Is a propane grill capable of melting 50lb of lead?
Type: Posts; User: Acorn
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
Who could refuse such a polite request ?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I guess I’ll attempt to break off one of the ears tomorrow and see
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Cool. I guess I didn’t do bad for $20.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well it clangs when whacked with a hammer.
I had a cheap set(Chinese) of pencils. I tried scratching the surface but none would scribe the surface. But, I hadn’t shaped them into a flat chisel...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I bought this 20+ bar at a gun show. Unknown alloy. The guys buddy say he thinks it’s Lino but he wasn’t sure.
Anybody have any idea what it might be? 318215
Anyone cast for this cartridge?
I’m thinking of a Lyman 358430 if I can locate one.
I’m going to be shooting them out of my 10” Ruger Blackhawk
Thanks
Forum: Our Town
Just a helpful hint to use the mfg. recommended oil for your vehicle. Newer vehicles with VVT(variable valve timing) solenoids are fussy about the viscosity, and can trip a CEL if the wrong weight...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The auto parts store I work at has a color analyzer that can read the color and either find a match or create a new color to match. The tricky part is you need a flat surface on the scale to read the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I just bought a new Ohaus 505 of Amazon.
It is made in China. Just FYI.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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I too printed it out on copy paper. Not the best but it’ll do in a pinch. Took some fiddling but printed it it at 47% of the image I downloaded to get the correct OAL. Once I fab a plate to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
That looks really nice, but I’m not that good on ‘puters.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Curious if the OP or anyone else for that matter found one of these. I too contacted RCBS and was told and I quote “buy a new scale”.
I thought about using tape and a fine point Sharpie. Kind of...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Dang it! Raining here so my connection “the grass cutter” won’t be there.
Thinking about approaching the club about making a donation for the access to take it all.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
That’s what mine looks like. Just not so many big chunks.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
As far as cooking it down, I have a gasoline plumbers pot.
Problem I have is my good buddy is also a caster and I’d like to get him involved but the guy that tipped me off, made me promise not to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I’m not sure how many know about it.
They keep it inside of a locked garage where they keep the clubs zero turn.
Weather permitting I’ll be back there Sunday to try and reconnect with the guy...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
My club has a box about 4’ square and 2,-3’ deep of scrap lead from our indoor range with a smaller box on top of it.
They don’t know what to do with it. Mainly shavings.
I liberated 2 5 gallon...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I bought a Lyman 450 with about 6 dies and punches and a few sticks of lube for $80 at a gun show. All the dies were common sizes. At the prices I see used dies going for I think I did OK.
Forum: Our Town
My WAG is that the cooling would be so slow because of the vacuum of space. Sort of a humongous
Yeti cooler.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought an APP on sale at Midway but need to buy a decapping die.
It looks like the Lee die requires you to replace the whole stem/pin if you break it. The RCBS just has pins.
Recommendations?
Forum: Our Town
Sorry for the loss of your brother and your fathers troubles.
I'll say a prayer for you all.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
My BIL is a foreman for a big plumbing contractor that does municipal contracts and if he runs across Any he gives it to me.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Is lead pipe pure lead, or close enough? BIL gave me some and I am just curious.
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 |