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olt will let me seat the bullet out by the length of the lead band, or nearly so. My max OAL is thus slightly greater than the preceding procedure will provide. 3. Then I like to refine that OAL by sizing a bullet somewhat smaller and trying again. If I come out with substantially the same max OAL, it tells me that I’m really measuring the distance to the end of the throat, but with a less than ideal diameter selection. So I’ll adjust the diameters until I get a sudden sharp reduction in apparent max OAL. That tells me that I’ve exceeded the throat diameter, and I need to standardize on one step smaller for this particular gun. This brings me to the second method I sometimes employ with a new rifle / bullet: Simply pinch the neck of a fired case somewhat oval, and hand-start a sized bullet in it. For 30 cal, I use a 0.311 dia slug for this crude approximation, and refine it later. Chambering this dummy round will seat the bullet into the throat, and give me something very close to the final OAL value for this combination. I then use the dummy to adjust the seating die by running the seating stem down until it makes contact with the bullet. This will almost always bring me within a few thousandths of the optimum OAL for this bullet, at this diameter, in this rifle. A further caveat is that all of the preceding discussions assume that the distance from the breech to the rifling or throat is THE determining factor in measuring OAL. This is not true. It is often the case that the gun’s clip length will not accept or feed a cartridge that will chamber easily. Similarly, some lever action rifles feeding mechanisms won’t accept rounds grater than factory length. These restrictions also apply to handguns as well. COOKBOOK LOADS THAT WORK IN ANY GUN “Each rifle is a law unto itself, what works in one rifle won’t work in another.” I’ve heard and read that for the past forty-odd years. It’s not true. There are simple recipes that produce reasonable accuracy in all rifles of a given caliber. “The name of the reloading and shooting game is the same. You must perform each step precisely the same way each time to get accuracy.” This is another theme running through the literature that is at least partly wrong. If you do the wrong thing consistently, the gun won’t shoot accurately. The important thing is to perform the correct steps in reloading and shooting. Then consistency starts to pay off. Precisely controlling the composition of the casting alloy doesn’t help if the bullet is too small for the gun. There are hundreds of variables in the rifle/loading/shooting equation, such as powder type and quantity, bullet alloy, primer type, and so on. Some of these variables are very important, but most are of little or no importance. Small changes in alloy composition, powder charge, seating depth or bullet lubricant will not make large changes in accuracy. Accuracy can vary substantially with the bullet used. It is not unusual to find that bullets from one cavity of a two-cavity mold shoot better than bullets from the other cavity. Bullets must be big enough, as big as or bigger than the throat of the gun. For the beginner, success with cast bullets comes easiest with reloading and shooting calibers of 30 and above. Some reloaders can get excellent accuracy from the smaller calibers; but it is difficult. The degree of difficulty increases as the caliber decreases. The 22 Hornet is particularly maddening, each 3/4" 100 yard five shot group is followed by a 3” pattern. Here is a “cook book” for getting a rifle of .30 to .45 caliber to shoot. -Use a bullet that fits the gun, and that is not too long. 181
-Cast the bullets from any reasonable (mostly lead) alloy. Wheel weights work fine. -Use Alox or Liquid Alox or Darr or any commercial lube. -Clean the primer pocket every time the case is deprimed. -Every now and then clean the front half-inch of each case so it is bright and shiny. -Slightly bell each case mouth before reloading. -Seat the bullet out as far as possible while allowing the cartridge to be removed from the gun without de-bulleting. -Shoot from a comfortable bench position. -Use Remington Large Pistol Primers, #2 1/2 or other large pistol primers. 30/30 Winchester, 30 Remington, 303 Savage Use bullets from 150 to 180 grains. Lyman 31141 and 311291 are good choices. Powder Type: IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 12-15 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 12-15 grains Powder Type: Unique Powder Charge: 7-10 grains 308 Winchester, 300 Savage, 307 Winchester, 303 British, 30/40 Krag, 7.7 MM Japanese Use bullets from 150 to 220 grains. Lyman 311299/314299 are good choices Powder Type: IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 13-16 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 13-16 grains Powder Type: Unique Powder Charge: 9-12 grains 30/06 Use bullets from 150 to 220 grains. Lyman 311299/314299 are good choices Powder Type: IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 14-17 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 14-17 grains Powder Type: Unique Powder Charge: 10-12 grains 30 Caliber Magnums, Norma, H&H, Winchester, Weatherby Use bullets from 150 to 220 grains. Powder Type: IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 21-24 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 21-24 grains Powder Type: Unique Powder Charge: 14-15 grains In 3 different 300 Winchester Magnum rifles, the Lyman 311299 with 24 grains of IMR 4227 or 15 grains of Unique averaged five five-shot groups under an inch at 100 yards. .32/35 Stevens and Maynard Use bullets around 165 grains depending on the twist. Powder Type:IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 11-14 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 11-14 grains .32/40 Ballard and Winchester, 32 Winchester Special, 32 Remington, 33/40, 33/47 Use any bullet from 165 to 210 grains. Some rifles won't stabilize the heavier bullets. Powder Type: IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 12-15 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 12-15 grains 8 mm Mauser Use any bullet from 165 to 210 grains. Powder Type: IMR 4227 Powder Charge: 14-17 grains Powder Type: SR4759 Powder Charge: 14-17 grains Powder Type: Unique Powder Charge: 10-13 grains 182
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0.0 THE BEGINNING INTRODUCTION CAST
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The contributors: Jason Adams Charl
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 0.0 THE BEGINNING
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WHEELWEIGHTS AND HEAT TREATING CAST
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HOW TO DETERMINE “FIRST SHOT HIT
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ALLOY CYLINDER WEIGHTS BY CALIBER A
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1.0 SAFETY BULLET CASTING SAFETY Th
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Second, after you pick up each case
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educe the pressures until the effec
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Tapered bullets have bands that are
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last band .315”. Bullet seated in
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These are the hollow base and stand
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The most important thing about slug
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From Ken Mollohan: Joe, Pretty nice
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2.2 BULLET DESIGN AND FIT How To Sc
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A .257" diameter, 1" long wheelweig
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Here's a table showing the wind def
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Here's the same data as a graph: He
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I just have to study these tables a
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Army. About 40% of the bullet is a
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throat, reducing down at 1 degree a
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to fit the chamber. The 387178 is a
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it drops in of its own weight, it i
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Over stabilization Let's take anoth
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Repeat this several times until you
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Lead bullets weigh (very) approxima
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1,000-yd line. A faster twist would
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3.2 BULLET CASTING METALS ACQUIRING
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The addition of more than 10% tin t
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Based on all of this data, I conclu
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Bill McGraw: "Tin (Sn) has a specif
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difference in percentage of tin or
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So the mystery alloy has about 2% t
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"Quickload" is a computer program t
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These are the prescriptions for the
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38/55 160-31 Floyd 246 Rel 7 17 WW
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(psi) which simplifies matching the
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achieve some very high velocities w
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3.4 HOW TO CAST BULLETS Safety Melt
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Bullet molds come in “nose pour
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lasts just under two hours. I inspe
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Here's my setup for weighing bullet
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over and make a mess, but it doesn
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Filing the mold top. Filing chamfer
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Make sure the mold is adjusted acco
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A set of bullets had the bases file
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damaged = filed bases fly wildly to
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More damaged bullets To damage some
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tests: I repeated the tests on 5/23
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4.0 HOW TO MODIFY CAST BULLETS . Bu
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4) Even if bullets are slightly ell
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the handle joint trying to get them
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How many revolutions, or how long d
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If you want to enlarge a mold more
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out once on a RCBS 165 gr. Sil. bul
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ullets to fit his rifles, and set m
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I use the NUT; it fits inside the S
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4.2 GAS CHECKS Gas checks are small
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Tom Gray on CBA "My use of annealed
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"I use gas checks in my 44 Mags on
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4.3 Swaging Cast Bullets Norman F.
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The other meaning; that which Tom G
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Commercial .38 Caliber SWC Swaged t
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Swaging Flat Points From 250 Grain
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Illustration 3230 Grain FMJ Swaged
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Page 136 and 137: 4.4 PAPER-PATCHED BULLETS Ken Mollo
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Page 144 and 145: 4.5 HEAT TREATING LEAD BULLETS HEAT
Page 146 and 147: method, I've produced bullets as ha
Page 148 and 149: Attached is a graph that I develope
Page 150 and 151: Colander Getting the bullets out of
Page 152 and 153: Does this matter? That depends on y
Page 154 and 155: There have been articles on heat tr
Page 156 and 157: I reviewed the test process several
Page 158 and 159: Those 34 bullets were then washed i
Page 160 and 161: many years ago. Part of it had 1% T
Page 162 and 163: the bullet. It’s limited to low v
Page 164 and 165: frying pan. When the lube melts, st
Page 166 and 167: Keep the heat as low as possible. T
Page 168 and 169: Lyman used to sell a device called
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Page 172 and 173: The rifle is a Savage Tactical rifl
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Page 176 and 177: 6.1 CAST BULLET RELOADING HOW TO AS
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Page 180 and 181: with my fingers before putting the
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Page 186 and 187: We are told that the energy and vel
Page 188 and 189: 4. Use Lee die "O" rings between yo
Page 190 and 191: TARGET AND HUNTING AMMO, THE WAY I
Page 192 and 193: 6.2 CARTRIDGE CASES HOW TO CARE FOR
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Page 196 and 197: Being chicken, I trimmed the cases
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Page 200 and 201: dropping it in water, will keep you
Page 202 and 203: I have checked chamber length in mi
Page 204 and 205: I still use plated 357 cases to ide
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Page 210 and 211: 6.3 PRIMERS AND PRIMING TOOLS Ameri
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Page 218 and 219: 6.4 POWDERS AND POWDER MEASURES Use
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Page 224 and 225: Dippers and repeatability Hoping th
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Yet other shooters use grease or lu
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If a person has a less than perfect
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I rechambered to .50-140, switched
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Did the chamber of the 30/30 or 30/
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6.6 HOW TO WORK UP AN ACCURATE RIFL
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a bullet that is properly fitted to
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For gas check bullets, the metal sh
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Powder A Powder B Powder C #1 Prime
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It seems pretty clear that variatio
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"I value my Pact I because it gives
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underlying average and we call it M
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Another way to look at the relation
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Here's a table showing the muzzle v
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no neck. To hold a bullet in the ca
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Sometimes the bullet will breech se
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Here are the cases from the side, s
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This photo shows the rifle barrel w
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The breech-muzzle loading technique
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6.6.3 RELOADING CAST LEAD BULLETS F
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When you slug your barrel, note if
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MORE ABOUT SHOOTING LEAD BULLETS IN
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for hand gunners are the semi-wadcu
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I now use BHN = 10 alloy ( 20:1 Pb:
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evolver. But, the effects of changi
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6.6.4 LOADING AND RELOADING WITH BL
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Cartridge firearms using black powd
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"I loaded up some loads and shot th
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Black powder cartridges "In a cartr
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Many shooters use a “blow tube”
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Another caveat is that this was all
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Roll a piece of wrapping paper abou
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Moisten entire front end of paper a
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Drop right in a 58 Remington. Colts
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It is claimed that 22 cast bullets
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My own experience shooting 22 cast
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6.7 ON HEADSPACE (Drawings courtesy
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Other cases headspacing on the shou
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Thanks to Paul Brasky for asking wh
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primer protrusion is equal to the e
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6.8 ON MOLY COATED BULLETS Jesse H.
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A Note on the Lee Collet Die by Joe
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In aiming the rifle (N.R.A. standin
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Good luck be with you." 315
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The rifle should be free to recoil
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I used this arrangement for many ye
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Here's the muzzle clamp with the wo
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7.3 SIGHTS Sights are either iron s
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glare on exposed sights. The tube k
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The Anschutz sight has clicks of .0
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HOW TO ADJUST A WINDGAUGE FRONT SIG
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is to file a little bit back on! Or
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emove parallax. I have a Simmons 4X
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In the ASSRA matches, I believe tha
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Test 1 "Effect Of Learning On Dispe
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7.4 ON ACCURACY Accuracy is the deg
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I propose the following procedure f
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Number Upper Lower Upper Lower of g
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were less than 1:2, most were much
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7.5 SPOTTING SCOPES Spotting Scopes
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7.6 SHOOTING IN MIRAGE AND WIND Win
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7.7 CANT (Cant in a handgun is not
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ig envelope held on with a rubber b
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those minimum shot/maximum shot par
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I have been shooting a CPA 32-40 cl
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After ten patches, if the next patc
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juice is turned on. The plan is to
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8.1 CAST BULLET ASSOCIATION MATCHES
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CBA PRODUCTION CLASS--John Alexande
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Barrels: Hart 6 Shilen 3 Lilja 3 St
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In Cast Bullet competition there is
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(b) Targets the original issued sto
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8.2 INTRODUCTION TO SCHUETZEN RIFLE
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8.3 BUFFALO RIFLE Forrest Asmus I l
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weight of course and such weight wi
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8.4 BLACK POWDER SHOOTING We're for
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in and soften the black powder foul
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8.5 HUNTING WITH CAST BULLETS HUNTI
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Boar hog taken with a pure lead .49
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Hog/deer double taken with a .308 a
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The wad (beeswax softened with enou
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further; otherwise, the HT-Q bullet
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deer's forequarter from this one ti
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priming charge which lights off the
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The rifle muzzle showing the alignm
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produce this size bullet diameter.
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Hodgdon brand Pyrodex and Triple Se
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USA 492-450 Bullet greaser for .451
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Some commonly used muzzleloading pr
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Full bore conicals should be lubed
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First is the single shot pistol wit
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military configuration. "F" grade i
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This is a photo of a Peabody Creedm
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many shooters share this opinion. M
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This action is similar to the 1885
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the time and money to have a rifle
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The earlier Mausers are legion. The
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configuration, available from Colt,
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