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Re: .303 - 195 GR Powder Coated LEAD CAST BULLETS

I was also told somewhere, someday, someplace that it seems to be that a good powder coat is enough protection against gas burning pretty much up to t...

3 years ago
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Re: .303 - 195 GR Powder Coated LEAD CAST BULLETS

But that is achieved by the powder coating ?My 2c is that PC is unlikely to have prevent flame cutting or erosion as it burns away far below the melti...

3 years ago
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Re: Dry curing meat.

Looking good. How does it taste?

3 years ago
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Re: New SOCOM sniper rifle

Many 10s of thousands of head of game taken with Howa working rifles all over this continent have been very satisfied with their performance. I know o...

3 years ago
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Re: Reloading Equipment Nostalgia

Mate of mine does surface preparation machines and supplies. He always supplied German machines which were fiercely expensive but of very high quality...

3 years ago
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Re: New SOCOM sniper rifle

Is it R100 000 more accurate than an 0.5 MOA Howa owned by Piet at local Long range Club ?  ?Nope but you do get really tacticool stickers and a ...

3 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

Steel shot and bismuth seem to be the next popular loads. However, traditional barrels cannot always handle the "pressure" of the steel shot...

3 years ago
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Re: IMR 4955 - odd burn rate

I'm amazed that such an established manufacturer from the most litigious country on the planet would get something that wrong.

3 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

Steel and other hard metal shot is pretty much the next/current thing. Lead is being banned all over the place for environmental reasons. Loads based ...

3 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

If pressure is not such a problem in shotguns, why are shot cartridges relatively slow? It seems that most shot travels somewhere between 1200fps and ...

3 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

Theres an article that I tried and failed to find that deals with pressures in shotguns. The author, a ballistician, performed experiments where he so...

3 years ago
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Re: FLAT point powder coated .303 bullets

I got a 22mm 5 shot group with these out of my 270 Win. 133gr Lyman gas checked and powder coated.People of Pope and Louverin's generation shot c...

3 years ago
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Re: My case prep

I think people tend to assign values to some reloading steps inconsistent with actual results.^This. A small fraction of reloaders I have ever met mea...

3 years ago
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Re: Dry curing meat.

My hog shoulder has now hung 7 day, in a fridge set at 5.5 cel.I called Cody and asked him what he thinks about my meat. " Whatch mean Daaad"...

3 years ago
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Re: Hunting with shotgun slugs ??

Brandewyn en buskruit mieks mos nie 😉 ;)Thanks a lot!It simply means that it is doable, and that it will work. How much damage does it do to meat? In...

3 years ago
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