Loaded some work ups for a 257 Roberts and some for a 6.8 Rem.
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Loaded some work ups for a 257 Roberts and some for a 6.8 Rem.
I broke in a New 22 cal 6 holer Bantor mold. Nice!
Put up 48# of pure. (SOWW)
-Every last bit of lead that I have is now in the form of boolits, or ingots...bummer.
Time for a trip to the tire shop!
Installed the In Line Fabrication insert in my dillion swager .
Cast some Lyman #31141 180gr. Bullets then made 300BLK loads for ladder testing with 4227 and 1680.
loaded up a few 44 magnum "plinker" rounds to test out. 6gr of titegroup and 7gr of titegroup under a 240gr lee rn.
Loaded up 500rds of 9mm plinking rounds. 135gr cast with 4grs of CSB1
Worked on my RSO training materials.
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50 rounds of 45 acp.
Loaded up some test loads for September Elk hunt. 180gr Barnes TTSX in the 300 H&H. Won't mention the charges of IMR 7828 SSC as they are above book (long throated rifle).
Also loaded up some plinkers for the 416 Rigby...350gr Speer with 48gr of AA5744.
I know, I know...no cast boolits. Shame on me!
Loaded another 50 rounds of 380 Auto for my wife's LCP. She was complaining that there was too much un-burned powder powder last time we were at the range, so I bumped up the charge. They were functioning fine before, just left a noticeable amount of powder. We plan to try these out tomorrow evening.
Around 25 years ago, we went through the "glass furniture" stage -- glass supports, glass tops, and brass connectors. Disassembled, it's just a bunch of thick tempered glass sheets. These days, I use them as trays to dump bullets on when I'm tumble lubing them with alox. Of course the problem is that without a raised edge, they occasionally roll off. So, I decided to make a wooden frame for them today by ripping a 2x4 into basically two 2x2s and then cutting a 3/8" deep groove for the glass in the center. Cut 3/8" tongues on the rails so that it wouldn't be just a butt joint. Now just need to glue and clamp them together and sand them a bit more. Nothing fancy... At least now I will be able to stack the glass sheets instead of having them laying all over everywhere with bullets drying in them. :)
Today I loaded 49 rounds 300AAC to complete a box of 100. Then I applied .015 copper gas checks (I stamped from Pat Marlin's dies) to 100+ Lee C312-155-2R boolits and gave them their final tumble lube. I cast 177 NOE 311414 boolits single cavity using my 10# Lee bottom pour pot using 6:1 COWW-Monotype alloy. They came out shiny and smooth. The roughness in the picture is just water spots. It wipes right off.
I am now doing all of my boolit casting using electricity generated by 400 watts of off-grid solar panels stored in 460 amp/hrs of battery. It's just an added little fun factor to my hobby that all of my boolits from now on will be created by the power of the sun. I've been doing all of my wet and dry brass polishing by solar generated electricity for a while now.
Made some 45shttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...73d86865bb.jpg
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Last night I busted out 50 more 6.8 Remington . My girls got 100 45 ACP decapped ,sized and flaired.
Yes. 500 watts for the lead pot and 1200 watts for the hot plate. Remember the inverter is pulling from the batteries so I am not limited to the theoretical output of the solar panels. The hot plate is only needed to preheat the mold and the lead pot cycles on and off once it's up to temp too. If I cast in strong daylight as I did today, (I cast 344 more of those NOE311414's) I could cast all day and barely be hitting the batteries. Off grid solar takes electricity from the panels and sends it to batteries. The inverter pulls from the batteries which can give up a lot more than 400 watts/hr.
Pulled about 45 rounds in 9mm i had made mistake on bullet tension. Used the ss press and a large socket over the round and ram. Grabbed the bullet using a pliers. Easy and very little marking of the bullets. I can use all the components again.