Recent content by mgstucson

I buy cases from Starline, and powder and primers where I can for the best price, and roll my own jacketed bullets with this die set made for RCBS Rock Chucker or similar press. These dies are made by a man in Oregon under the name of BT Sniper. Bullets in front of dies are hollow points made...

50 years ago I started hunting with a 303 Jungle Carbine my father gave me, but my brother-in-law, who taught me to hunt, used a Remington 742 semi-auto in 30-06. A 303 cartidge will simply pole-axe a whitetail. DRT. After his untimely death, I inherited my brother-in-law's 742. It was prone...

From the Chinese philosopher Lao Tsu on down, many through the centuries have said something similar to: "A smart man learns from his own mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others." For DG hunters it might be said: "A smart man learns from his own mistakes, a wise man finds a...

I am currently in discussion on a set of 577 bullet swaging dies. I am afraid your schedule is a little too compressed for me to be any use to you before your safari, but when you get back if you are still looking for bullets, let me know. If I get the dies, I can make softs, solids...

I must admit that I am really a double rifle novice, even though I own a few. I am a custom bullet maker and lifelong reloader for 45 years. It seems to me more than any other rifle type, doubles require a lot of "buy and try." Like others have said, I would not shoot ANY overbore mono-metal...

You can roll a series of cannelures on the bullets. This will reduce the bearing surface the way they do with monometal driving bans. It will also squeeze the diameter of the bullet out to .412 on either side of the cannelure. The bullet in the picture is a 505gr, .458 bullet, but the...

Pure soft lead flows into the shape of the die when swaged at about 5000 psi at room temp. The psi required for the lead to flow increases with the SQUARE of the hardness. That means for every 2 points Bhn, the psi to make the lead distort roughly doubles. 7 Bhn requires about 10,000 psi. 10...

Of course you are correct about the Lee dies. My father wore belt and suspenders all his life. Although I don't dress like him, I guess deep down where it counts I'm a "belt and suspenders" man too.

458 caliber, 505 grains, made from a fired 308 case as a bullet jacket. The dies and punches in the 2 plastic cases in the first picture of the previous post are my 458 swaging dies. They were made by a man named Richard Corbin and work in a hand press he also manufactured. He is now retired.

I never trust the Lee Factory Crimp Die without a cannelure on heavy recoiling rounds.

That is a problem here. Finding BLR's with steel receivers for sale on the used market is rare. I have seen exactly 1 aluminum receiver BLR converted to 416 Ruger. They cut the barrel off but left I think about 10" or so of the barrel on the receiver. Then they bored and threaded the...

I have researched every which way to get close to 458 WM performance in a lever action. I think the only lever action that can stand the pressure is the Browning BLR. I have a 7mm RM in a Browning BLR, and IF I could find a gunsmith to re-barrel it to 458 WM, I would do it in a second. The...

Pistol Pack for 357 is 2.5", 4", 6", 8" barrels. There are also less common 10", 12", and 15" barrels for 357 also. Can switch from one barrel to another in less than 5 minutes. These were and still are the most accurate factory revolvers ever produced. Pistol Pack for 44mag is 4", 6", 8"...

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A 4" Dan Wesson in 357 is still my hands down favorite "trail gun" TO CARRY for protection when hiking in the desert SW of the USA. The biggest COMMON/frequent 4 legged threat is mt. lion, and the 125gr 357 HP is just about perfect. If I carry a speed loader with some 180gr loads, the 357 can...