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    I have shot pure Linotype in my 45 acp for over...

    I have shot pure Linotype in my 45 acp for over 50 years. No problem cutting or breaking, but you do have to watch out for the type lice, they can get in your hair, lol
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    It is mono type, I was in the printing business...

    It is mono type, I was in the printing business for 50 years.
  3. When I was building custom Hawken rifles, I would...

    When I was building custom Hawken rifles, I would pour the nose caps using the Imperial Plus Metal. Evan after 40 years the rifles that I kept still have shiny nose caps.
  4. It is plus metal, but printers would just put it...

    It is plus metal, but printers would just put it in the Linotype pots as is, they then melted it down with the used type and then they would cast into 20 pound ingots to be hung from the chains on...
  5. That is pure Linotype from the Imperial smelter....

    That is pure Linotype from the Imperial smelter. I was a printer for over 50 years, we would send in our old Linotype lead that would get zinc in it to be resmelted. When you would cut zinc...
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    I had about 25 or 30 sticks with holes in it and...

    I had about 25 or 30 sticks with holes in it and they worked fine. I think I put more pressure on mine than others do. I can lube 25 to 30 45 cal. bullets with out adding pressure
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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