Hello from Detroit: New to the community

[detroitcharlie]

Greetings from Detroit! I just wanted to say hi to the community. I've been following some of the threads on here over on AR15.com, and recently got into casting and soon swaging- saving up beads and wampum to buy my first BTSniper swaging dies, they look well worth it.

[tja6435]

Welcome to the forum

[tommag]

Welcome! These folks here will teach you how to spend thousands to save hundreds. It's an addiction, and the feeling of being more self sufficient makes it all seem like it makes sense.

[waksupi]

Be aware this forum is run MUCH differently than AR-15! Welcome aboard!

[winelover]

Welcome......from an ex-Detroiter.:bigsmyl2:

Winelover

[lightman]

Welcome Aboard!

[detroitcharlie]

Haha, I have no doubt- the most expensive, yet addictive hobby I've ever encountered, but I'm in for life!

[JWT]

Welcome aboard, neighbor.

[MrWolf]

Welcome to the madness!

[wallenba]

Welcome fellow Wolverine. Im in Garden City. Middlebelt- Ford road area. You're gonna like it here.

[nicholst55]

Welcome from the desert southwest!

[winelover]

Welcome fellow Wolverine. Im in Garden City. Middlebelt- Ford road area. You're gonna like it here.

Best Chinese restaurant is near that intersection, New Peking. IMO


Winelover

[nagantguy]

Best Chinese restaurant is near that intersection, New Peking. IMO


Winelover

If I ever work in that area I make it a point to eat there, it's really good Chinese food. And welcome to the madness DetroitCharlie......

[pworley1]

Welcome for Mississippi!

[Wasalmonslayer]

Welcome from Washington state.

[wallenba]

Best Chinese restaurant is near that intersection, New Peking. IMO


Winelover

Yep.... Kitty's around the corner on Middlebelt is excellent too.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Greetings Charlie,
My Brother lives in Detroit, I've visited there some in years past.
anyway,
BT is a friend of mine, you won't find a more honest, down to earth guy to deal with, I highly recommend his dies.
Jon

[pjames32]

Welcome to the addiction from New Mexico
PJ

[xs11jack]

Greetings from Missouri, we are the Wikipedia of cast bullets, and other gun stuff here, you'll love it here.
Ole Jack

[CastingFool]

Welcome to the forum, from southwest Michigan. A lot of good information here, and a lot of good folks willing to help out.

[Bad Water Bill]

Girty just reminded me we have not said HI yet so HI.[smilie=s:

[detroitcharlie]

Best Chinese restaurant is near that intersection, New Peking. IMO


Winelover

You guys are making me hungry for Chinese!

[detroitcharlie]

Greetings Charlie,
My Brother lives in Detroit, I've visited there some in years past.
anyway,
BT is a friend of mine, you won't find a more honest, down to earth guy to deal with, I highly recommend his dies.
Jon

Thanks! I am sooo geeked to get into swaging, I have a feeling I'll be wearing out my press in short order, lol.

[AggieEE]

Welcome and friendly advice. Stay away from the group buys for the custom/semi custom mold makers. I got into one and now I can't stop. Does anybody want to buy a kidney? :-D Seriously, once you used one of the better than commercial molds out there you won't go back to the others.

[detroitcharlie]

Welcome and friendly advice. Stay away from the group buys for the custom/semi custom mold makers. I got into one and now I can't stop. Does anybody want to buy a kidney? :-D Seriously, once you used one of the better than commercial molds out there you won't go back to the others.

HAHA- I was just looking at one of those threads the other day. It looks like 'trouble.'

[ohland]

HAHA- I was just looking at one of those threads the other day. It looks like 'trouble.'

Nah, he complains too much, the shaved ice in the tub made the stitches tingle....

Don't be too much in a rush to blow by the molds for the masses. Some are historical oddities. Some are just SO classic, you get 'em (like the 460562...).

It is a good thing to start out with well mannered molds, get used to playing with alloys, cadence, temperature, sprue plates, venting, pressure, etc BEFORE you pick up an old school non-vented large cavity mold... The confidence will make you curious about the finer details after ten or so casting sessions.

RCBS molds have pretty much been a rain of boolits. Lyman it depends. NEI, NOE, Accurate, MP... I lust for 'em, but I can only grow my kidneys back so fast....

With some experience, you can adapt to molds with "character" if you have to. Casting is different than machining, but both processes can turn out different results based on a number of variables...