Went thru a pile of misc bags of reloading stuff for the next 10ring.com swap meet.
Mostly bags of brass but a few other things.
Just a bunch of stuff that needs to go.
10ring.com is a small shop off Jones Road in north Houston.Tell me about this swap meet! Didn’t know there was such a thing.
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.
1400 fps is pretty good speed for cast bullets (in my opinion) Definitely would shut up those who think "old" rifles couldn't perform.
I have yet to use the chronograph on my 50-140, but figure that the 50gr. of 5744 pushes a 515gr. cast bullet out at around 1600-1800 fps.
I do know that will rock my ar500 plate target at 100 yds while the .308 hardly moves it at all.
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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.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.
Went thru a pile of misc bags of reloading stuff for the next 10ring.com swap meet.
Mostly bags of brass but a few other things.
Just a bunch of stuff that needs to go.
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 minutesIf 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.
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.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.
Which discipline?I expect most of the matches to be shot in close to 100°F
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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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.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.
Your correct.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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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.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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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.Y
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.