And Grmps, that chrome and red is really good lookin'. Who makes those colors? I would love to have some chrome plated boolits!
Whoops! Forgot my pic:
218842 60/40 Gloss White Mirror Black.
Type: Posts; User: Bulldog71
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
And Grmps, that chrome and red is really good lookin'. Who makes those colors? I would love to have some chrome plated boolits!
Whoops! Forgot my pic:
218842 60/40 Gloss White Mirror Black.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
OS OK I really like that "old lead" spotty look too! But as you all can see I kinda got the Granite look to my 50/50 coating.
218837 And I just noticed and recognized the bullet tray is from your...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I couldn't help to chime in here since I have always wondered if the pc process with baking the bullets had any effect on bhn so here ya go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grao7a2YPPE
I found this...
Forum: Completed Deals
If the 45 ACP are lpp I'll take them. PM to follow.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am sure that many appreciate the hard work and purity of the lead sold here and online elsewhere but I thought that learning how to process and create my own ingots from raw materials such as ww or...
Forum: Our Town
Ya'll got your bug listings all wrong. The absolute worst insect to come out of spring in the south is CHIGGERS! aka No Seeums! Because you can't even see um and they leave nasty super itchy small...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have yet to find any lead for $1.00 a pound plus shipping here or anywhere on the net. I have found lead (range, ww, or undisclosed type) on ebay and online retailers from between $1.40 - $1.55 per...
Forum: Our Town
Another platform for firearms and related videos is Utah Gun Exchange Videos and website that looks to be very promising. Some might want to check them out for an alternative to the "tube".
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Yeah I know all about those short Federal 223 cases because I had to fight an online retailer to take 1000+ of them back on a return. Luckily he refunded all my money back plus return shipping. I now...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Okay, after a thorough inspection of the whole lot of more than 1,000 cases I have found these cases with the inside step. Five of the cases have a head stamp with "FM" and one has "IMT" as seen in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been interested in this mold by NOE : 225-51-SP-BA5 3 cavity PB (225450) Just curious if anyone has had any experience with it. Looks to be a nice bullet profile.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I can't figure this out since I have never bought new CCI Blazer Brass 9mm before. I am leaning towards the brass being stretched from the outside in due to constant reloading? Guess I'll just do as...
Forum: Completed Deals
Captain please add me to the list also for a box of 25lb coww and or range lead when available. Thank you.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
LOL, I just might and I get the feeling they would look just like a reloaded 9mm with a sucked in primer pocket. :Bright idea:
but seriously, I have noticed some cases of 9mm reloads I bought from...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I have been looking all over the net about this little issue I have with some 9mm cases I had purchased awhile back. They are all mixed cases.
It seems to me that the cases on the right have primer...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thank you for the suggestion don. I guess I just took the price of .60 a pound for granted at that old scrap yard but it actually came in at .80 after culling the zinc and steel weights out. Still...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Recently had a local metal scrap yard go belly up on me that was my short lived source for lead wheel weights. I had to resort to visiting a couple local tire shops and was told "I got a guy" answer...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
I was gifted these artifacts of shooting history and began thinking if I should just keep these for collectability or bury them 6 feet under to avoid lead poisoning! LOL
217546 217547
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well, since then I have moved on to Eastwood brand of powder coating trying various types of colors to find out what works the best as far as even coating and coverage. The samples below are : Ford...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
My very first attempt at powder coating with HF Red came out acceptable to me for the price I paid for the powder. I just followed the advice from a guy on YouTube to preheat my bullets at 140...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Whoohoo! I finally figured this out. :2_high5:
Forum: Cast Boolits
I must be under the "others" category as I can't even figure out how to post already! lol :confused:
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 |