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Well, that's an odd caliber...

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A buddy of mine has an old Remington Rolling Block in .43 Egyptian. He had loaded up a few rounds and we gave it a try tonight. About every third shot keyholed, and the rear peep sight was useless. The trigger was stiff enough that I thought the safety was on. Fun to shoot despite that.
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You and i have very different definitions of "odd" :ugeek: :mrgreen:
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HTRN wrote:You and i have very different definitions of "odd" :ugeek: :mrgreen:
Something not loaded commercially in 85 years doesn't count as odd?
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Cybrludite wrote:
HTRN wrote:You and i have very different definitions of "odd" :ugeek: :mrgreen:
Something not loaded commercially in 85 years doesn't count as odd?
I suspect HTRN's definition of odd includes calibers requiring machining equipment to reload.
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Over the last 15 years I've acquired some of those "odd" calibers--two 71/84 .43 Mausers, a .43 Egyptian Rem Rolling Block, an 1884 Martini in .577-450 and most recently an 1858 Enfield/Snyder Conversion in .577 Snyder. They are all handloader/bullet caster's rifles, yes, but all are fun to shoot and not too costly for brass with the exception of the Martini. 100 new 577-450 boxer cases cost me $550 from Kynoch in Britain several years ago. Dies were $165, I made the shellholder, and the bullet mold was spendy too. The .577 Snyder is ridiculously easy to feed; 24 ga. Cheddite shotshell hulls trimmed to 2-1/2",70 gr.FF black, .58 roundball directly on the powder and a gob of warm beeswax over the ball to hold it in place. I could rent 'em out at the local gunclubs as a full-time job; just about everybody wants to shoot them :lol: :lol:
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Forgot to include a pic of the rifle.
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Looks like the start of a tactical wheelbarrow..With air conditioning for your shelter-half!! :lol: Nice Remington!
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Rustyv wrote:
Cybrludite wrote:
HTRN wrote:You and i have very different definitions of "odd" :ugeek: :mrgreen:
Something not loaded commercially in 85 years doesn't count as odd?
I suspect HTRN's definition of odd includes calibers requiring machining equipment to reload.
More like, "If I don't have to custom order everything, it isn't odd", you know, like chamber reamers, sizing dies, bullet molds, brass, etc. ;)

Speaking of, did I ever tell you about my idea for a .298/375 Steyr on a M48 Mauser action idea? :ugeek: :mrgreen: :twisted:
Old Grafton wrote:Over the last 15 years I've acquired some of those "odd" calibers--two 71/84 .43 Mausers, a .43 Egyptian Rem Rolling Block, an 1884 Martini in .577-450 and most recently an 1858 Enfield/Snyder Conversion in .577 Snyder. They are all handloader/bullet caster's rifles, yes, but all are fun to shoot and not too costly for brass with the exception of the Martini. 100 new 577-450 boxer cases cost me $550 from Kynoch in Britain several years ago. Dies were $165, I made the shellholder, and the bullet mold was spendy too. The .577 Snyder is ridiculously easy to feed; 24 ga. Cheddite shotshell hulls trimmed to 2-1/2",70 gr.FF black, .58 roundball directly on the powder and a gob of warm beeswax over the ball to hold it in place. I could rent 'em out at the local gunclubs as a full-time job; just about everybody wants to shoot them :lol: :lol:
A suggestion for the Sniders, have you considered using Minie ball molds? They originally shot what looks like a minie ball, with a clay plug at the back.

And a good source for the Snider and MH brass is Captech. Both run between 3 and 350 for a hundred cases.

Cheapest source for MH and Snider dies is Lee, but require a larger than normal press mount. Second cheapest is, I believe, CH4d. RCBS is in the stratosphere, at something like 400 bucks.

Your best option for 43 Egyptian brass, short of springing for the right cases, is to make 'em from 348 brass. It's what Buffalo Arms does.
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HTRN wrote: And a good source for the Snider and MH brass is Captech. Both run between 3 and 350 for a hundred cases.
(currently out of stock, but I'll be watching--thanks for the tip!)
HTRN wrote:Cheapest source for MH and Snider dies is Lee, but require a larger than normal press mount. Second cheapest is, I believe, CH4d. RCBS is in the stratosphere, at something like 400 bucks.
(CH4D are the dies I use; 1'-14 TPI thread. RCBS Rock Chucker has a removeable bushing, I just don't remember if the thread in the frame is 1"-14 or if I had to make a custom bushing--several years ago)
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Rustyv wrote:
Cybrludite wrote:
HTRN wrote:You and i have very different definitions of "odd" :ugeek: :mrgreen:
Something not loaded commercially in 85 years doesn't count as odd?
I suspect HTRN's definition of odd includes calibers requiring machining equipment to reload.
43 is in fact an odd number.
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