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hey folks, whats a good hardness for the rounds if casting? im using the lee 440 mold, current alloy is dropping in cold water at 17.9
too soft? too hard?

thanks :) some good stuff in that thread....that said, still nothing on hardness....is my brinell ok? too soft? too hard? again, im dropping em at 17.9 with my current mix...

Oh heck i typoed... 17.9

Pulling a 17.9 hardness from my current batch of lead.
Cast up some 50 beo with the lee 440 mold. C501-440-rf
Going to gas check em
Am i in a good hardness range to consider loading for hunting?...

bob thats for both lever and revolver?

thank you brassduck!

as Ive been sitting here thinking about this Ive decided that for a shared load ill stick to 45lc,
ill use 454 hornadys in the revolver. btw fwiw ive prolly run about 300 rounds of storebought 454...

as far as milsurps it seems ive missed the boat. talking with jeff this morning putting an order it seems wc820 was what id have needed, and that stuffs just not avail anymore.

it is what it is ( the redhawk ) and im not concerned so much about ekking out top performance, it is after all designed for a chest harness and fast draw in bear country. all im asking is if anyone...

not sure if this is even possible.
I own both a ruger super red hawk 2.5 snub in 454/45lc
and a 454/45lc lever rossi ( one of the newer ones. she runs factory loads like a champ in both calibers)...

lyon shim stock
sold in various thickness and materials, ie copper, dead soft bronze, alum etc, comes in 50 ft by 6" rolls if memory serves correct.

got both the 45lc/454 casull and the 38sp/357mag love em both, rock solid platforms right outta the box.

wonder if Elvis ever tried retesting rifle rounds? anyone else test em?

anyone ever replace one of these with something like bronze, babbit, or soft lead?

cant speak to Randy and was only trying to help, new fella here, went through a couple hundred pounds with them, loved their product.

lol
ya, im thinking of replacing that idiotic nylon with soft bronze. pretty sure thats where the problem is, thing strips or partial strips if you look sideways at it.

I recently read someone asking for a "brine recipe" for hardening mild ie 1018 or a36.
we call it superquench in the smithing world
heres the recipe

4.5 (ish) gal of water
1 lb bag of salt
1...

think im going to break out the swage block and forge up some small medium and large ladles, and other tools like skimmers etc this August during the faire demo. Ill keep yall in the loop when I...

jut a note out to yall,
i used to cuirbolli leather in beeswax a LOT, basically ran a 5 gal double boiler setup for both leather armor and costrels, the point of this?
Ive noticed beeswax is a...

im all about the lee loader wack-a-moles :D love em, got a RCBS ammomaster turret that Im trying to get up and running that I got in a trade, replaced the nylon bushing, timings still WAY off. next...

reckon ill call em tomorrow and report back in..... :D

if you decide on a top down setup a good aspirated burner would work well, check out zoeller burners, primarily used for forging but work great for kilns and smelting as well. just make sure you get...

does Lee provide custom dies for their classic line?
really love the ole wack-a-mole but need one for my 7.5x55 swiss and they haven't made em in years and their a tough find, ( i been scouring the...

great stuff everyone! some really excellent ideas here.

thanks Mal :)