Well I guess I am the last to learn of his passing. R I P Junior.. I enjoyed his posts and his web site.
Type: Posts; User: hammerhead357
Forum: In Remembrance
Well I guess I am the last to learn of his passing. R I P Junior.. I enjoyed his posts and his web site.
Nice to read a report on B/C new moulds. Please post about the flash problem if you find an answer to it..
Why did you smoke the cavities? I never had to smoke an H & G mould. I have had to smoke some aluminum moulds to get them to cast good bullets but never had to a meehanite mould.
Beautiful mould. Someone has replaced the sprue stop screw with a standard commercial bolt though.. I had a 10 cavity number 73 years ago and wish I would have kept it..
Forum: Casting Equipment
GLL I prefer the moulds to have the vertical vent lines. So how does the one with out them cast.. I just think that the mould vents better with the vertical lines. But that's just my opinion.. By the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Why are there no vertical vent lines on that mould.. H & G always had them... May not cast well with out them...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Can't use a gloved hand on a 10 cavity H & G mould. I couldn't anyway.. For them I always used a phenolic headed hammer...Of course I don't use the H & G moulds anymore sold all of mine... Bad move...
There is an H & G number 39 mould 10 cavity on e-gouge and the currant bid is 620.00...HOLY MOLY...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I never cook beans in my cast iron.. I always use enameled (sp) cook ware or granite cook ware...I understand that at chuck wagon cookoffs if you cook beans in a cast iron pot some judges will...
Well I was incorrect about the city they were located in. It was Pittsburg. I guess after 25 plus years I didnt remember all of the details.....Wes
The mould was made by a long gone company from Philadelphia. Two brothers owned it. Pete and Carl if I remember correctly. Pete was the promoter and Carl the machinest. Carl quit and Pete tried to...
I saw the same listing a few minutes ago and wondered if anyone here had seen it...At that rate I should have gotten about 2650.00 for my matched pair of 10 cavity moulds...Oh well thats the story of...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I don't know about venison bacon but I do know that you can take venison hams and have them pumped and smoked like a pork ham and it is wonderful..I haven't done this in many years but it was great...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Sorry about your lead loss. I have never lost any large amounts of lead but I had 2 storage unit break ins a few years ago and lost about 9 thousand dollars with of tool and some reloading and...
Forum: Our Town
Joe, I am currently working in N.O. I stay in Metairie but I don't have any of my reloading equipment here. I would be will to visit with you. I have been reloading since 1978 and casting since...
Forum: Our Town
I used to know some people that swore that bacon drippings would work to stop the mange..FWTW....Wes
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I had one of the Green Machines in 38/357 back in the late 1980's. I went with an inline priming system and used a blast tube from an old Hornady progessive press.. I took all of my powder rotors and...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks I knew that it added 500 grains to the capacity of the scale I just wasn't for sure of its weight and I was using it to check the accuracy of my 10-10...Once again thanks for taking the time...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
On the RCBS 10-10 scale how much does the doubler weight weigh for sure, I think 250 grains. Am I correct on this?????
Forum: Cast Boolits
I thought it was the soft hulls that surround the walnuts that was poisonous to fish. I didn't know that it was poisonous to other animals. Don't wild hogs eat them? IDK just thinking here.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Get a boolit feeder and keep your fingers out of the way of the boolit punch. It is an accident waiting to happen.. Been there done that.....Wes
Mike I went in to find the 4 cavity #68 bbs and found out that I left it at home in Texas and here I am in Louisiana working so can't post any pictures of it. Sorry so I will have to withdraw my...
Well there you have it. Two offers to sell you moulds. Do you want them???? I also will speak truthfully about H & G moulds they are/were the best ever made and will never be replaced....Wes
It all depends on how badley you want them. I have several and may sell some of them to offset some medical costs but they won't be cheap nor free. So Mike I will make you an offer. I have a H & G #...
Forum: Our Town
Danny Hodge now theres a name from a long time ago. Last I knew he was still alive and living in Perry Oklahoma. Many names brought up here that recall many memories....Wes
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 |