Does anyone live near Philadelphia PA? I'm having some trouble getting started casting and would love to talk to someone local about it.
Type: Posts; User: Cburden
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Does anyone live near Philadelphia PA? I'm having some trouble getting started casting and would love to talk to someone local about it.
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For age hardening, is it just time? Like can I keep them in a box or ziplock bag or do I need to lay them in an open tray?
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I would love to trade some but besides this forum, i don't know a single person that does this. I have over 100lbs of the lead and can get all I can use. I can only find tin/copper/selenium mixed...
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I never even heard of the SWAG hardness tester. I was drawing one up at work to make my own brinell hardness tester but the pencil one looks like its all I need. Thanks so much!
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I honestly don't know what requires a GC, everything I read says subsonic no, supersonic yes. With my speed being very close I didn't want to load a round in the summer and then fire it in the winter...
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I'm also not sure about the lead besides the bhn. It was a mix of wheel weights, lead pipes and lead roofing sheets. I added some tin solder to some of it and kept it separate to what it would do to...
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The starting load was 4.4 and max was 5.0 grains according the the manufacturer. With 4.4-4.7 grains I would get black smoke coming out the barrel and would cover half the gun in what felt like soot...
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Awesome! Thanks a lot. I was not sure if I would need to buy a new mold since the one I currently have is not shaped for a gas check.
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I have just been following the recommended powder charge for my powder and that's what it says the fps are, I have no way to actually measure it. Would a different powder slow it down? I use CFE...
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I'm just starting to make my own boolits and I have 3 questions that I could not find although your forum is massive so they probably were answered before.
1) I shoot mostly 9mm and I want to PC...
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I joined your site years ago but I'm just getting serious about casting. I'm pretty excited to learn from all of you.
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 |