https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_pipe
This is a heads up that at times some organ pipes contain metals such as zinc. You may want to do the acid test on the pipes before tossing them in the...
Type: Posts; User: Dusty Bannister
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_pipe
This is a heads up that at times some organ pipes contain metals such as zinc. You may want to do the acid test on the pipes before tossing them in the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
EMT is perfectly welcome to use whatever method he finds serves him best. Others might care to review this link to decide if it is worth following his method or not.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Please do NOT use a wood dowel to drive a slug through the rifle barrel. If it breaks or gets jammed you will visit a gun smith to have it removed. The bore diameter is the minor measurement of the...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Very interesting evaluation of the barrel. Too bad the really rough area is at the breech and not the muzzle. A shorter barrel would not be that big a problem. It will be interesting to see if ...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
This is the link you are looking for to determine if you have an isotope container or not. And it is not one of these.
http://www.fellingfamily.net/isolead/
Forum: Cast Boolits
I guess we should agree to disagree. I have never found any written reference to support the theory that one can increase the lead alloy hardness by repeated heat and quench, UNLESS you change the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been fortunate through the years to get an extra pot for the various alloys. If you do decide to drain a bottom pour pot, do not drain it empty as that will result in dross being drawn into...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I understand the quenching from the mold or oven heat treating and quenching. But the double chilling is the question. Once you heat the item up again, you destroy the original HT/Q and end up...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Perhaps some do not understand that once the thread is started, it goes where it goes as long as there is some benefit to the forum in general. Participation is encouraged.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Perhaps he is thinking that lead does work harden, but then returns to the normal condition after a time has passed. Dead soft lead by hardness testing, or by source that might have some antimony in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It did not take long to find this closed ad.
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?464184-Mono-Foundry-Type-in-raw-condition
Forum: Completed Deals
Thank you for looking, please close thread.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Price it out and offer it in the S&S. There is usually a market for clean bees wax.
Forum: Cast Boolits
There is not a thing wrong with melting them down into something you can use. But if you do not need the alloy, you might prepare a dust free container and put them on a shelf. You have a thousand...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The mold blocks, sprue plate and cam opening system look like Lee. However the hardware to attach blocks to the handles, captive HP pin system, and hinge bolt and hold down bolt are not Lee but a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Please use SMALL amounts of candle wax because sometimes if too much wax is used, it will produce more fire than needed or wanted. And when it ignites, it will flash quickly. Bees wax has a higher...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
COWW= clip on wheel weights
SOWW=stick on wheel weights
Forum: Our Town
You may never know how valuable the skills you are passing on may be. Fishing, hunting, situational awareness and using common sense to figure out things by yourself. You are giving this youngster...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have not seen this term before, what do you mean when you "double chill the bullets"? And what is it supposed to do?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Has anyone tried dropping the very fresh castings onto a soft surface while almost mushy? As long as you do not drop them on other castings, it might just break the balls apart on impact. Height...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well, I guess you read something other than my comments in post #4. I tried to be clear that if one melted off the solder leaving the lead one would end up with at least 30/70 solder. I suppose I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Apparently you place no value on all those wiped solder joints in the photo. With things the way they are, I would purchase what you are comfortable with, especially if you can use the soft lead as...
Forum: Our Town
This link from another forum.
https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/309420-white-river-energetics-primers/
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Being a bit careful with the propane torch, you should be able to melt the wiped solder joints into a catch pan. You might end up with something more than 30/70 solder (30% tin). Then melt that...
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BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
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