Could someone please direct me to a proper site for reloading .303 subsonic, smokeless, hard lead cartridges for LE WW1 and WW2 rifles?
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carded wool as filler
Hi all, I have some carded wool to use as a filler, so,,,what is the correct use in the .577. I shoot round balls and a collar button type bullet cast from a home made mould. The only type of filler I've used is 50/50 mix of cream o wheat and bp,...
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Snider Plastic Case Formula
Can someone give me the re-loading info for round bullets into 24g plastic cases.I think Joel had a thread on this but I can't find it.RegardsJohn
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577/450 Reloading Question
Gentlemen,I loaded 20 rounds of 577/450 with a 450 grain bullet (.466 dia) over 85 grains of BP. Between them I included kapok, card, grease cookie, and card (in that order). Three of the rounds I seated the bullet at .361 in the case (OAL of the bull...
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RCBS-250-RN-HB
I am finally in a position to cast with this mould since I have run out of fiocchi 265grns for my Webley MkVI and Fosbery. Should I cast soft lead or harden it up a bit?
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Best mold for a Belgian Francotte?
Guys, I have a line on a Belgian Francotte in .577-450. Are the barrels consistent enough for me to risk ordering a bullet mould before I have slugged the barrel? If so, would I be well served by RCBS .468 480-grain mold?
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Smokeless load for #2 Musket
As it says, does any one have a smokeless load for the 500/450 #2 Musket.thanks................Chip
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Repriming #209 shot shell primers
I want to try repriming and reloading a few trimmed and fired 24 ga. plastic shotshells for my .585 Snider that shot well and are in good clean condition. A modern, in-line muzzle loader friend gave me some #209 primers which he uses in his modern(ugh!)...
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Looking for the Holy Grail...
Or trying to find a load using a paper-patched bullet that can be used in military rifle competition, i.e. 13 accurate shots without cleaning, blowtubing only. The Guinea Pig is my Steyr Roumanian issue Martini in no.2 Musket.In order to have a suitable...
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Werndl Turkish Martini/No2
I have bought a M1867 Werndl and took a chamber cast:After repeating the cast and finding the dimensions to be confirmed it would appear not to be either 11,15x42R nor 11,15x58R so not a Werndl chamber. It has been suggested that it could be 11,43x55R Tur...
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steyr peabody martini 1883 case forming story
this rifle has only the steyr marking ,the serial no H75xx and 2 crossed flags and is in perfect condition ( commercial model ?)I made cases out of starline /bell /bertram 50/90 sharps brass ,my first lot I formed with beaumont dies combined with 45a...
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Vectan Tu 3000 in .577/450 - range report
Just to record this for future information to Martini Henry users who have access to Vectan french powders.I finally used Tu 3000 in my Martini this afternoon. 1.8grams and a 450 grain Lee .457". Worked a
treat. Just a very few flecks of partly burnt pow...
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500 Express
This is a bit of a "blast from the past", but every so often I do some experimenting with my Rodda 500 Express.The objective is to find a light smokeless load that is accurate, shoots to the sights, puts both barrels together and is light enough that I ca...
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HELP I cannot Identify or find this powder flask anywhere! Garbage or Treasure?
I stumbled upon this powder flask at a garage sale for $0.25...there are no identifying markers as far as maker or year made. I cannot find a single piece of infromation about this online. Is this a piece of history or lunch at Mc Donalds?
It appears to b...
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Reloading .577/450 Martini-Henry Rounds Cheaply
Let me begin by saying, prior to attempting and reading about this, I knew nothing about reloading, but I am eager to learn. The second thing to be noted is that, at the moment, every penny counts so I'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible.
From my r...
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Fat Boy filler
OK, I should know this by now. I have on hand uncarded wool, tow (flax fibers) and kapok. Is there any significant difference between these materials when used as space fillers in the .577-450? Can one have "not enough" in the case? Fillers usually give ...
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1889 Swiss 7.5 X 53.5 Cartridge
I want to load for this cartridge. Does anyone have loading data?rotchie
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Martini moulds -- why the dimension
Can anyone help me please. I have one of the Martini Henry molds aluded to in this article and have hed it for quite a number of years.My question, why did they make it cast out at .468 when the original paper patched bullet diameter at the base is .450 -...
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Proper case mouth diameter
Recently I tok delivey for some loverly turned Brass cases.Sadly my ,470" diameter Bullets won't fit into them.The reason I bought these cases was to reload at the Range without taking a reloading press or dies.
What diameter would you recomend the case m...
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Lubricating paper patches
I have been using a Lee 450 grain .457" mould for my MkIV Martini. PommyB cases. The cases have fireformed to my chamber and I do not resize them (not least as I have no dies etc.) I paper patch them with 80gsm copy paper which wraps around twice. The rec...
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