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| (Forum Home)--->(Reloading)--->(My experience this far reloading and shooting the Snider-Enfield Mark III) |
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| Former Seller: WALI(128-0-0) | Post#1 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:17:08 |
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WAITIN.............. |
| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#2 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:48:59 |
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First off I ordered some pre-primmed 24 guage shells, some Maxi-Nitro 24 guage .125 cards and a Lee 60cal round ball mold. The package came two days early so I put off some of the "honey due's" today because I've been itching to shoot this rifle form the day I set my hands on it. To get started I took a standard pre-primmed shell
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| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#3 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:51:25 |
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And cut it down to 2" over all Here are the tools I used.
The small copper piece is the mandrel and the black mark represents the 2" mark.
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| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#4 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:53:24 |
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| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#5 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:55:09 |
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Oops, I got ahead of myself. This is what the shell looks like after cutting it down.
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| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#6 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:57:17 |
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Next I charged it with 65grs (by volume) of American Pioneer powder FFG, I like this stuff! |
| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#7 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:58:33 |
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Then I placed a .125 Nitro-Maxi card down.
And seating it firmly to the powder charge. |
| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#8 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 19:59:23 |
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| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#9 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 20:06:21 |
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I then placed a thin cookie of my proprietary bullet lube on top of the card.
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| Thread Admin: oldmanjeffers(228-0-0) | Post#10 - Posted: 07/19/2012 at 20:10:50 |
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Next it to seat the freshly made 320gr 60Cal round ball that I made from range backstop lead, Sprue up.
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