Recent content by cmk

I think that RL22 sounds a bit too slow of a powder. And as far as i know, there won't be any more coming. At least not from the same producer. Eurenco Bofors is the manufacturer of a powder sold as RL22 by Alliant and as MRP by Norma. And at least Norma has advertised the end of MRP as "it...

Stock layout, but perhaps even more so weight, and probably most important expectation. As @MS 9x56 so elegantly put it, if you don't mind, it won't matter. Combined with actual bodily experience (not tiktok/yt) you can learn to handle almost anything. Fire a mag of .308's and then fire a...

Totally agree with your sense of nostalgia regarding calibres. The newest/youngest cartridge I have a rifle chambered for is - though not by much - the 30-06.

While I'm personally more of a blued-steel-and-walnut-kind-of-guy, I do see the utilitarian beauty of the stainless/laminate setup. Should the gun laws around here be more permissive, I'd probably have a large medium bore in a more of a rugged fashion. As for the calibre/cartridge between the...

Thank you for posting this, which looks like a fantastic offer. I hope that whoever jumped on this will write a nice long hunting report.

I've tried someting similar a couple of years ago, when a member on another forum made a bunch for me with some home made dies and a hydraulic press. These were also 40S&W cases, but soft lead was cold-pressed into shape, and a nose formed. They came in at approx 320gn, and worked quite OK...

Not any reason I can think of. Maybe that would give slightly better aerodynamics, i.e. making sort of a boat tail. But I think that this type of bullet may have bigger problems than poor BC, since the core is not bonded to the jacket, and the pistol bullet is only held in place through...

What a beautiful rifle!! And in a great caliber as well!

Not really "reloaded" - that comes next - but I finished a small batch of practice bullets for the 404. 40 S&W cases, annealed dead soft and sized to .423. Then added enough lead (approx 150gn) to give a total weight of 400gn, when finished. Propane torch to melt the lead in each case. When...

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Welcome aboard! I bet you have a few interesting stories from around the world.

Welcome aboard! If this thread takes a turn towards cooking, I'm hoping for some recipes on biltong as well. :Hungry:

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I have the same RCBS RockChucker kit that @mdwest linked above. From that, I threw out (or at least stopped using) the lube pad and the plastic cartridge tray. Got some wooden trays instead, as they have a much 'nicer feel' to them. Now I lube each case by hand. Added graphite powder for the...