Haven't used my dried Coffee Grounds yet...
I found this mentioned somewhere and just ordered 500 cc's of it.
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,5531.html
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Haven't used my dried Coffee Grounds yet...
I found this mentioned somewhere and just ordered 500 cc's of it.
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,5531.html
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Just loaded up some 'light load' 6.5mm Carcano's last night using toilet paper filler
and a LEE Powder Scale.
http://www.mynetimages.com/b7cda9bee7.jpg
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I love the idea of 'dried coffee grounds" !
They are regular in size, dried, extracted of any sticky proteins, they are light and I have a Butt Load
of them - we are BIG coffee drinkers...
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I reloaded 18 Carcano Brass with the LEE cast bullet (170 gr Cruise Missile) sized to
0.268 and lubed, with 25 gr RL-15 load.
Shot it today and Chronographed six rounds.
1. 1693 ft/sec
2. ...
runfiverun....
Couple of questions for you.
First, I have a butt load of Reloder 15 which I'd like to use in "Gallery Loads" in my
MilSurp rifles (Lee-Enfields, 8mm BRNO Mauser, Mosin-Nagants,...
I looked thru my collection of smokeless gunpowders.
None are spherical - I looked at each one.
In order of burn rate (Fastest --->Slowest), I have
Bullseye
Red Dot
231
Unique
I have not tried ANYTHING yet, but TP sounds like the ticket if I want a filler.
As to your last comment, I have a wise acre friend who wanted to know if I used
"used toilet paper"....lol.
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I found a post on a forum wherein one person uses TOILET PAPER as a filler !
http://www.reloadammo.com/rel-location.htm
http://www.mynetimages.com/75568fe5f7.jpg
All I can say is....why the...
Why do you tumble the Brass in the first place - just to look purdy...?
I have a tumbler and have used it, but eventually I asked myself, "Self...WHY are
you doing this ?".
I had no good...
The Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook, 3rd Edition, speaks of Dacron Batting as a filler.
All I can find is "Low Melting Polyester Batting" in fabric stores.
I don't think they care exactly what the...
Thanks, versifier, for your first starting answer to this thread.
Being a Chemist/"scientist" (67 yr old retired PhD Industry Biochemist), I liked your equations !
I've been looking thru...
I just acquired a 6.5mm Swedish and had a LEE 6.5 170 grain mold to make what is
called "The Cruise Missile".
I just started using the Gas Checked Cruise Missile in my Carcano Carbine at 0.268 ...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |