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  1. Forum: Our Town

    Thanks for the heads up! We use organic PB, but...

    Thanks for the heads up! We use organic PB, but I'll pass the word along to my friends.
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    Thanks for the details and the suggestion, Dave!!

    Thanks for the details and the suggestion, Dave!!
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    Dave, I've been considering the LM for 308, as...

    Dave,
    I've been considering the LM for 308, as well. However, I was going to buy the bare press and accessorize from there. I seat primers by hand in all calibers, and, like you, I have enough...
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    So, I made some pinker loads and got to the...

    So, I made some pinker loads and got to the range. Replicate at your own peril, etc., so here's my data:

    110 grain Hornady varmint (#3010)
    Salut powder (nearly identical to Unique in every load...
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    Good to hear, swamp, thanks! starmac, yep, I...

    Good to hear, swamp, thanks!
    starmac, yep, I pull the bolt and look down the barrel after each round that my chronograph fails to register.
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    Plinker/rabbit load for .308 win

    Anyone use the following with an appropriate load of Unique or other pistol powder in a .308 win bolt gun for cheap shooting or low power small game loads? Mine is a Ruger Gunsite Scout. If you've...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Stole a water heater? That's insane! I made a...

    Stole a water heater? That's insane!

    I made a drop of scrap iron and my last bucket of bullet jackets (from the lead smelting) at a local recycler and told them about my lead. The manager...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    A few weeks ago I saw a couple clowns getting...

    A few weeks ago I saw a couple clowns getting talked to by the police as they were stealing from a pile of iron (rebar, etc.) on a construction site in broad daylight, in the median of the highway. ...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Thanks for the kind words! Aside from the theft,...

    Thanks for the kind words! Aside from the theft, I'm not in a position any longer where I can do the smelting, even if I had the lead. I've moved a bit more "into the city", so the neighbors would...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Lead theft in CO

    Readers,

    I've returned after a long break from Cast Boolits to offer up my lead smelter (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=158108) free to a good home, as a result of a recent lead...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I think we do ourselves and our visitors a good...

    I think we do ourselves and our visitors a good thing when we revisit such important details in new threads.

    I've caught double charges before, and changed my methods to avoid it. I, too, use 2...
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    Forum: Our Town

    If a cartridge is a bullet and a bullet is a...

    If a cartridge is a bullet and a bullet is a bullet tip, what do these folks call the primer pocket? It strains reason to think what a punctured primer is called in their world...
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    Not to defend or attack anyone, but simply to put...

    Not to defend or attack anyone, but simply to put some honest science into this thread:

    Analysis of metal alloys was most likely performed on an ICP-MS. That's an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    I have a Mountain Molds custom mould. It's a...

    I have a Mountain Molds custom mould. It's a truncated cone 215 grain whomper of a boolit for the 357. I designed it based upon a chamber cast of my Marlin. It feeds flawlessly and leaves the...
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    Some background: Thermite reactions are a...

    Some background: Thermite reactions are a general class of reactions where an active metal is used to reduce a less active metal. The typical thermite reaction is conducted with powdered aluminum...
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    Mercaptans get their odor from the thiol...

    Mercaptans get their odor from the thiol functional group. They're similar to the alcohol functional group, but replace the oxygen in the -OH (alcohol) with sulfur to make -SH (thiol). Mercaptans...
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    If the black powdery residue is truly a mixture...

    If the black powdery residue is truly a mixture of metal oxides and little else, the metal(s) could be recovered nicely in a thermite reaction. This is another "what if" experiment and not something...
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    Sticky: Folks have been talking about the noxious fumes...

    Folks have been talking about the noxious fumes of burning sulfur, but I didn't see anyone identify the product. It's sulfur dioxide, and truly nasty stuff. Take the words of caution seriously --...
  19. Looks like a winner! Heed 45nut's warning. ...

    Looks like a winner! Heed 45nut's warning. Also, kiss those handles goodbye if you're using a propane burner. They won't survive the heat, but you're not likely to want to move it when it's hot. ...
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    Cigar boxes are the best boolit containers. ...

    Cigar boxes are the best boolit containers. Getting the original product out of them is a real pleasure, and once they're empty they are free, they stack nicely, and they sure look a lot better than...
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    plenty. I smelt with around 50k.

    plenty. I smelt with around 50k.
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    All that stainless sure is pretty! Mine is just...

    All that stainless sure is pretty! Mine is just steel plate so I painted it flat black with high-temp paint. Nice work, thanks for the pics! This is one more example for the big lead pot sticky.
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    If you're actually going with a turkey-fryer...

    If you're actually going with a turkey-fryer setup, they're frequently in the 50,000 btu range and that's enough heat to melt 60+ lbs of lead in a large cast iron dutch oven. Look for "King Kooker"...
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    Sticky: Modifications to "the cube"

    Well, I finally got around to making some necessary changes to the solenoid-actuated lead pot. Now it's fully functional and doesn't overheat. A single momentary push button fires the hold-in and...
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    Sticky: I see no problem with that!!:twisted: [smilie=w:

    I see no problem with that!!:twisted: [smilie=w:
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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