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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    44man, Good post and wonderful example of been...

    44man, Good post and wonderful example of been there done that.
    Some folks is slow learners though.


    So this is my final contribution to this bruhaha.

    Considering that a standard Large Rifle...
  2. [QUOTE=brshooter] As I have a Gatling Gun in...

    [QUOTE=brshooter] As I have a Gatling Gun in 45-70...[QUOTE]

    :shock:

    DROOL!!!
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Over the years I have purchased a lot on fleaBay....

    Over the years I have purchased a lot on fleaBay. My current user name has over 50+ rating. I buy both gun stuff and non-gun stuff.
    I buy there because they had what i was looking for at a price I...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Do NOT use kitty litter. It doesn't clean well...

    Do NOT use kitty litter. It doesn't clean well and the dust it creates is unbelievable.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Don't confuse luck with safe.

    CIL/Dominion had long been loading .44-40 ammunition. Back in the 1970s I had a lot of it in both the yellow boxes with blue band and the yellow boxes with the blue oval. Some were marked "For Rifle...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Well it did seem perhaps a little brusque, but I...

    Well it did seem perhaps a little brusque, but I wouldn't really classify it as rude.

    And it is good, sound advice none-the-less.

    When discussing safety it's often necessary to be a little...
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    When it rains it pours. It seems there was a...

    When it rains it pours.

    It seems there was a run on desirable moulds all at once.
    So I took all of my available funds, stocked up on $1 TV dinners and Ramen noodles and used the rest to get in on...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Call me cautiously optimistic

    One of my brothers is a service manager for Firestone. As of yesterday he hadn't heard anything about a change in wheel weights. But then the higher-ups may be keeping them in the dark.

    They have...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I don't see anything even close to it in the NEI...

    I don't see anything even close to it in the NEI listings.

    Just tell NEI it's the 150gr Loverin round nose with six grooves and a gas check.
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    What about all of those overpriced antique toys...

    What about all of those overpriced antique toys covered in lead based paint they sell on fleaBay?

    What about all of the junk that could be considered chocking hazards?

    How about vintage tobacco...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Similar software code is all they have in common....

    Similar software code is all they have in common. Just like there are only so many forum softwares. Several forums may look alike but that's about all they have in common.

    Making GunBroker look...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Listen to Whitespider's advice. However if you...

    Listen to Whitespider's advice.

    However if you don't mind a few thousand extra PSI in your loads then go ahead and experiment.

    After all it's your fingers and eyes.
    Just don't expect any...
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    How do you figure that? The final tally was...

    How do you figure that? The final tally was posted March 10. I'm not sure exacdtly when the order was sent to Lee. But I figure at least a 10 days to get to Lee and entered into their order books. So...
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    My guess is the one on the far right is the...

    My guess is the one on the far right is the non-Lyman/Ideal

    To my eyes, the two in the middle look like the way Keith intended them to be.
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    crabo, CAT = Catshooter. He's one of our...

    crabo,

    CAT = Catshooter.
    He's one of our premier group buy honchos.
    So far he has offered several Keith style boolit buys in several calibers.
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    They stopped making them. Seriously, I saw...

    They stopped making them.

    Seriously, I saw prices jump up $50 on new ones, the same week that USRA announced they were shutting down the U.S. plant.
    Same thing happened with the Winchester 1300...
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    Three balls in a brass .410 case isn't much...

    Three balls in a brass .410 case isn't much different than the modern 3, 4 or 5 pellet buckshot loads in plastic cases.

    When cut down to cylinder length, .410 brass cases make good snake shot...
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    Based on recent developments I'd guess we're only...

    Based on recent developments I'd guess we're only half way there.
    It seems that previous orders are taking four months and new ones are being quoted at SIX months!
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    A true Keith handgun bullet will have (from the...

    A true Keith handgun bullet will have (from the base forward);
    A driving band
    A flat bottomed* grease groove
    A driving band
    A crimp groove
    A driving band
    The nose.

    They're often called...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Back in the late '80s when they were first...

    Back in the late '80s when they were first getting Booker's started I was doing some promotional work with Don Randall. Don & Booker took me down to a warehouse where we "sampled" some straight from...
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    THANK YOU George, for posting this. I have done...

    THANK YOU George, for posting this. I have done this sort of thing for 20 years.
    I mentioned it once a long time ago on a long defunct forum and was and was nearly run out of cybertown on a...
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    I'll be visiting my hometown again next year when...

    I'll be visiting my hometown again next year when the NRA Annual get together is in Louisville.
    I was there, for the first time in 10 years, last year for the Colt Collector's Convention.
    Sure was...
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    AH-ha, BED frame. Now that makes sense.

    AH-ha, BED frame. Now that makes sense.
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    A five gallon bucket of wheel weights now goes...

    A five gallon bucket of wheel weights now goes for $35 in my area.
    A couple of years ago they were free.



    I do have one silly question. What is a bead frame? Is it bead welded?
    And what is...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Just tell them to make a U-Turn with the phone...

    Just tell them to make a U-Turn with the phone truck and you'll be on the right side.


    This all reminds me of the old Three Stooges gag about pointing to your left.)
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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