I have two: a1B in .30-06 and a 1S in .45-70. I also bought a 1B in .25-06 for my wife. There are several more I drool over but with a limited income and at the age of 81.......they are just...
Type: Posts; User: Grampie not Grumpie
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have two: a1B in .30-06 and a 1S in .45-70. I also bought a 1B in .25-06 for my wife. There are several more I drool over but with a limited income and at the age of 81.......they are just...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks Truck. I'll just melt them down into ingots and recast them later - someday! :>)
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have some questions on the concept of powder coating. I take it that you tumble coat the bullets after they cool coming out of the molds? Not coating them with any lube? I get the concept of...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I was reading a short article in the current "Guns Magazine" that came last week about Bayou Bullets .45 Acp lubed with a lube from Australia developed by J&M Specialty Products. It was talked up as...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What is your favorite powder?? I am presently using what I have on hand for obvious reasons. IMR4198, and IMR4227. I also have some IMR4350 and 4320 I use in my bolt action rifles.
Grampie not...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tatume,
Thanks for the reply. 1350 - 1400 fps sounds good to me. If your boolit exits all the extra velocity does is kick up more dirt on the other side of the deer. I don't have a sizer to set...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I first joined "Cast Boolits" several years ago when I first started shooting my Ruger SAs. I have the molds and cast for my .44 Mag., .45 Colt, and my .45 ACP. After some major surgery I kinda got...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Here in Mississippi we have a long deer season. It is even longer if you hunt in the "primitive gun" season as well. A primitive gun is a muzzle loader of various types and also a single shot break...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I guess I wasn't clear on that part. I pouredthem into a Lee Ignot mold and WW ignot weighed about 3 oz more than the "mystery" ignot weighed. The Lee ignot mold was marked 1 lb.
Hope that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Over Christmas I was melting down some wheel weights. As usual I was using a propane "turkey fryer" burner with a ladle that holds about 4 lbs of lead. When I finished I remembered some scrap that a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I voted for H110/W296, 2400, & Unique. Another I use a lot is Herco. When powder got scarce and I couldn't get Unique I got a bottle of Herco. I contacted Alliant about using Herco and the said it...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Another comment. Lee's .45 ACP Factory Crimp Die in the 4 die carbide set is a TAPER crimp die. In the .45 Colt set it is a roll crimp for the groove in the boolit.
I recently had to pull a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cast Boolits with a BHN of 9 needs a pressure of 12,600 psi to seal the bore. (BHN 9 X 1400 = 12,600.) This is with the PROPER Boolit diameter. 4.8 gr. of Bullseye should give you 12,950 which...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks,
Since I got the hardness tester I have found that I have a lot of lead that is too hard. I have been remelting it with a lead sinker thrown in and getting the BHN where I want it. I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am sure this has been covered before several times, but .....? After you melt/pour or cast your lead how long does it have to cure to reach the final hardness?? I know it will get harder after it...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a MTM scale that I use ocasionally to weigh bollits and brass. I also have a Mack 100 gem scale that has a lot of "bells and whistles." However after fiddling with both of them I have gone...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't want to start another thread but... I believe that cast boolits go faster than jacketed ones because they seal the bore better and there is less gas leakage around the bullet. This also...
Back when I was reloading in the 1970's I came across a receipe for low power .30-06 loads. It was in a reloading digest I believe. It called for 10 gr. of IMR 4227 behind a 110 gr. half jacket...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What's a C&R License??
Grampie not Grumpie,
Forum: Cast Boolits
I would think you could look down the cylinder from the chamber end and see much larger "bump up" on those two if they really are .4250.
Grampie not Grumpie
Forum: Cast Boolits
My wife presented me for our 50th anniv. last month with a "old model" 1999 SS Ruger Vaquero with 5 1/5 barrel complete with a "drop loop holster." When I was checking it out I tried pushing a .451...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If I may insert an opinion: rather than a light alloy stubby for the nightstand I would look at a Ruger SP101. It weighs considerable more yet is compact and is all stainless steel. I have one and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I store mine in the flat boxes they come in on a shelf in my "shop" in the barn where I do my reloading. I cast my boolits in a different part of the barn. The primers I am currently using (partial...
Forum: Cast Boolits
One my Ruger SA's I remove the cylinder and clamp a piece of 1 x 3" board in a vise with about 3 - 4" sticking out one side narrow side up. I slip the revolver over the board with barrel up and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My local shop has been out of primers and powder for several months. After telling me not to hold my breath he finally got a shipment from Hodegons of powder and last week he got a shipment of...
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