A bunch of Lee boolits for my 9mm pistols.
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A bunch of Lee boolits for my 9mm pistols.
Attachment 216254 Me too, with powder coat
Batches of 50-70 and 43 Spanish boolits.
Did a small batch of 8mm Karabiner for my new 1867 Swede rolling block, about 150 pcs.:bigsmyl2:
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Then like a newbie, I got in such a hurry to gather up my booty, I forgot which ones were the hot ones I last dropped.:cry:
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These weighed out at 233-234grs
I cast and loaded about 600 of these.:bigsmyl2:
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I cast a bunch of Lyman 358-477 150gr. and 358-429 170gr. and Lee 105gr. SWC .358s. Going through the process of lubesizing them now.
Did a test run with my brand new rcbs. 243 caliber mold. First time with a non Lee aluminum mold and I like it. It took longer to heat up but seemed to hold the right temperature easier/better.Attachment 216359
Today was 30 caliber day, with something a bit over a thousand boolits destined to end up in my 30-06. I did Lee soup cans, Lee 150 grain RNFP, and a Noe copy of the RCBS 180 grain flat nose that came in at 194 grains unlubed and unchecked.
One more day of casting for 35 caliber and I will be hanging up the casting gear for at least through the summer.
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Beautiful work Grmps...you gonna glue fins on those missiles?
Cast some 358156's for a loan officer of my acquaintance - sized & loobed, but had to be careful to really squeeze the handles, else the blocks sprung apart, to the extent that I would get fins on the boolits. THOSE were the obvious ones - the ones with no fins not so much, but weighed a few grains heavier. A pain.. may put that 4-banger on ebay... Here's a sample...
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And those are mine...
Got those Karabiner's lubed up for some low velocity shots this weekend. I am thinking of getting a custom mold made up for a heavier and longer boolit.
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452460, about 300 of them. Second time using a non aluminum mold. After the last sessions rounded bands I turned up the pid to 750 from 700 and found better fill out. Found that this mold also prefers head pressure so need to stay above 1/3 pot. Also found it to not be a big deal to lightly oil the mold after each session and clean before each casting.Attachment 216411
did a batch today
18 lbs
from first cast to PC to sizing 2 hrs.
it's cool here so bullets didn't hold in heat too long
200 gr RNFP .45 Colt slugs
405 gr 45-70 Lee mold and 190gr 57 mag rcbs mold .
30 more # of 311-247-FN
Cast a few hundred each of NOE 453-200's, Accurate 40-180C's and Lee 452-255's. Cast the NOE boolits because I needed practice ammo for my carry gun, the Accurate 38WCF boolits in memory of John Kort and I have no idea why I cast the Lee 45 Colt boolits.