Second try using HFPC Matte Black. These have been sized too.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Second try using HFPC Matte Black. These have been sized too.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Turned the heat up to 425 and let the toaster preheat for 10 minutes. I also added a thicker coat and I think I have it now. I will post pictures later for everyone's thoughts.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well just got my sizer and the PC came off the drive bands. I guess I need to turn the heat up some. HFPC was bakes for 20 minutes at 400 in a toaster.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well I gave this a try today with HF Matte Black.
I do not think things look right and I am not getting a coating in the lube grooves (not that it matters).
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
This was well written and hopefully I can follow it. I am trying to remove some pre-lubed boolits and then PC them. I just want to check it out.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thank you, I am already using MS to clean the press and wanted to use it for the dies too.
Time to clean this thing.
Forum: Casting Equipment
My quesion said I was about to change lubes and revolves around the effects of Miniral Spirits on the rubber seals.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I know this is an older post...
I am about to switch lubes and was wondering if you remove the rubber rings from your dies before you sock them in mineral spirits? I didn't know if it would...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I bought a used LAM2 with no instructions or anything. So, my question is how do I clean this? It seems pretty tared up from whatever lub was in there and I want to make sure I start clean.
Any...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ok guys I just noticed that I miss typed in the original post. I am going back to edit it.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have a mold that is dropping .350 to .355 9mm's. I need .360, so can a RBCS Lubeisizer do this? Or can it only shrink my boolits?
Edit: I need .356 for my 9mm and the boolits drop at about .354...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am learning right now.
I guess I should just collect lead for now.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ok this was a crappy day for making ingots...
Ok so while doing my ingots I didn't notice a small drop of sweat in the pan. So this so did not turn out to good for me. I only got a small burn on...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My girlfriend lives in Sanford and I work in the area of Pinehurst and Southern Pines from time to time.
Forum: Swaging
I didn't think that CH did dies for 223. I would love to look into 22lr to 223 bullets.
Forum: Leverguns
OK So I went to the range today with my first 38spl loads.
Winchester SRP
6 gr. of HS-6
Beanies 125 Cast Hard Lead
I should have put something up to this to make things easier. This was 10...
Forum: Leverguns
runfiverun - I never do anything to a gun until it has close to 500 rounds down them.
Forum: Leverguns
Sorry I didn't say anything earlier, but here you go.
First the thing shoots great from the get go. It was a little low out of the box but was shooting fine in no time. I was shooting some really...
Forum: Cast Boolits
We should really try and get all the locals together for a cook out or something.
I am a really big newbe as I don't even have my molds yet. I am just collecting and making ingots right now.
Forum: Cast Boolits
John Z - Is there any website with all those match info on it? I would like to get into those type of matches.
Lurch - I work out of the Benson armory and live off of Old Stage and HWY 42.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Edubya - I work in the whole SE on NC and travel to Pinehurst often. My girlfriend lives in Sanford, so I know the area and would be willing to drive.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been looking for casters and swagers in the NC area. I am in the Raleigh area if you are anywhere close let me know.
Same question in swage form: Link
Forum: Swaging
I am going to start casting 9mm and 38spl here soon. I have been collecting lead to get started with.
I was trying to find someone that does 22lr to .224. I am trying to see what all is involved...
Forum: Swaging
Uncleskippy - I go to High Point a lot so we might be able to work something out. What bullets do you make?
I am in the Raleigh area and am really looking for someone close.
Forum: Swaging
Are there any people that swage in the NC that would not mind me taking a look?
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 |