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Learn how to make Ed's Red, a homemade bore cleaner that works like a charm for decades. Find out the ingredients, proportions, benefits, and precautions of this DIY formula.
Ed Harris posted this 01 March 2007 A note regarding current Alliant vs. older Hercules Bullseye. The current stuff has a lower NG content than the older powder, is slightly slower in burning rate and requires about a 0.3 grain increase in charge, compared to the Hercules product in calibers with a capacity similar to the .38 Special or .45 ACP.
A forum thread where users share their experiences and tips on loading cast bullets for the 7.62 X 39 cartridge. See different bullet designs, powder charges, velocities, and accuracy results from various rifles and molds.
Ed Harris posted this 15 October 2014 If you pull up drawing for 31-114D it is in proper scale. 43-225D is the .44, 45-245D is the .45, the drawings with base dimensions are shown to scale on the Web site.
Ed Harris wrote: For plainbased bullets in 150-180 grain range with current Alliant Bullseye and standard large rifle primers DO NOT EXCEED: 5.0 grains in the 7.62x29 6.0 grains in the .30-30 7.0 grains in the .30-40 Krag, 7.7 Japanese, 7.65 Argentine. 308 Win., or .303 British 8.0 grains in the 7.62x54R, .30-'06 or 8x57mm DO NOT INCREASE these ...
Ed Harris posted this 05 October 2007 In my experience 700X burns faster by about 1.5 to 2 grains in the '06 for the same velocity. 73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia
A discussion thread about Ed Harris's wadcutter load for 38 special in .357 brass, based on his article in Journal # 213. Users share their experiences, questions and suggestions for this load and other related topics.
Vacek wrote: Ed Harris wrote some very good articles during his tenure there. I don't know why he left but they lost a good researcher/writer. AR is not the magazine it use to be. I pretty much buy any I can find before 1990. These links tell the story much better than I can.
I have been reading Ed Harris for decades, and keep his articles as reference. I have the Lee .30-155 mold designed by him, use Lee Liquid lube invented by Ed, have a gallon of Ed's Red, use Red Dot in my .30 calibers under cast bullets, and bought a S & W 625, and a Ruger .45 convertible on his recommendation. There's more, but you get the idea.
Ed Harris posted this 19 January 2013 The technique I was taught to use charge cups by Frank Marshall was to have the powder in a coffee cup or rice bowl, then with the charge cup held upright, push it down into the powder, letting it flow in of its own weight, then raise it straight up and strike off with a card.