April 2020, Photo Contest, SPECIAL EDITION: Covid19 Lockdown

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I am posting April's contest early, due to Minnesota's (and 30 some other States) orders to "Shelter in Place", I am setting aside the normal topic selection process, to open it up to any casting/reloading/shooting things that you are doing during this Lockdown. No older photos rehashed, please. Only new photos of what you are doing during this Lockdown.
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April 2020
Contest topic: Special Edition: Covid19 Lockdown


What are you guys doin' while locked down in the "casting/reloading/shooting"department?


New contest format. New rules. See link for rules.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?243175-Rules-amended-02-02-2017&p=2797390#post2797390



I am using the individual forum titles as the monthly topics (going from the top down).

[Earlwb]

Well, unless I get really bored, I don't plan to do any reloading, casting, etc. I already have lots of ammo reloaded and store bought already on hand, before the virus scare. I think that I might try my hand with powder coating some bullets to see if I can do it though. I did cast up the bullets a while back. I just hadn't got around to doing it. I am not sure what my wife will think or do with me using the oven for it. I did break out my AR pistol just in case it gets ugly around here. Short and compact makes it very handy.

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[WRideout]

I got so bored I turned the compost pile. That's serious!

I'm on a tear cleaning and organizing my reloading room. It's the old coal bin for the house. First, I taped up the sides of a giant pizza box to make a carrier for targets. Always had trouble carrying more than one or two at a time, and they were forever slipping out of my hands.

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Then I decided to put shelves everywhere I could. 259331

Converted my stash of pewter vessels into tin "boolits." One of these in a pot of lead is just the right proportion. 259332

Finally, I made a pistol rack out of scrap wood. There used to be a shameful heap of pistols, in boxes and holsters.
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[G@V]

Some 120gn and 170gn before sorting gas checking/sizing in .308
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[NoZombies]

I've been organizing my molds, among other things.

http://nozombies.com/molds.jpg

All of those molds are _________

(The first person to guess and correctly fill in the blank will get a digital high-5)

[dragon813gt]

All of those molds are “for sale” [emoji6]

[NoZombies]

All of those molds are “for sale” [emoji6]

Haha, Good guess, but no, none of them are actually.

Keep guessing... Digital High 5's don't just grow on trees you know.. :drinks:

[Jedman]

All of the molds are 32 cal. ?

Jedman

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

All of those molds are for guns I have :Fire:

[Martin Luber]

I see an old friend, does she have pins yet?

[Minerat]

All of those molds are more the 50 years old!

[CastingFool]

All of those molds are unused, I just enjoy collecting them

[NoZombies]

All of the molds are 32 cal. ?

Jedman

:2_high5:

I might have gone a little overboard collecting .32 handgun molds :roll: There are still a few I'm looking for though.. [smilie=1:

[NoZombies]

All of those molds are for guns I have :Fire:

Hmm... Probably so


I see an old friend, does she have pins yet?

I've started making pins for the old girl, but she's in a different collection :-D


All of those molds are more the 50 years old!

Oohh.. a good number are, but some youngins have snuck in as well


All of those molds are unused, I just enjoy collecting them

The second half is sure true, but I cast with most of them!

[Raven21389]

Used a SAECO 61745, cut the lube grooves out (using powder coat), then drilled it for making it a HP mold. Makes 500 grain boolits that get pushed with 18 gr of H110 for a soft subsonic load.

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[missionary5155]

Good morning Raven
Near looks like a lip Color add.
But then I saw your post count !
Mike in LLama Land

[nylocmik]

The word is "MINE". All of those molds are "MINE".

[Traffer]

I got so bored I turned the compost pile. That's serious!

I'm on a tear cleaning and organizing my reloading room. It's the old coal bin for the house. First, I taped up the sides of a giant pizza box to make a carrier for targets. Always had trouble carrying more than one or two at a time, and they were forever slipping out of my hands.

259329

Then I decided to put shelves everywhere I could. 259331

Converted my stash of pewter vessels into tin "boolits." One of these in a pot of lead is just the right proportion. 259332

Finally, I made a pistol rack out of scrap wood. There used to be a shameful heap of pistols, in boxes and holsters.
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Great phrase...I might borrow it sometime..."shameful heap of pistols"...."Honey, I'm off to the store to get a shameful heap of pistols"

[Traffer]

I've been organizing my molds, among other things.

http://nozombies.com/molds.jpg

All of those molds are _________

(The first person to guess and correctly fill in the blank will get a digital high-5)

All these molds are on their way to the dumpster. If you can guess my address you can get them out and keep them.

[smithnframe]

I've been organizing my molds, among other things.

http://nozombies.com/molds.jpg

All of those molds are _________

(The first person to guess and correctly fill in the blank will get a digital high-5)

Collecting dust!

[nun2kute]

"Lee" , their all Lee molds ?

[fatmanunited]

Did some powder coating. What do you think boy or girl.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200414/7e96df68e83c8aca9b00ee3cb4363cdb.jpg

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

[OS OK]

[ all these moulds are...'different' ]

Me? I'm enjoying the Spring...been testing various .22LR cartridges & waiting on a new rifle to be delivered...and of course, passing the time by stacking BB's...

https://i.imgur.com/fUCGV9N.jpg

[Earlwb]

[ all these moulds are...'different' ]

Me? I'm enjoying the Spring...been testing various .22LR cartridges & waiting on a new rifle to be delivered...and of course, passing the time by stacking BB's...

https://i.imgur.com/fUCGV9N.jpg

Cool. You are having so much fun there.

[DGV]

bought on castboolits?

[Wayne Smith]

All these molds are ... used.

[Green Frog]

I decided I wanted to actually load some test batches of some of the bullets I’ve cast or otherwise acquired. The MTM case of 100 contains half GC HPs and half PB solids from beagle’s customized Lyman 313631 mould. The wooden loading block has 50 rounds of RNs from my antique “Peanut Handle” mould from S&W... I felt the need to go old school and they had been cast for a year or more for a previous project.

[Conditor22]

the oldest girl needs these for work

https://i.imgur.com/DrkyqAB.jpg

[Tripplebeards]

Loaded up my first bottleneck rifle cartridges and sanded a seater stem flush so I won’t have “ring around the collar”.

https://i.imgur.com/hhTJmvN.jpg

[Tripplebeards]

Twice baked boolits. I forgot the proper temp and had to reheat them. Same purple as the above post but mixed in a little black & blue.


https://i.imgur.com/mb9kjew.jpg

[MrHillBilly]

I have been making new pins for .416 mold and I decided to try my first HP conversion on one of my fav. 44 cal. bullets. This is a Lee 240gn 2R mold. The plan was to just HP the one side but "someone" did not get it chucked up in the lathe straight so hole was drilled off. If I went with a bigger post I should be able to salvage it but I do not think I can make it much bigger than it is now without making it look like a HP wadcutter, it is more for playing and for groundhogs it frags real easy.

[Beerd]

MrHillBilly,
better fire that lathe operator.
AND WELCOME TO CASTBOOLITS!
..

[bgeipel]

Been casting up 9mm boolits and sizing them in my new Lee APP Press - pretty happy with it.

https://youtu.be/62rX3z6-lzI

[frkelly74]

I don't know if this is running into May submissions but I wanted to post these pictures somewhere. It was My Grandfathers deer rifle, I would visit it in his attic when ever I was permitted to do so and it found its way to me a few years ago. We hunted together when he was able but were in shotgun only territory, Michigan. He would tell me about going to the UP on the ferry with his rifle and having a high old time. Any way I have let it sit in a case in a box and neglected it mostly until last week when I got it out and cleaned it up, My grandfather was a believer in slathering his guns with linseed oil which was pretty well alligatored and looking bad, no rust though. Here are some pictures of it as cleaned up, down to the original finish, no sand paper involved.

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It is a Stevens 425 in 30/30 Rem

[NoZombies]

All of the molds are 32 cal. ?

Jedman

For anyone still wondering and who didn't decipher my earlier message. This is the correct answer.

[Garyshome]

Making me jealous!

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Dr No, I don't see one of these in your picture. It is a Modern & Bond double cavity for the 32-20. I have never used it but I think it casts 100 & 120 grain bullets. The second picture is a Cramer three cavity that casts two 30 caliber bullets and one that casts a 454 revolver bullet.

[OS OK]

Bought a unique little mould from here a while back and had Erik Ohlen make a few HP pin sets to experiment with...he does such fine work!


https://i.imgur.com/fdD78en.jpg

[ebb]

All these bullet molds are________? Cooooolllll

[Claypipe]

I've been organizing my molds, among other things.

http://nozombies.com/molds.jpg

All of those molds are _________

(The first person to guess and correctly fill in the blank will get a digital high-5)

All of those molds are __a big mess.__

A wooden frame, some 6" sections of white PVC pipe, and you can clear that mess off your work bench!

[portersandstouts]

Casting and Coating...265043265044

[portersandstouts]

And a Build Session...265045

[pls1911]

Late entry here...
All those molds are "SWEETHEARTS".
My collection is much smaller, but I do recognize several older brands.

[frkelly74]

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Me and the gang having a moment.

[Physics]

Hi Raven,

Is this for a 458 SOCOM?

[frogcement]

I know I'm late, but my answer is ..... "freakin heavy" ?
LOL

[echo154]

:cbpour:

Yours!!!!!!

[ASM826]

I've been organizing my molds, among other things.

http://nozombies.com/molds.jpg

All of those molds are _________

(The first person to guess and correctly fill in the blank will get a digital high-5)

"used"