Search:

I do have a 7 month old and when he gets older I'm hoping he follows in my footsteps when it comes to reloading lol

Im here to learn and hopefully make the best bullet I can once I get to that stage. Seems casting can become as much of a science as you want compared to the reloading stage.

The first ingots I made were just throw them in and see what happens. After reading here more and got the sawdust opened the box and seen they were funky looking. Decided to remelt and use the...

Thanks I would take a break every 3rd ingot mold filled to look up something that may of happened or if others did something I did like covering my pot with the ingot mold before filling to warm it...

I've got a bunch of candles in the garage so I should be set on that. I've been reading up on here almost everyday about something. Got the alloy calculator working on my phone so I can mix my stash...

Did my first casting using the saw dust. It definitely is pine and out of the lee ingot mold majority were shiny ingots albeit rippled. Ended up with 60lbs of soft lead ingots in almost 7hrs of...

Thanks...Its a hollow base the marking is near the rim of the base. Based on the threads here the pewter here and the 95lbs of solder I got for $70 I'm set for life on tin. Just gotta keep up on the...

I did also pick up 20 14gal plastic containers from a local teflon tape manufacturer for a buck fifty a piece. They came with screw on lids. Just had to wipe out the ptfe powder residue.

I'm new to the game so figure get as much as I can now of everything casting wise before 2020. I got plenty of reloading stuff to last me 3yrs but want to focus on primers and powder come Nov. Some...

Ended up with 65lbs clip on weights, 10oz stick on, and the rest scrap. Out of the solder got 85lbs of 30/70, 5lbs National 111, 2lbs 40/60, and 3lbs unidentifiable solder.

Bought 2 55gal drum size bags of pine sawdust for $5/each. They come in heavy duty clear bags. If you're near Galien Mi check them out.

http://krumriesms.com

Picked up 110lbs of wheel weights from my auto shop for $35. He also had 105lbs of from researching on here is auto body solder. 5 bars of national lead co 111 and the rest appear to be all Gardiner...

Lol my wife wanted 2 of the goblets. I told her 3 a piece lol.

https://i.ibb.co/prykjvV/20190915-165307.jpg

The wife and I went out to the local shops and came away with 9.170625lbs for $45.54 which comes to 4.97/lb.

https://i.ibb.co/XVyMX0j/20190914-100313.jpg

Picked this up at the goodwill. Passed the scratch and bend test. After glass removal comes to 9.10 oz paid 2.13.

Its either tin which would come...

I forgot we had bought a pewter sugar bowl years back that is marked americana pewter from the international silver company and is now used for my shave soap.

New to the game but looking at another forum at a web 6 cordial shot glass and serving tray set for 18 and an avon 1957 chyrsler 300 for 10 guy says its solid pewter. Anyone know the weights if...

The holes dont go all the way through.

https://i.ibb.co/PjCm0rq/20190910-151447.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/yqhBmhh/20190910-151459.jpg

After properly weighing got 100lbs clip ons, 25lbs stick ons, 57lbs unknown hardness, and the rest...

Got 2 H&R topbreaks one a premier the other hammerless. Both are from around the 20's and in great shape. This was just the thread I was looking for to see what mold people were using. I plan on...

Will have to post pics later when sorted. The 60lbs of unknown include 2 chunks that take up probably over half that weight. Will have to do the pencil test on them.

Paid $55 for 197lbs of assorted lead. As a newbie caster I used the id sticky and it looks like ill have roughly 70lbs clip on wheel weights, 25lbs stick on wheelweights, 60lbs of unknown lead, and...