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thanks again chaps, I have ended up with a Lee push through sizer that I have honed to the same sixe as the RCBS sizing die, which I now use only to lube the bullets.

Even pushing a sized bullet...

Thank you chaps.

I am a little worried about polishing the inside of the die is that the stem might then be loose and I have no means of making another one, the same sadly goes for the excellent...

I have found that airgun pellets are almost pure lead in terms of melting point, hardness and appearance of newly hardened melt.

The gas checks are loose on the bullet shank before they have been through the sizer, they fall off in fact so I put them in the die and then put the bullet on top of them.

The Lee push through...

They are around 0.313" out of the mold and the sizing die is 0.310" the final sized bullets come out very close to 0.310", maybe 0.3095".

Should I buy a 0.311" die to perform an intermediate...

Guys,

I have finally managed to get up and running in boolit casting and have produced two lots from my two rifle molds.

The first ( and much easier to cast boolits ) mold is an inherited...

Have you tried the tricking experiment I described above Randy?

The importer informs me that there are two chances of getting a rossi 454, Bob Hope and no hope.

Bob Hope is dead and so that leaves...

As a friend who works for one of the major US arms...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiN3Z-MkAB4

Get a drone with a NV camera, get even .:D

I finally have all the bits and pieces to begin casting the H&G Ness #38 safety bullet thanks in no small part to the kindness of Gamsek who without knowing me from Adam sent his MP version of the...

On the basis that the rifle is actually chambered for both the 45 colt and the 454 Casull, in much the same way as our we apply for 38 Spec./357 magnum or .44Spec/.44 magnum for the respective lever...

Good test Dragon, I did the same test when I started reloading ( background in Chemistry) and found just the same. A set of RCBS 505 scales were ordered that night...

Electronic means a EMF...

Snap! :D

I got a box full of bits from the old fellow who retired from shooting and they had been in his garden shed for some time...

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The Lube-A-Matic ( name still makes me giggle)...

You sir, are a genius! ::D

Thanks for the further replies, certainly enough to give pause for thought.

Sadly no downloaded rifle rounds like the .444 as the range won't allow them.

The idea behind the casual bit is to...

Thanks all, much useful and practical information to chew over.

I think that dedicating a luber to a type of lube is a good idea to the extent where it seems worth having one machine per lube...

I saw that but thought it would make more sense to do that for all 92 rather than pull a few off the production line and re-heat treat them especially.

Calling Rossi sounds like a labour in vain,...

A word of warning about cheap electronic scales...

They use load cells which are excellent for weighing discrete quantities, very accurate and repeatable.

However as they work by effectively...

Thank you for your help in any event. :drinks:

I searched that forum but couldn't find a reference to the heat treatment, it sounds unlikely that a production line facility like Braztech would go to the trouble but it is possible.

Is there an...

You have it exactly right, thank you for the information. We can't even get spares over here for Rossis and so the chances of ordering a 454 lifter are slim to non-existant.

I will let the...

I don't know if I can use the same Mr Beagle, I am very new to this.

I have some hazily held notions that the Alox is "good to 2200 fps" and that the RCBS green lube is "for indoor shooting where...

Gents,

I have two lube/sizers, a RCBS Lube-a-matic ( You have to love that name... ) and a Lyman 45.

These were given to me by an elderly club member who is giving up the sport and as such came...

This----^

High pressure is evidenced by the speed the load chronographed at and the neck of the cartridge is coned in as if it had formed against the leade. As the go/no go gauges have no case...

First try last night!206705

And with lube wiped off the base!206706

I am now a bullet caster! :D