thanks greg s. you might be right. is it worth buying a hardness tester. found one for $150. would like to know what they are. could possibly add pre lead to my mix and soften them if i need to....
Type: Posts; User: thursdaymike
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
thanks greg s. you might be right. is it worth buying a hardness tester. found one for $150. would like to know what they are. could possibly add pre lead to my mix and soften them if i need to....
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
im using wheel weights. dropped into water? no clue on their hardness. just figured they were good to go
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
ive used noe molds up to this point. tried the 300 blackout also. same story, no go on the fat noses
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
was hoping someone had a suggestion on 44 mold
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im thinking the 458 was super tight. but still didnt explain my sizing issues. ive given up on 458 socom. i bought a 358 yeti ar barrel. hoping to undersize mold and let the pc fill the gap. need to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
so awhile back i cast for my 458 socom. didnt go to well. i couldnt get them to chamber with pc. i bought a lyman lubrisizer. i hung up a few. so much it broke the handle linkage. this happened...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Well i guess i can forget this. I didnt know rhere were affordable testers. I was lookibg at a $7000 mitutoyo unit that was marked down to $1700. It tests by itself.no human error
Forum: Casting Equipment
Idk. I didnt know there was a unit that cheap.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Would any of you guys pay to have things tested? Wondering if i could make my money back. Thinking something like $20 per test.
Forum: Casting Equipment
So I tried sizing some 30 cal and they worked. Reinstalled 458 parts (trust me this was like the 10 th time) and walaa its working. Makes no sense. I'm thinking it was the lube. I boiled all the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Bullets dropping 460-461. Sizing die is .459 . Looked at sizing die. I couldn't see any lines or machining marks.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Well I welded up the handle last night. Cast some new boolits. I still water dropped them. The ran them in the sizer. Still getting stuck. Then one of the bolts broke like someone stated again. I...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Now I'm really pissed. Why can it not work right. I see videos of guys using them no problem on YouTube. Mine breaks. Seriously I'm lifting up with one arm. I'm not that strong.
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Forum: Casting Equipment
I will take a look at that too jonB thanx
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I'm using wheel weights. I did water quench and they have been sitting for a couple months. I will try pouring some today.
Forum: Casting Equipment
So I tried to size and lube some 30 cal. Bullets. Took a lot of force to push bullet down. Then it took a hammer to get it out.I asked on here about it and we came to the conclusion I was trying to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I used a lead fishing weight to slug the barrel.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I did water drop them. I though you had to to get the hardness right.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I slugged again. Calipers read the same. I will look into the micrometer. Top punch pushed down into the bullet causing it to look like that. I had to put all of my weight on it to get it through the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
300 black out. I slugged barrel it measured .306
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanx for the tips. So now I have another problem. I'm using the Lyman 4500 lube sizer. Bullets are dropping .312 and I'm trying to size to .308 the top punch is deforming the bullets due to the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Third batch and wow what a difference! Heated mold a lot more. Still had about 35% culls but due to me dropping too fast and a couple had trash between molds from preheat which created lines at...
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 |