If you only make one layer on the hardware cloth, you get a lot less bare spots.
L Floyd
Type: Posts; User: alfloyd
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
If you only make one layer on the hardware cloth, you get a lot less bare spots.
L Floyd
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I built one like the one from snipershide.com
It works great.
Lafaun
Forum: Swaging
"I understand that the Blackmon kit is only for the older Rockchucker press made in USA with the large dia ram."
Not so.
He ask which press you have and sends the correct ram for your press.
I...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
You need a high gloss powder (85% or higher) to work with shake and bake.
Low gloss or flat will not work with shake and bake.
Lafaun
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Look on Amazon.
They have it for about $9.00 for 12 inch lenght.
Amazon prime gives free shipping.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
With the Lee you will NOT get 70 grains of black powder in the case.
It goes too far into the case to reach the crimp groove.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
I bought the NOE 379-379-FN.
A friend used this boolit to win gold and silver medals in the Huntsman World Senior Games in Southern Utah.
It works great in his lever gun.
Lafaun
Forum: Reloading Equipment
When I bought a set of Lee 454 dies a few years back they came with a 45ACP sizing die. Lee said that they used the ACP die to get a better, tighter grip in the slug.
They worked fine whit the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sages outdoors has them in stock.
https://www.sagesoutdoors.com/30-7-62-mm-caliber-017-copper-gas-checks/
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you use this one
https://leeprecision.com/6-cavity-356-125-2r.html
and you powder coat them you will need to seat them deeper or they will jam into the riffling of the barrel.
Ask me how I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have the Dillon one and like it. When I do 22 LR brass they will not fall thru the slots but the pins will.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lee handles fit all the Lyman 2 cavity molds I have, BUT will not fit any Lyman 4 cavity molds I have.
The Lee handles will not fit any RCBS mold I have without thinning them.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
Accurate Molds only make molds with a flat point, "My tooling requires a .18" minimum diameter flat nose (meplat)".
But there sprue plate will accept the cutoff handle for the Lee molds that I like....
Forum: Swaging
No, I did not make my own point forming dies.
They are commercial made ones.
The bases are flat and no bleed by if the punch is tight.
100 yard loads are as good as any other slug that I shoot.
...
Forum: Swaging
Dragonheart:
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I cast cores, squeeze them to weight, powder coat them and then swage them to shape with my 22 caliber point forming die.
In the photo is the core swaged to weight, then it...
I made one like this one.
https://noebulletmolds.com/site/shop/tools/mould-mallet
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
"noebulletmolds.com/NAV"
NOT
It is:
"http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/"
Lafaun
Forum: Swaging
Another suggestion would be to NOT knurl the outside of the die. Knurling makes stress spots in the body and helps to make it crack on quenching. Don't ask me how I found that out :(.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=44_423&osCsid=ln6eu8h8judhhpq2v64o9da612
NOE makes them.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have this mold from NOE.
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=41_158&products_id=238&osCsid=ln6eu8h8judhhpq2v64o9da612
It cast at about 236 g with my alloy.
If you want some to...
I love it that the sprue plate comes with a hole that uses the Lee sprue plate handle. That makes it way better than using a mallet to cut the sprues.
Lafaun
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have molds from most of all the manufacturers, that I have bought over the years.
I like NOE, RCBS and Accurate the most.
Lately I have bought from NOE and Accurate.
It doesn't take long to get...
Forum: Swaging
"I use a 20 ton HF press."
How do you get the ram back out of the die?
Lafaun
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