Thanks to everyone for that very good information. Lots of what I needed to know and hadn't thought of before. I really appreciate the info.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks to everyone for that very good information. Lots of what I needed to know and hadn't thought of before. I really appreciate the info.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Does anyone load 95 grain boolits for a 9mm? I'm thinking of a light target load and wondering if anyone has any input on this. I'm under the impression that this boolit is normally a .380 load.
Forum: Cast Boolits
So I was looking for infomation because I had some boolits that were kind of soft feeling and wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong or possibly just has some sticky wax on the boolits. So I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I cast and powder coat everything from .38 spl. to .308 and have no problems with accuracy at all. Do yourself a favor however and add some tin to that pure lead and your castings will fill out much...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I'm not an expert on silica beads but I think silica anything is going to embed into the brass and scratch the livin daylights out of your dies. Jus sayin!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'm having issues with the bullets sticking to the tin foil. I'm using non stick and on the proper side but they're still sticking. .223 on their sides. No issues with coverage. Just the stcking. Is...
Forum: AirGuns
A good quality pellet rifle is arguably the MOST accurate short range weapon available. Far more accurate than a firearm can ever hope to be. A bb gun is for kids. Pellet rifles are for serious...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Very glad to have found this post as I have Just now begun doing just what you suggest which is examining recovered rounds. Not not claiming anything to be true but only what I have observered and...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
if people laugh at you for asking dumb questions the i guess I'm going to be entertaining folks for a while.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
WOW. That's about as low teck as it gets and would serve my purpos quite well. Problem. I don't have a round ball cast. VERY stupidly sold two of them years back thinking I'm NEVER gonna do this?? ...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Two questions. How to bake .223??? Sooo tiny. Can't see standing them up. Also. I have a pair of "c" clip pliers that have different angle nose tips. A whole set of them. They are also sping closed...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Looking at the cabin tree hardness tester. Looks like more than i need. Back in high school shop class we had a pen looking thing that you push down on the material with which caused a pointed tip to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Not interested in a trade as I only have one. You can buy it at bolton metal products for $13. I need mine to try to make a better alloy for for 2300 fps for .223.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I found it at bolto metal products for $13. I have a bar of it that I plan on experimenting with. Would be very interested in your experience. I have another thread started with the title of the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Shoot. Sorry. Anyhow I looked it up. Cabin tree. &100 bucks on enay but it's sold. I'd have to wait on that anyhow. Got tons of other stuff to buy for now. For now I think I'll settle for casting...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A brass chess set would be way cool however.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A brass chess set would be way cool however.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Sure as heck don't need a brass dog either.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ok. I took out my hardness tester (aka. Pocket knife) and itsmuch harder than lead. Probably due to being 58% bismuth. Based on the description I'm surmising that the intent is to make it hard like...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
i saw that too. Funny because the first webpage I couldn't find that and now it's the only page I can find. Oh well it said it was a certain kind of alloy. Forget the name but I googled it and it...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
not sure it would be good for that. It says it expands when cooled. Brinnell hardnes of 22
Forum: Cast Boolits
im planning on reloading.223. If I pick up brass (free) and cast my own bullets(almost free) all I'm left paying for is primers .02-3 and powder.02-3 I'm looking at rounds in the four to six cents...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I might send it off for scan. Never done that. Wonder what the cost would be for that. I only have the one pound ingot but in its pure form would still yield a substantial amount of bullets for...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yeah. It's stamped on the ingot. They have a picture of the ingot and a description of its uses but no list of alloy percentages. It's a Bolton metals (I think) product. I was thinking possible lead...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Didn't blow myself or the cabin up but I could smell the fumes. Guess it takes a while toof breathing lead fumes before you turn into a babbling idiot but I do think ii must have dropped a few iq...
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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 |
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