CharlieBrassStuffer

If you recall my last article, I had too much expansion of a HP due to the softness, due to the low BHN of the boolit metal I used. The Penta over-expanded and came right to the edge of losing its weight from the soft lead shearing off the edges of the mushroom. This reminded […]

About Today’s Volunteers . . . Pictured above are todays test subjects, the .45ACP stuffed with a 212 grain Poly Coated Penta Hollow Point. Cases loaded with CCI-LPP’s and charged with 4.9 grains of TiteGroup. In the Chrono test they averaged 891 FPS and had respectable ES and SD numbers as you will see later […]

Last week I came across an interesting video about using a drill motor and a home made jig to make Hollow Point Cast projectiles out of your solid casts you already have. This way, you don’t need an expensive HP mould to get into loading and testing the HP Cast. This is the video I […]

The Lyman 358311 RN description: 358311 Standard bullet for revolvers using .38 S. & W. Special and .38 Colt Special Cartridge. These two wide bands are strong and hold the rifling well. Case should be slightly crimped in bevel groove. (PlainBase, RoundNose, 158gr. – Top Punch is 311) The Abused Mould This is the shape […]

Once carried by the Police Departments around the US, they called this the 'Super Police Load' ... Cops universally referred to this cast round as the 'Pelvis Breaker' ... you will see why in this video ... it is a 'Slow Freight Train' .

No POWER in the shop…No PROBLEM…it’s ‘Old School’ today using the turret, beam scale and a Lee dipper. Kenny at Eagle Eye Shooting sent me this old, out-of-production mould to enjoy. This is the old cast round that LE used to carry back in their ‘.38 Special wheel-gun’ days. They referred to it as a […]

"MailCall''...from James Pollard, and Elvis is located....

Another fine MailCall that got through EnemyLines. Thank You Ron...a fella can never have enough .45ACP and 9mm brass!

New Ingot Moulds from one of our fine members here on TRN … see why this shape of ingot mould matters. Soon to be World Famous…watch the video and see why they are so desirable. Thank you JoeDog! CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US Marine Corps, educated there by […]

This is a big ‘ThankQ to TinMan‘ for the very nice & near to my heart flag of “MERICA” . . . SHE WILL FOREVER FLY IN MY SHOP! Thank You Kurt….charlie CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US Marine Corps, educated there by the Navy in Electronics. Worked as […]

Many thanks to whoever started this… EagleEye Kenny tagged me and here they are…in turn, I’ll tag…Joe Leadslinger, James Pollard & OldGoatFarmer, my friend ‘Country’. CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US Marine Corps, educated there by the Navy in Electronics. Worked as an Electrician all my life and Contracted […]

Welcome to the first challenge of this fine new year…it’s going to last all summer or until everyone says they give up or lose interest. It’s a ‘challenge’ and it’s on the personal level…it’s about learning a little different shooting style than you may have been accustomed to. Basically, in my estimation it is ‘defensive […]

GOT CABIN FEVER BY NOW? Some of you fellas still buried in the white stuff? Did Joe Leadslinger really drown in his driveway? hehehee He’s been fighting the rain and snow…who even knows if you can see James Pollard‘s house anymore? I hear there’s just a big white mound at that address with a bunch […]

Ok boys, thought I’d do a little video today to show you’all how easy and cheap it is to make your own targets and specific to your purposes. Standard bullseye targets get real old real fast and if you want them to show clean cut holes then you need a good target backer to go […]

How many hundreds or thousands of times have we looked into the powder filled case prior to setting and seating the projectile and had that uneasy feeling that…’that powder level doesn’t look right’? How many times have you listened to that uneasy feeling and stopped and weighed every charge that made us question the powder […]

I bought an RCBS custom seating die set for my .30-06 back in 1979 and it was pretty affordable then, but…nowadays they are pretty expensive. What if there was a way to make your custom micrometer seating die do more than one caliber? Would that be a good idea? Save a few bucks too? If […]

“How does it compare?” This past week has been hot and smokey out here in NorCali with fires everywhere. Yesterday we had a big fire start about 8 miles from me so I had to stop and race over to the other side of the valley and check it out for myself.  As a result, […]

Our test loads are made up and ready, loaded in the magazines…cameras are set out and the chronograph is in the line of fire. Kyle is having flashbacks and starting to break out in a cold sweat…it’s now or never. Did I mention it’s hotter than a pistol out here? Ha! Let’s test this first […]

If you made it through Pistol Load Workups . . . . part one . . . . a response to Nathan @ The Reloading Press , then you are ready to see the actual workup on my Lyman T-Mag II Turret Press. The Turret Press is one of the most versatile presses one can have […]

Nathan over at The Reloading Press asked about the methodology various members use in our handloading schemes as we each do our ‘load workups’…this is, in several parts my way of doing a pistol or revolver load workup. Of course each platform requires different considerations, so…there’s no ‘hard and fast’ method I can explain in […]

This is a continuation and completion of this project …  ‘Building a new Lead Catcher’ . . . w/no plans on the internet & little information…hmmmm? . . . Part 1 … I suppose it’s been two months since I started thinking serious about this Lead Catcher Backstop, did the drawing, mulled on it some and […]

This is an old single cavity, removable pin mould with a huge HP, actually it looks like a 147g. RNFP with a beveled base. I’ve wanted for some time to tinker with one of these ole girls and recently, accidentally stumbled onto one. This is what she looks like… From this picture sent to me […]

“Guess I’ll have’ta punt this one!” Years ago I saw a video on the You-Tube with a fella showing a steel target backstop/lead catcher and thought it was a good idea, but never got around to building one. This video was helpful to some extent, but it still lacked specific details I have been looking […]

Before James’s friendly advice…I couldn’t hit a Bull in the butt with a base fiddle . . . much less my 1911. Actually I’m just doing my regular 50 round practice using a timer and hoping that someday I’ll be competent to shoot fast and actually hit what I’m looking at. So far it’s taking […]