Hey all - 338 Spectre is a great wildcat chambering that's not unlike the 300 Blackout, except it's .338 caliber, projectiles are up to 300 grains (and sometimes a bit more), and a lighter, smaller...
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Hey all - 338 Spectre is a great wildcat chambering that's not unlike the 300 Blackout, except it's .338 caliber, projectiles are up to 300 grains (and sometimes a bit more), and a lighter, smaller...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I’m also looking to cast for 338SPCT! Would love any info you all may have gleaned - mold selection in particular!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Noted! I've already got a roll, so I'll start with it. I think the problem was overspray from ESPCing building up on the foil - seems like that wouldn't happen at all with this method. Thanks!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Makes perfect sense. Think I'll do BBs, then use tweezers to set them all on their bases. Can't take that much longer and can only help!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I was a bit afraid of the clear because I worried I wouldn't be able to tell if the finished product had coated well - thanks for "clearing" that up :)
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Ok, oh my gosh...just watched this one of Elvis Ammo's videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGqLzWzKfes
...in which he shakes and bakes a bunch of 300BLK boolits, then just sifts them on a...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Ah! Silicone mat - is it worth getting a $20 one vs. a $6 one? Then would just put that on top of the tray...sounds pretty simple to me!
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Wow...so just to recap from everything I'm picking up -
1. Cast
2. Cool
3. Acetone wash (unless freshly cast)
4. Shake
5. Transfer to tray covered with parchment paper with tweezers or...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well that's a good idea too - I love this forum.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks, all - makes good sense. So just so I'm clear, when you shake and bake, even the *bottom* of the boolit that bakes facing down against the foil still gets coated well? That's some fancy...
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Yeah, I had to use a *bunch* of powder, plus I still got several that didn't have good enough coverage. Although my whole damn work bench, and thus the floor as well and by extension the floors...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Hey all - thanks to this fine forum I started PCing maybe two years ago with my HF ESPC gun and HF matte black on some hollow point 45 boolits nose-down on a jig. I'm now trying to load some...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Alright - heard back from Miha and he doesn't have any no-lube-groove 147s hanging around, so...
Please put me down for a 4-cavity 147-gr. plain base mold - just the smaller pins! Gerry.senechal...
Gotcha. So new plan is Hornady crimped-on gas checks. Are you using H110 also in 308 to get the 2400/2700 or a different powder?
Thanks again!
Popper, this is hilarious! I've just been running some errands and was reading while I waited and, noticing that you are *the* guru of autoloader 308 casting, literally the first thing I was going...
Well heck. I've read over and over that gas checks and suppressors are bad, bad news, as a gas check that comes loose would basically run the can. So even if I coated the base, gas cutting would...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Hey all - I realize this is closed, but any chance there are any more of the 147s? I would kill for one!
Many thanks and sorry to bother if not.
Hey all - long story short, I'm about to start loading for my .308 DPMS AR. I'll be powdercoating them and eventually (when I'm darn sure there's no keyholing) I'd like to be shooting them through a...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Man, you guys are the best!! Yes, I actually live in Joelton but work in Nashville - if you might be so kind, I'd love to load up a few samples! I absolutely love both my M&Pc and P226 in 357SIG,...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Aha! Might this be one, Beau?
http://www.accuratemolds.com/lib/timthumb.php?src=/img/bullets/catalogue/35-125Y.png&w=114&h=0&zc=0
Accurate 35-125Y
Reads "357 Sig nose length" in their...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Hey all - there's been a little bit of discussion on here previously about people successfully casting for 357SIG. Personally, I've been reaping the benefits of powdercoating in other calibers and...
Thanks to the thoughtful wisdom shared in this thread, I've completely changed my thinking about rifles and cast. Can't wait to jump in! I think I'll start with my AR10...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Hey all - I made the tray that came with my cheapo toaster over unusuable for anything but hollow point boolits by putting a long screw every 3/4"! I'd like to lay some RNs on their base to coat -...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Great to see this! Any chance one could be made with no lube grooves, or would that require a whole different setup? I'd love to powdercoat these for use with a suppressor.
Many thanks!
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 |