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Post by x101airborne on Mar 7, 2021 13:57:02 GMT -5
I finally got Tinker's coke bottle bullets loaded and tested on a trapped hog. He will probably be adding it to his blog soon.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Mar 7, 2021 15:43:44 GMT -5
I’m actually liking the little 70gr. Sierra BK bullets from it, they’re going 2200fps and could possibly be a great bullet for stuff coyote, javelina, small pig size,....70-80 pounds and less.
Trapr
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Post by junebug on Mar 7, 2021 18:49:03 GMT -5
Hope the drug task force don't descend on you for buying all those Zig Zag rolling papers. I can hear it now this guy just bought a whole handful of rolling papers he's getting ready to have a BIG party , suit up! LOL
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Post by junebug on Mar 7, 2021 19:07:09 GMT -5
Today was unload day. Unloaded 45 .308's on steel, some fall down, some ducked.
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Post by flyingzebra on Mar 16, 2021 11:40:31 GMT -5
I've been fiddling with the 25 caliber lately. There's a 256 Dan revolver and an old Savage 23b in 25-20 that have been getting some attention. Maybe the coolest part of this has been the paper patching of the 86gr plain base bullet. Here's a few with a 256 case I ended up using ZigZag white label cigarette paper for the jackets
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Post by x101airborne on Mar 16, 2021 17:21:38 GMT -5
Paper patched out of a handgun. That is one I have never tried (yet).
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Post by flyingzebra on Mar 16, 2021 20:58:49 GMT -5
I have a project coming up that I kind of am planning around paper patched bullets, for reasons.
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Post by flyingzebra on Apr 3, 2021 21:25:31 GMT -5
More fiddling with the 25-20 My interest today was a bit of a stretch. Literally. The Savage 23b is known to do well with the 60 grain spitzer or JHP bullet. Of course, there's nothing in current production that's anything like the old Remington 60gr Mushroom I have a small quantity of old vintage 60gr JHP bullets, but it would just be wasteful to blow what few of them that I have as any load development would be for nothing as I can't get more to reproduce the results down range. I do however have two 5-gallon buckets full of spent 22lr brass and some swaging equipment. Fortunately in the assortment of dies is an interesting set of 257 dies. I'd heard many times that 22lr brass would be too thin and/or small for the 25 caliber. I'd also heard of it working out. Today I found out for myself. This morning was a somewhat hasty poke at the issue. I wasn't going for a perfected process or a polished result. I just wanted to see what the point form would look like coming out of the 25 caliber spitzer dies. I'd never used them before. It's kind of a nice looking little bullet. I annealed the case, dropped it in water, blew it out, and with a piece of core wire weighed out for a 60gr finished bullet I seated in a 6mm core seating die, then transfered that to the 25 caliber dies for swaging up and pointing. It yeilds a JHP that's longer than the vintage 60gr JHP. Different ogive shape gets it there. Further attempts will get properly cleaned jacket material, and I'll likely wet tumble the derimmed brass in stainless pins before I seat and swage. They'll look nicer for sure. As it is, with the thin jacket and soft core, it should be pretty nasty at the relatively low (2000fps+) speed that the 25-20 rifle and 256 Winchester revolver can provide. We'll see.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Apr 3, 2021 21:59:12 GMT -5
I may have to get you to include some of those with my Hawkeye when you guys are done making my mount for it!!! They look good.
Trapr
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Post by tinkerpearce on Apr 3, 2021 23:17:57 GMT -5
That's really cool! I may have to do some experimentation myself...
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Post by magnumwheelman on Apr 4, 2021 7:52:19 GMT -5
Glad to see that bullet making stuff is working out for you... they look good
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Post by x101airborne on Apr 4, 2021 9:11:08 GMT -5
That is a great effort on swaging! Could you trim the nose a little bit to shorten OAL or is it a non issue?
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Post by bullseye on Apr 4, 2021 9:36:27 GMT -5
Now you are most definitely cooking with gas...Those little pills look awesome, as well as deadly! We impatiently await an accuracy report.
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Post by flyingzebra on Apr 4, 2021 10:55:08 GMT -5
To our Airborne friend, yes I can/could trim the tip of the bullet, and for now it's not an issue. It'll work in the Dan 256 revolver cylinder just fine, which was my first concern. Also, the length and shape have the look of a bullet that'll fly flatter than the vintage bullet, and hopefully the somewhat more rearward weight bias will help with stability. This might be good.
Bullseye, I only made one finished bullet so far, yesterday's work was a path of figuring out what combination of procedure and tooling would get me from spent brass to a usable bullet with what I have, and to see what the bullet would look like coming out of the 25 caliber die set. I loaded that bullet last night on a case full of Send and this morning I took it for a walk on my hills at sunrise.
Good news is that when I touched it off it hit directly to the sights and impacted straight on. The load should be giving 2100+fps at the muzzle. I'll make more and see how they do on the furry little bastards from the rock wall.
I'm pretty sure that accuracy will be governed more by the old Savage 23b than by the bullet - and I'll be doing my best to tune a load for the best results.
The DW revolver will be a fun dispenser for these too. I just got a small quantity of virgin factory brass to go with it. Should be a hoot!
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Post by x101airborne on Apr 4, 2021 15:42:43 GMT -5
Awesome man! Keep us posted!
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