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by JimW
Wed May 08, 2019 12:22 am
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: +Original Krag bandoleer
Replies: 3
Views: 4157

Re: +Original Krag bandoleer

Did you ever make these?
by JimW
Fri Sep 08, 2017 10:31 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Photobucket fix?
Replies: 0
Views: 1124

Photobucket fix?

Saw this on another forum, and it seems to work:<br /><br /><br />In the cases where former/current PhotoBucket users haven't deleted or clobbered their collections, Chrome and Firefox now have (since August at least) plugins that will display 3rd party hosted images by fiddling with the referrer or...
by JimW
Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:49 pm
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: A question for anyone out there that casts
Replies: 6
Views: 3844

Re: A question for anyone out there that casts

Where do you live? Might also try posting this on the castboolits forum, may be someone already casting this bullet.


NE Illinois. I may post there, but figured this was a good start
by JimW
Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:48 pm
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: A question for anyone out there that casts
Replies: 6
Views: 3844

Re: A question for anyone out there that casts

<blockquote>Have you slugged the barrel of your carbine?<br /><br />Have you checked Buffalo Arms and their dreadful new website? They have the Lyman version of the original FA bullet, 20:1, lubed with SPG but sized .458, About $31 per box. If you use these as a starting point, you may learn a lot.<...
by JimW
Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:38 pm
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: A question for anyone out there that casts
Replies: 6
Views: 3844

A question for anyone out there that casts

Here is my situation.<br /><br />I want to make duplicates of the original Springfield Armory loads for my 1873 trapdoor rifle, as described in great detail, by J. Spencer Wolf, in his book Loading Cartridges for the Original 45-70 Springfield Rifle and Carbine<br /><br />To achieve this, I am looki...
by JimW
Sat Jun 03, 2017 7:45 pm
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: 30/40 Krag reloading?
Replies: 49
Views: 30440

Re: 30/40 Krag reloading?

The same stuff works on the rifle and pistol boxes:<br /><br />Product MP-615VST 6" x 1500' PVC Shrink Tubing, 100 ga.<br /><br /><a href='https://www.packcoinc.com/100-gauge-pvc-shrink-tubing.html'>https://www.packcoinc.com/100-gauge-pvc-shrink-tubing.html</a><br /><br />A short video:<br /><b...
by JimW
Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:50 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: A fun coffee table book
Replies: 5
Views: 2500

Re: A fun coffee table book

We stopped in to the museum there a few years back on a motorcycle trip. Really interesting, but much smaller than we imagined.

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by JimW
Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:36 pm
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: 30/40 Krag reloading?
Replies: 49
Views: 30440

Re: 30/40 Krag reloading?

<r>The Word document has worked pretty well with editing for other calibers:<br /><br /><IMG src="http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l499/jamesw1963/Arisaka/20160228_144029_zpsxfalhcex.jpg" alt="img"><br /><br /><br /><IMG src="http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l499/jamesw1963/M14%20stuff/1288754...
by JimW
Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:24 pm
Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
Topic: 30/40 Krag reloading?
Replies: 49
Views: 30440

Re: 30/40 Krag reloading?

<r>I make the labels for all my reloading, and they are sized to fit these MTM 20 round boxes (in the "smoke" color): <br /><br /><a href='http://www.midwayusa.com/product/1564454556/mtm-slip-top-ammo-box-22-250-remington-243-winchester-308-winchester-20-round-plastic'>http://www.midwayusa...