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Let me warn you ...
Custom Moulds ... in my case NOE Moulds ... Are Habit Forming !!!
You can't live with just one ... trust me !
I am a Cajun and we are very thrifty people , but after...
What if it doesn't make sense ... will he make it anyway and not catalog it ?
I love it when things have to make sense ...
... that is just so Cool !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you have Unique powder on hand ... I would start with a load of 6.0 or 6.5 grains Unique and work up slowly to get the desired recoil / accuracy ...
My pet / favorite load with a 185 gr. JHP...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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I don't have no PID or thermometer ... But
Get best boolits just at "frosty" ... I hear the frosty surface helps hold coatings !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
Good advice ... from my Momma ... "Better Safe Than Sorry !!!"
Remove the nipples or pull the lead balls out , clean the cylinder chambers and
start over fresh and new . Buy some proper pistol...
Forum: Cast Boolits
#1 Since the boolit is shorter behind the crimp groove ... and heavier , the first thing I would do is seat a boolit to the crimp groove in a dummy round or two and check if the dummy rounds will...
Forum: Our Town
The photo's are Wonderful ... I swear I can almost smell it baking !!!
You know what would be mor wonderful than photo's ... A Recipe !
You print that recipe and I will bake 3 or 4 ... They...
The very first 45 acp mould I ever bought was the Lee 452-228-1R ... This wasn't the Tumble Lube boolit , I wanted a regular lube grooved boolit .
It sucked so bad ... I sold it at a garage sale for...
Forum: Cast Boolits
A little extra heat will not hurt any mould ... I get my best fill out when the boolits drop right at frosty .
Trying to cast too cool is just hurting your casting ... different moulds like to be...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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My Lyman 450 was paid for in 1972 ... I can lube , size , seat a gas check and have a boolit ready to shoot with ... One Cycle of the handle ... Fast Fast Fast .
Too set in my...
Forum: Our Town
18 or 20 lines per inch is the usual layout , depending on the wood hardness and texture ... how open the grain is .
When you get into 22 and 24 lines per inch the diamonds become very fine .
I...
I find it strange the pins wont rinse clean ...
Are you rinising them out of the barrel or in the barrel ?
Look carefully at the inside of the rubber lining ... you should be able to see if the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I like my cast boolits slightly heavy ... use the Lee C309-170-F in 30-30 and since I have it ... load it in my 30-06 and in my 7.5 Swiss K11 Schmidt-Ruben - 1911 Carbine (not the K31)...
and that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That is exactly what I was thinking ... The computer programing Nerd who "revised" the data center must have no idea what handloading and reloading is ... OR
Make it so bad they have to buy our...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
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Truer words were never spoken
Gary
Forum: Reloading Equipment
CH4D also makes shell holder adapters ... I got two presses back in service with their adapters .
I don't know any other source for Universal Rams or shell holder adapters but CH4D ... you might...
Forum: Cast Boolits
50 + years casting Boolits ... and the Danged Lunchables are going to do me in !
Gary
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Nothing will be gained from lubing powder coated boolits .
Just load them powder coated ... and ignore the Belt and Suspenders must be better ... Cookie Bunch .
Gary
Forum: Our Town
Congratulations !!!
Sometimes a new Doctor , a fresh set of eyes and fresh idea's are all that is needed to make a huge difference !
I'm so glad you found her and she was able to help you ......
Forum: Cast Boolits
Here is the data listed in the RCBS Cast Bullet Manual .
357 Magnum - RCBS 38-158-SWC GC - sized .358"
Tested in Ruger Security Six with 6" bbl. length
Speer 357 Mag. cases - CCI #550 Magnum...
Forum: Our Town
Prayer's Sent .
Have Faith ... the Good Lord will watch over and protect you .
God Bless and Keep You Always .
Gary
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That's great to hear ... I had just discovered TiteGroup a few years ago and ...
I like It !
Gary
The plastic tends to form a "Static-Cling" that attracts the powder ... that's why the anti-static cling dryer sheets work ...
Several methods of fighting the problem work ... I think rubbing the...
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