It was lumpy and I noticed it rising to the top when the pot was cooling down. It was like this stuff was a thick layer on top of the lead as it was cooling
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
It was lumpy and I noticed it rising to the top when the pot was cooling down. It was like this stuff was a thick layer on top of the lead as it was cooling
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
This is very grainy material and about half the weight of a piece of lead the same size. Is this zinc?
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I had a problem in an LCP with .380 bullets not wanting to go into battery that I had PCoated. Sized them down 1 more thousandth and they work fine now. I tried really crimping them hard but it did...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Problem is I would be doing ALL of the work. He would just supply them. I should have made that clear.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Have a friend that has a LARGE quantity of wheel weights. Would you smelt them into ingots on the halvers?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
They are also very accurate out to 75 yards with iron sights, but dang if I can see a deer to try them on.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Poured up some 200 grain .429 bullets with a lee mold and shot them out of a 12 inch Encore pistol barrel. Caught them in my bullet trap and got these mushrooms. Isn't this what a good mushroom...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well I built a bullet trap and shot some of my 10mm JD Green PC bullets using Smoke's PC. Shot them into a barrel of sand at 20 yards and this is the result. About 90% of PC remained on the bullets...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The powder and BB's I ordered from smoke arrived and I tried a batch of 9mm and 10mm in JD Green. I could tell when I opened the cool whip bowl lid after shaking them that I was now in business! They...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have some of Smoke's powders arriving tomorrow. Am curious to see if I can do better.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I am new to this game and my 10mm auto bullets didn't seem to coat evenly with HF red. Shot a few into some half rotten firewood and recovered a couple. About 80% of powder coat was missing and they...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I also just started this PC craze with HF Red. Yours look professional compared to mine. As a matter of fact, I would not post pics of mine. I just ordered some powder from Smoke and am anxious to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am a long time lurker and just registered. Started casting about a year ago for .454 Casull and 9mm and have about 1,500 bullets down the pipe. Having fun and still learning. My question is this,...
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 |