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Reverend Recoil

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  • Birthday 12/27/1960

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    Registered Industrial and Mechanical Engineer, LSU graduate. Project engineer in the perto-chemical industry.<br /><br />Interests: gunsmithing, Bowie knives, traveling with my wife, photography, medium stakes Texas Hold'em poker, blues harmonica, and having fun and shooting with my three sons.

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  1. Imagine a smilely face with three eyes. "Discourage inbreeding, ban country music."
  2. Happy Mardi Gras everybody. Every day is All Saint's Day in New Orleans right now.
  3. The Lee universal expander may work well for most cartridges but it is too short for the 9.3x74R. The Lyman 9.3mm M-die works great.
  4. Brenden, I forgot to mention the paper is rolled on soaking wet with water. When the paper dries it shrinks on the bullet for a tight cling fit. Some shooter lubricate them before loading. I shoot them dry with good results. I like the idea of keeping them as simple as posible. I can imagine buffalo hunters patching their bullets by a camp fire on the prairie with nothing more than a pocket knife and sheets torn from a Sear Robuck catalog. Sometime simple is best. The ghosts of a million dead buffalo would agree. Paper patched bullets are not that hard to do but a complete tutorial may take a while. I got started with Paul Matthews book, The Paper Jacket Bullet. Most of his information is for 45 caliber but it worked for my 9.3mm. http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Jacket-Paul-Matthews/dp/1879356023/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260039300&sr=1-1 I also watched a couple of videos on You Tube. The latest and most complete information can be found on Cast Boolets web site's Paper Patching forum. There are contributors from Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Most every rifle caliber is being paper patched somewhere. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/ Paper patched bullets are no longer a lost art. Everthing you need to know can be found in Matthews' book and on the Cast Boolet Forum.
  5. Brenden, I expand the case mouth with a Lyman 9.3mm M-die and seat the bullet the same way lead pistol bullets are loaded. Being a single shot rifle, no crimp is needed. Shredded paper leaves the bullet at the barel muzzle. My next project may be to paper patch 303 cast bullets for a 8x57 Mauser. It should work as well.
  6. I have been working on a cast bullet load for my Ruger No.1 9.3x74R. I did not want to invest in custom bullets molds, sizing dies, and gas checks. Paper patched .358 cast bullets seem to satisfy everything. With a Saeco #352 mold and wheel weight alloy I cast a .358 bullet. With two wraps of vellum tracing the diameter is 0.367-0.368. Finished weight is 250 gr. No bullet lubricant is used. Cases are neck expanded with a Lyman 9.3mm M-die and loaded to 2500 fps. The powders I have used are Varget, Reloader No.15, IMR-4064. All work well. The accuracy of these paper patched bullets is the same as the jacketed bullets that I have tried. On November 27, I shot a wild boar with one of these bullets. He dropped in his tracks. Bullets pictured left to right are: Paper patched Saeco #352 250 gr., Speer 270 gr., Barns 250 gr. XFS, Noslar 250 gr. Accubond, Priv Partizan 286 gr., and Hornady 286 gr. SP/RP.
  7. There are some interesting articles about the founder of Kahr Arms and his connection to the Unification Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahr_Arms http://www.portfolio.com/careers/features/...fication-Church
  8. I have an American Eagle gun safe manufactured by Cannon Safe. The base of the combination dial is loose. I have to hold the base up and go throught the combination about ten times to get it open. Sometimes it seems to help if I rattle the dial base and door handle. I am concerned that it will get worse and I may never be able to get it open. I have removed the inside door panel but do not see a simple way of adjusting the lock assembly. Have any of you had this problem? Do I need to call out a lock smith?
  9. I watched Fox news this weekend. Since Michael Jackson died it would appear that the war in Afghanistan is over, the Iranians are happy, Kim Jong Il is behaving himself, and the recession is over. Is this too good to be true?
  10. Two months ago I down loaded the C&R application form from Crufler.com. I filled it out and mailed it to the Dallas, TX address listed on the form. A week later the envelope was returned as undeliverable. I sent it again to a Maryland address listed on the BATF web site. Two weeks later this evelope was returned with a letter explaining I had used an obsolite form. It appears Crufler.com has not been well maintained. The correct form was enclosed. I filled that one out and mailed it off. Three weeks later I got the liscense. It should not be too much of an ordeal once you have the correct application form. Good Luck.
  11. I just got my C&R license. Where are some of the best places to order Mausers and Lee-Enfield rifles for sporterizing?
  12. The consistency is about the same as Alox/beeswax lube and flows well through my Lyman 450 press. The temperature during the day in my garage has been 95 degrees. It shoots well in 45 pistols and revolvers. The paraffin/Vaseline lube has not been any more of a mess then Alox/beeswax lube. Ammo made with Alox/beeswax lube is probably better for long term storage than petroleum based lubes. I will try it with 30 caliber rifle bullets next month. I am thinking about getting into wrapping and loading 30 cal and 9.3mm paper patched rifle bullets. High velocity, less lube to mess with and no gas checks keep on hand.
  13. I mixed up four pounds of cast bullet lubricant in the kitchen today. I did not invent this mixture. It has been around a long time. The formula is: 1 lb of Gulf paraffin wax 13 oz of Vaseline petroleum jelly 2 tbs of STP Oil Treatment 1 of my favorite crayons The Gulf paraffin wax is available at most grocery stores. It is used for canning fruit preserves and candle making. I also use small chunks of it for fluxing molten lead. Melt and blend everything while heated in a double boiler. I used a cheap sauce pan set in an iron skillet of boiling water. Do not heat this mixture directly. If over heated it will produce a cloud of smoke and can quickly flash into huge flame. Pour directly into your lube/sizing press reservoir or into quart plastic containers. This lubricant works well for 45 ACP and 38 Special. If it is too soft for your summer climate, add a little more wax to the mixture. I have not tried it with gas checked rifle bullets yet but I expect it to work at the 1800-2000 fps range. An interesting discussion occurred during this process. Wife: What are you doing? Reverend Recoil: Uh, nothing. W: You’re making that bullet stuff again. RR: Yes, its bullet lubricant and I bought my own sauce pan. W: I don’t think I want that stuff in my kitchen. RR: What’s the problem? It’s just wax and Vaseline. W: I don’t care. I just don’t like that kind of stuff in my kitchen. RR: It’s not as scary as that pot of hot wax you keep in the bathroom. W: Alright, tough guy! You win!
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