like the gold everyone makes them out to be. Luckily the wife decided it would be a good day for a nap 
The one I got has no lube groove as I'm planning to cast from as pure lead as I can and get good fill out and PC them.
The one I got has no lube groove as I'm planning to cast from as pure lead as I can and get good fill out and PC them.
