Very Nice !
Congratulations !!!
Drinks are on me :drinks:
Gary
Type: Posts; User: gwpercle
Forum: Cast Boolits
Very Nice !
Congratulations !!!
Drinks are on me :drinks:
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cast a few boolits with your new mould and see what the weight is ...
Then use data as weight dictates ... lots can happen between "this mould should cast a ... and ... this mould actually drops...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Did you say ... 70-150 ???
That just sounds like way , way , way too much of a good thing !
With that bad boy ... you better make the first shot count ... any follow up shot comes in minutes later...
Forum: Our Town
Awesome Job ...
You doing just fine ... Keep On Keeping On ... He will never forget you !
Gary
Forum: Our Town
The jar says Imperial Stove Polish Paste - black ... it was what my Dad and Uncle both used on their wood burning stoves .
I don't want to waste good Lard on a stove ...
My Uncle claims the best...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
My free unlimited supply of wheel weights retired from the tire business ...
Looking to stretch my COWW supply I discovered 50-50 mix with soft scrap lead gives a nice hand gun boolit . It usually...
Forum: Cast Boolits
So Pretty ... all clean and shiney ... almost a sin to dirty it up !
Congratulations on an Awesome Score !
Time to ... Melt some lead and Make Boolits !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
For the lever action - 218 Bee - boolit mould ... consider a flat point , a crimp groove and a gas check ...
I would want all 3 in this situation . Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook #4 , has data for 46...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Sorry ... I can't play ... You forgot Ed's Red Gun Solvent ...
I can buy one quart of each of the 4 ingredient's at wally's mart for just under $25
and mix up a whole gallon of the best bore...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
:goodpost:
LIKE !
Or maybe even the ... 303-35 Epps ...
But standard 303 British would do very nicely in that No. 1 !
Yes-sir-ree bob , that would be Sweet !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
My pet load is with 5.2 grains Unique .
Lyman CB #4 gives it a velocity of 802 fps
It's the starting load with Unique and the Lee 230 gr TC TL boolit , but very accurate and clean burning in my...
Forum: Our Town
Armadillo is another game meat that works well with Chili !
Gary
Forum: Our Town
Well ... if it's on Fox News ... Then ... it must be true .
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the NOE mould #357-124-TC GC to load 9mm Luger , 38 Super , sized at .357" ... 38 Special , 38 Special +P and 357 Magnum , sized at .358" .
I use a softish alloy (range scrap & COWW 50-50) so...
Forum: Our Town
Avoid the Stripe thing ... that third party payment thing makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up ... just don't go there .
Order from Titan Reloading ... good people and safe .
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have no idea what year zinkers were introduced ... but every wheel weight I get ...
gets tested with side cutters . One day someone going to figure out what we can do with these stinkin zinker's...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Some things can't be "exact" ... the boolit alloy will affect weight , lubing and gas check will affect weight ....
You have to use data for what you have data for ... I use the data in the Lyman...
Forum: Cast Boolits
SWEET !
I accidentally became a NOE mould addict ... I only meant to buy one ...just to see what all the Hoopla was about ...
Happiness is a Warm NOE boolit mould !
Gary
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Too bad the no "shellfish" requirement ...
Cajun Shrimp and Okra Gumbo or a nice Shrimp and Corn Soup are popular around here this time of year ...
A hearty soup I enjoy is a good Potato...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Been There ... Doing That !!!
I'm getting New Glasses next week ... I can't wait to be able to read things again ...
Gary
Forum: Reloading Equipment
When the "belt" broke for umpteenth time on my Thumler's Tumbler Model B ... the big red steel rotating ... rock polishing / brass polisher ... I took it (the broken belt) down to the Vaccuum...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Fit of the boolit is Much more important than Hardness .
A BHN of 8-9 is perfect for a hunting boolit .
Slug your bore and size your boolits .001" - .002" over and ... load em up .
Most...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Necking 9mm Luger cases down to 22 cal and loading 22 cal cast boolits in it sounds like Punishment for Crimes committed against children and the elderly ...
It makes my head hurt just thinking...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
:goodpost:
This is a good trick to get brass that is concentric and it will last longer !
Gary
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |