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Sizing and seating of this bullet can be tricky, particularly if your alloy is a lttle on the soft side or BHN - 11. For sizing in the old Lyman 450 I've used for years, I just get the correct nose...

When the Devastators were all on the market I purchased all four. They are designed for use with WW alloy (whatever that is :) ) The WW alloy 'round here seems to vary (from BHN - 12 to BHN - 15...

I have a stainless 6" Judge. The first part of the chambers are standard .45 Colt ending with a step to the 0.460" throats. My groove diameter is 0.452". Considering this, I didni't expect much...

Try adding some shredded Ivory soap to your mix after re-melting and then cook and stir a while. It might facilitate a more homogeneous mixture.
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Just watched the History Channel story "Black Blizzard" about the dust storms out west in the 30's and it mentioned that things got so lean that folks did cook up tumbleweeds sometimes. Didn't say...

Euel Gibbons instructed to cut the thorns and boil them in two waters. I haven't tried them but would be interested in how you evaluate them. Always thought they were Scottish Thistle.
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To quote another esteemed member of this forum who, for this post, will remain anonymous, " Some people can break an anvil."
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Paul,
Here's a jpg of the modified Ohaus bullet from my NEI mould. Not as pretty as JLLs but they shoot real...

35 Remington,
What I got from Paul's post was that, in view of the fact that Clark offers the conversion commercially, then it's likely they have some basis for believing it to be safe. Unless...

I like to use GC designs of a lower BHN (say 8 or thereabouts) in my 44 Special revolvers. They've given good accuracy at standard MVLs (750 - 800 fps) without leading. One of my favorites for...

Tin blends (alloys) easily with Lead at easily attainable electric furnace temperatures. Mixing your own should be a simple process of calculating the weight of each metal needed for the alloy you...

Thanks for the great post, Dale 53. Something I've done in an old S&W 1917 that has shown reluctant chambering of some 270 gr Ohaus #45255K (neither .452 nor 255 grs with WWs) when they are crimped...

Since arsenic is added to dropped shot alloys because it enhances the surface tension and the tendancy for the drops to hold together and the shot to round up more, is it possible that variable...

put the pin back in place and, with the mould upside down on a firm wooden surface, lighty peen the surface of the mould at the opening of the hole the pin went in to; just enough to make it a...

This project is one I took on back in the mid 60's. I was overseas and had to get my supplies from the APO and, if the polythelene powder was available then, I was unaware of it. I had only one...

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Take a look at this source if you have time. They have the cherries made up and quite a variety of good designs. I've always gotten my moulds well within the two...

This is purely a personal experience and just shows how much that can vary from one individual to another, I reckon. Somewhere in the mid 80's I bought two factory magnaported .454 FA revolvers...

In addition to casting with a slightly hotter alloy, preheating the mould blocks on a hotplate has been helpful to me to get things going, and sometimes to maintain good production. As JLL ...

Duely noted; anything can happen, I reckon. I'd send that barrel back to H&R, windwalker. Never heard of such for a .45-70 barrel. But I reckon, if one lives long enough...... lol oh...

If you're going to use cast bullets, just go with 0.459" - 0.460" and your BC will thank you with good accuracy. Mine slugs at 0.4575" but, as noted above, there is a range of values within the ...

JFE,
Thanks for your presentation of this mould and your discussion of the various phenomina that crop up with the use of a hollow point mould. Interesting and educational.
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J & B Weld has been a permanent fix with any wooden mould handles looseness.
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We have two blued S&W Centenial 38 specials. Both of them have undersized throats (about .355" as best I recall). Anything larger that above the crimp won't chamber. I realize your question was...

Mathematical calculations determining necessary "hardness" levels as related to maximum firing pressures certainly are helpful; but mostly, in my opinion, in regard to plain based bullets. The use...

I use the Lyman 450 lube sizer and the RCBS sizing dies do fine in it. I'm pretty sure that the converse is also true.
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