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Hopefully you meant 1.120 - 1.130. That would be a little more like it. I usually stay within 0.005" but there is always a piece of brass that doesn't play nice.

As far as Unique goes +-0.1 is...

I have the traditional lube groove 175 and my friend has the tumble lube version. I can seat out to a more "normal" length of 1.130-1.135. These run well in a 27, 35 and a 22 with a Lone Wolf...

700X in to a 12GA. hull on a MEC press "waaYY" back in the mid 80's.

These all pass the finger nail test as well as the wipe and smash test on both coats. The changes that I made were, adding 10%+- lead shot to the alloy and I let the boolits dry for 10 minutes with...

2nd coat. Drying

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Again, 400° for 14 minutes. really rubbed with lacquer thinner, still no color on the...

Here we go.

1st coat dried.

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Cooked at 400° for 14 minutes. (only at 400 for the last 4 minutes) And...

I can get range lead for relatively cheap locally. This would be an acceptable alloy for 45acp??

I shot (actually my son) shot a full USPSA match with the coated 45's that I did earlier. I...

For some reason I thought the iso lead was harder than that. Live and learn. I will try the WC first. If need be I can get some lino to toughen it up.

Did you just use a regular brick or a fire brick?

I do have a multi-meter that I was using in my casting pot. The thermocouple is bad but I can get a new one. Never thought of it though. Thanks for the suggestion.

As far a the bricks go,...

Ausglock, I did exactly what you wrote minus the hairdryer and I put the catalyst in before the acetone. I might be a little closer to 220 45's. The tray isn't really packed. I tried to leave some...

Got it. Maybe that's why the 9mm's worked out a little better. They got to temperature sooner.

With my set up, I couldn't get the color to change at 375-385°, even at 15-18 minutes, I bumped up...

So do I start the timer once the oven reaches temp? I have been timing from when I put them in. The oven will be at 390-400, when I put the boolits in drops to 350 +- then it takes 10-12 minutes...

Here's what the batch I did today looks like.

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I also forgot to mention that after the 3rd coat I pass the scratch test, just not the first. I didn't know if this was normal or not

I don't have a hardness tester at the moment. It's on my list. The alloy is Isotope lead (don't remember the actual content) and range scrap, 50/50. I am definitely taking lead when I scratch.
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I have read about 80 of the earliest pages of this so please forgive me if this has already been covered. I am using the green color and mixing 5-1-7. My first coat passes the acetone and smash...

Shot my first USPSA match of the year today. All of my 40 S+W ammo was PC'd. 5.3 grains of Unique under a TL175-401SWC PC'd with the Harbor Freight powder running through a Sig 226 Tacops. I...

When I first started out with casting for 45 acp and 38 special, Alox did exactly what it was supposed to. Cheap, easy and no expensive equipment to invest in. The boolits shot fine. A little...

I was able to get out and do some testing yesterday. I am glad to report that the powder coating worked well in everything I tried.

I shot about 50 rnds through a Glock 40 with the stock...

I've gotten the gun a little to close to the boolits while spraying. The spark and crack made me realize I didn't want get zapped.

It just gets better and better.

I would have a hard time believing that PC would be more abrasive on a steel bore than copper. Someone has posted in this thread that their velocities were higher with the PC opposed to jacketed. ...

Oh yeah! I need some of that non-stick foil. It looks like the ticket. Thanks for the heads up.

Ooohhhhh. Now I get it. My primary concern was smoke and lube issues associated with shooting pistol rounds. Mainly the .40 through a Glock barrel not a .223 at 3000 FPS. Big difference.