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Shake-N-Bake is fine but since you mentioned fast, I would go with the Harbor Freight spray setup right away. I got tired of picking each one up with tweezers/pliers/foreceps or whatever rather...

If you are anywhere near Cedar Rapids we could meet and I will give you some of my favorite SWCs ready to load.

I have used that TL-356-124-2R in 9mm, 38 special, and 357 mag. I size with a .358 Lee push-through sizer and get good results. I don't load .38 super so no advice there, but I think that boolit...

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Where are you in E. IA? I'm near Anamosa. I do not shake-n-bake anymore...just spray now. Got some Black B-B's you can have.

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Are the Black and White glossy, or flat? I would be willing to take 5 lbs.of each if glossy for testing, more later.

I use the side cutter method. There is no quick and easy short cut. Sorting wheel weights is a PITA but necessary chore. 750 degrees is difficult to maintain with a turkey fryer. My ears are bad...

Check the "Swappin-n-Sellin" section of this forum often (Daily), there's lots of used stuff there, but the good stuff goes rather quickly.

Contrary to the two previous comments, I have had excellent results with that Lee TL 356-124 2R boolit for 9mm. It's an opinion thing. I size them .358 with a Lee sizer push through, then PC, then...

I always thought 751 mph, or 1101 fps was the sound barrier. That would make 2200fps and 1499mph Mach 2, or am I missing something?

I thought I was the only one to do dumb things like that, you sure made my day!

When I get broken boolits like your photo, it is usually because I dumped them from the mold before they were sufficiently cool. How long did it take for the sprue to cool with your "hot" boolits?...

In an emergency, wrap two or three layers of electrical tape around the threads of the smaller bottles. It is a PITA because then the lids won't fit, but it works if you don't shake the gun too hard...

Johnny V, Thanks a lot. It works perfectly. I am so computer illiterate that sometimes I have trouble finding a site twice in a row. I have great respect for those capable of doing things like this...

I don't have any of the cast boolits they used in their tests either, in fact All my pistol molds are the inexpensive Lee 6 bangers. I don't hunt anymore (bad knees), just shoot paper or walk tin...

There seems to be some confusion as to temperature differences in toaster ovens. There is an easy way to ascertain the quirks of your particular model. It is called a Uniformity Survey. The...

I have the .45 and the 9mm load books and have used them to develop my favorite loads for 190-200 gr SWC cast for .45 and 120 gr RN cast for 9mm. The loads are accurate and reliable as they were...

I have both the TL452-230-2R as well as the 452-228-1R. My TL452-230-2r mold drops boolits at 237-240gr, but I PC them and size to .452 and they feed through my old Essex 1911, as well as my Beretta...

Most of the problems I have had with a chrony are caused by SUB-sonic boolits. Is it possible that the difference between the 6" weapon mv and the 4" weapon mv, using the same ammo, could put some...

Of the 10 replies you have so far, 7 mention sizing.......Pay attention, if anything in your loading process makes the boolit smaller than .357 you need to address that. I use soft lead in 9mm, BUT I...

It seems to me that the OP does not do much indoor shooting. The smoky difference between PC boolits and petroleum based lubed boolits is like night/day. Time spent is a variable, my setup utilizes...

Great post. For those that have the ability to practice on their own property, what are the dimensions of the target in your thumbnail?

Gathering raw materials, sorting, melting into ingots, fluxing, casting, lubing, loading, and shooting cast boolitts is LABOR intensive. If you eliminate sizing, you take away the one step that gives...

The problem with stockpiling is the possibility to be in violation with your local fire regulations as to the amount of propellant stored in your home. The regs are usually a county thing rather...