Thanx for the suggestions to alternative mold suppliers........open to any experience sharing.
Appreciate it.
Type: Posts; User: Chapped Lips
Thanx for the suggestions to alternative mold suppliers........open to any experience sharing.
Appreciate it.
Thanx for input,guys.
Overall,i'm a rookie and have no experience with boolits for these 30-30's but want to keep the guns active.
Since the weights are different i may have to try 2 molds. I will...
Been hitting the search engine here and i can't seem to find an answer.
I have a model 94 winchester and an old model 64 winchester both in 30WCF (30-30).
Has Miha produced any molds equivalent...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ya just never can tell..........at a real small mom&pop balancing shop the wife of the owner asked mr rather harshly what was i gonna do with the ww's.
Told her i cast my own boolits.
She asked -...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Appreciate the responses. All answers are valid based upon each one's experiences. Initially i had my thoughts wrapped around a straight ratio of lead-to-tin stockpile but your answers opened up a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
JonB......i also have decided to create a handy bin of 1 oz tin nuggets.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Let's say you have 1000 lbs of smelted WW in the corner......how many lbs of tin would you like to have in the other corner?
:coffee:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Kept prowling around and found this......
Originally Posted by zomby woof
The lead they use is Lead >96%,
1.5% +/- 0.1% - tin
1.5% +/- 0.1% - antimony
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
All my local dentists have gone digital......about 5 yrs ago. Younger dentists are replacing those who have retired and it appears the newer generation prefers digital.
Only one offfice had a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
grape shot........now that's funny.........some dinky dau humor. :wink:
I owned one of the 30 Carbine AMT's......looking at that ad makes me laff.....
"max velocity, LIGHT recoil"......what painful pistol in my hand!.....it was a match made in hell!
The ad said nothing...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
ameliorates.........(reaching for my 1969 Webster's 7th New Collegiate...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ya mean i gotta get a forklift too!!!! :) :) :) :)
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Arnie, all i can add is that Thunderbird supplied a powder listed as 8208 that was equiv to a H322 lot that was prized by benchrest shooters for awhile. This was some years ago. This was a powder of...
In a "peestol"....... i get a kick out of my LAR Griz in 45 Win Mag......so much fun!
In a revolver......44Special and 45 Colt are neck n neck.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Question re: lead pipe.......is this a regional "find" in the US?
All the plumbers that I've talked to haven't seen it in years.
And what is the makeup of lead pipe in comparison to clipon ww?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
thanx,zomby woof........that pic just settled/explained what i've been seeing on the bottoms of my ingots after they've cooled......i have yet to smelt since the temps have dropped....i've got to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
well,that didn't work out as planned :confused:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
appears the EPA is behind this......
Lead wheel weights being banned?
5 posts - 1 author - Last post: 4 hours ago
Subject: Lead wheel weights being banned?*… “We requested that the weights be ...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
another silent majority,eh? [smilie=s: [smilie=s: [smilie=s:
from huntin and peckin my way around the www....... they do get vocal when fired up or fired upon........
makes one kinda wonder...
Forum: Cast Boolits
okay,as an example.....and i'm using "recluse's" formula & method.....we want to go down .0035....first time thru with a lubed boolit we use a die that knocks it down .002 .....we then relube boolit...
Forum: Cast Boolits
tried the "search" forum but not wording the words correctly to get a match.....when sizing boolits (such as the Lee method),how much can you squeeze'm down?..... .002? or .003? or .00?......am i...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
thanx Old Coot & 10 Gauge....i'll follow up on your suggestions....i'd like to stay in the neighborhood of the original 405 grain Power Punch (?) boolit but am willing to try some different weights &...
Forum: Leverguns
this maybe considered heresy with all the classics listed & their cartridges but i vote for my model 88 win in 284....handles like a 28 ga. o/u...first wife found it posted on the bank billboard with...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
i've had a bison 50cal for several years....decided to pull it and start playing with it again....does anyone cast boolits for their white?.....where would i obtain a mould?....i need to slug it &...
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 |