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Another vote for Brian Enos. He has some great info at his site for making decisions on what to buy, he'll pick up the freight charges (drop shipped from Dillon) if you spend over $400 (as mentioned...

Dale,

Thanks for posting that video. That seems a LOT faster than the hammer method... and a lot less prone to smashing fingers with a hammer.

On the downside, my wife's going to be upset...

Not sure where you live, but try calling a couple scrap yards to see if they have WW. You should be able to buy them for less than $.50/lb (if they have them).

Wildwilly,

You said 'restricted', not 'banned' so you may know all this. If not, this may save you some headaches trying to build a "Mini-50" (an interesting concept to be sure).

AR-15...

I bought new tin's at the dollar store and had problems with them sticking. I rubbed them inside with sandpaper and then left them out in the weather to rust a little.

Brand new I had to dump...

Good to hear.

I have a Pacific sizing die with a bent decaping rod. I keep meaning to call Hornady, but havn't gotten around to it and have been wondering if their Lifetime warrenty extends to...

I've never tried casting this way, but I'll tell you this... never, EVER, cook bacon buck nekid.

I'm new to this hobby, but I wear leather work gloves when sorting WW or doing anything that...

One thing I've read (I believe it was here) was some talk about heat treating and effects on accuracy.

IIRC, the author discussed different hardness bullets having different POI with all else...

sqlbullet,

That was a well timed post for me.

I was just about to come on here and ask about the effects of casting temp to final hardness. A quick search took me to this.

Your figures...

I have found Lyman and RCBS to be good companies with quality equipment and excellent customer service.

That said, based soely on the reviews I read at Midway USA on the two thermometers, I chose...

Obviously Cliff Clavens Brains. That is the most dense material known to man.

SUPV26,

PM me if you'd be interested in a spreadsheet I worked up that makes this calculation. Plug in how much...

I agree it's sub optimal. However, if your DO has a tab on the back like the RCBS pot pictured (mine does), you can use a pair of vise grips to give solid control of the pot while you're pouring. ...

I did some searching and found posts that alluded to this, but I wanted to confirm.

For those of you who use LLA and tumble lube, have you found that this works as well for boolits out of non "TL"...

Cool, looking forward to hear how fast they're going.

At that price point, I assume that includes the cost of a GC?

Did you shoot (or will you be shooting) any of these over a chronograph? Just wondering what kind of velocities you saw.

I'm always interested in a cheeper alternative for feeding the AR.

Randy,

I believe you're talking about the Lee Pro 4. It too is on sale at Midway till the end of the month for $14 less than the 20 pound pot. Per the description at Midway, the Pro 4 also uses...

I don't claim to be a wealth of knowldege on the subject, but my limited casting experience (both times) were done with the furnace you mention. I got it at the same place I suspect you're shopping...

I suspect the 90321 (2 Cav) and 90295 (6 Cav) are the same exact design.

That said, I'm pretty sure there is a bevel, albeit a VERY small one. .035" Small to be exact (according to my mic).
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Hopefully I can get home while it's still light out one day this week (perhaps tonight). I'll post 'non flash' pix when I can.




Good advice. I usually wear some leather work gloves when...

Sounds good, I'll swing by Harbor Freight tonight on the way home.

If I can get out of the office early enough, perhaps I can even take a third run at this... let's hope the third time's a...

Good question. I'm not positive on the answer.

The mold is a Lee TL358-158-SWC. I was unable to find any detailed / close up pictures, so I can't tell how square the base is supposed to be. ...

I see what you're talking about, but it's a reflection from my flash. I noticed a lot more imperfections when zoomed in like this than I could see with the nekid eye - the 'single' pix are about 20...

Noted and agreed. I've moved the production system into the garage.

For what it's worth, I have been pretty good about cleaning up after a session of smelting or casting. This has been based...

A couple days ago I posted pictures and questions from my first casting session. Based on some great feedback and comments here, I took another run at it this afternoon. Here are some pictures of...

Is there such a thing as TOO frosted? Is there a point where you start thowing them back in the pot?

The Lyman manual suggests it makes the bullets brittle, but doesn't offer much guidance on...