Good post. It's good to know that my bbl's won't be as dirty as I thought.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Good post. It's good to know that my bbl's won't be as dirty as I thought.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Accuracy & BBL cleanliness suffers. Chamfer.
Forum: Cast Boolits
2 because I'm just starting out.
-.308
-.45
Forum: Cast Boolits
After 7 yrs. of loading, I decided to. Matter of choice, really.
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Wow. Thought that would have exploded.
Forum: In Remembrance
Lost mine exactly 12 years ago today. R.I.P.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I've got a most AMAZING recipe for it. I got it from Robert Rodriguez from the movie "One Upon A Time In Mexico" w/ Johnny Depp/Antonio Banderas. It actually plays a part in the flick. It's a dish...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I know I'm quoting myself here, but it is just a reminder of a promise I made. Yeah, for my first couple of days into this, I'd say that this would be in the "SCORE" category:
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Forum: Cast Boolits
"Figure of speech," but it appears to be many, many hundreds of pounds & it is underwater. When we go harvesting, I will be sure to mention it, but if I don't have enough posts (or "mention" it in...
Forum: Gas Checks
Thanks for the info. And all along I thought I had a "stout" load!:oops:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Being brand new to casting, I have a question regarding zinc. If I inadvertently drop a few zinc wheel weights into the pot w/ lead, will they float to the top, or will they just melt & ruin my batch?
Forum: Gas Checks
Last week, I loaded up about 50 123 grain cast pills someone gave me for my M1 Carbine, and I had about 15 fail to fire w/ heavy primer strikes. Now, I am wondering if somehow the powder/primers got...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well, I scored without even trying today. A buddy I didn't even know was into making his own buckshot brought over some perfect, clean ingots of pure lead he says was "too hard" for his application....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hmm...not bad ideas at all. I did run into more than one "corporate" tire shop that claimed that they couldn't "give away" any lead - that they had a company that came & took it for recycling.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey all. I have decided to cast my own bullets for a few of the calibers I shoot & I am having a very tough time getting lead. I'm here in the Capitol City of California and I think I have covered...
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 |