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Removing tin, antimony and arsenic isn't what I want to do with lead. I add tin and antimony, and the arsenic is essential for heat treating. Seems like risking hazardous chemical exposure for not...

After you get that Lee mold kit sorted out I would recomend searching for a thread by Goodsteel called "consistency in casting". It gives some really good advice on getting the most consistent...

I ahve quite a bit of cast iron stuff. I have one pot that is almost 8" in diameter and about 5" deep. I can remember my mother and grandmother making oatmeal in it when I was young. And 5 different...

I bought 3 lbs. when most pistol powder was unobtanium. A nice mild target load even at the max load. Still have a pound and a half. It goes a long way, and is fairly consistent accuracy wise. If I...

And it is just such puzzles that keep this learning game so much fun. I would think the older version of alox would make a much stronger bond with the brass. Without breaking every variable down...

I have seen nearly 15 acres of freshly planted peanuts destroyed in one night in Georgia. The hogs would root right down the row eating every seed peanut planted. There were about a dozen in that...

I really don't know what the variables are, but I would sure like to. RFR, if drying inside the case was the problem then why were the ones posted above not affected after 20+ years? I agree with...

That new pot was just cooking off the shipping oils. I wished that I had run mine outside the first time I ever used it. Fumes off the melted lead are not the real danger for the little one. The...

I did not notice when it started, but I would have had the same reaction five years ago that I have now. Nobody has the right to the serial numbers of my guns along with the other info collected....

For jacketed in 06 I like 4350 or w760. For cast in 06 I am hooked on IMR 4895. 34 grs under a C-312-185 1r with a tuft of dacron is now getting me 1" or less at 100 yds. Maybe not quite as good as...

I just shot some 2 year old 230 grain Lee round nose over 6.5 grains of Unique. Absolutely flawless as far as feeding and no leading. Not as accurate in my pistol since they were sized at .452. It...

It would probably work pretty well on a rhino too. Looks like one hard hitting round.

I scored 5 cans after they said it was going to be discontinued but before the Lundmark revelation. As for how much I shoot about 2-300 every other day of .45acp. about 100 rnds of 30-06 per week,...

There is a replacement floor wax available, I can't remember the name of it but it is in some of the last pages of the BLL thread. It is thicker than the Johnsons and needs to be thinned with mineral...

I am pretty well stuck on tumble lube. Since I started using BLL I haven't found much that it won't handle. Have pushed 30-06 to 2600 fps and no leading, max loads in .44 mag with HS-6, clean bore....

In mine it seems to be slightly more accurate. And no pressure worries at all.

Tim's thread on Consistency Applied saved me years trying to figure out how to get consistent cast bullets. Now he has a thread over on his site that is probably going to cost me a substantial amount...

I had something like that with some ingots I bought at a yard sale. Run Five said it was lead oxide, and I have to agree, the white oxide on those old ingots was heavy. If you have more of that batch...

It is true that you can dissolve bigger chunks of antimony without grinding them up some some,but I found the extra time to dissole those big chunks to be a pain. I just took a 2"x6" pipe nipple and...

It just occurred to me that you said opposite sides of the ingot tested differently. Are you talking about the bottom of the ingot that was in the mould as opposed to the top of the ingot that was...

In my casting pot I only stir when reducing. To be more specific, when I add more lead to the pot I watch the thermometer until the added lead reaches casting temp, then I take a pea sized ball of...

Pure antimony is pretty brittle in a crystalline metallic structure. If you put tin in your lead and pretty much powder the antimony you can dissolve it into the lead without ever reaching the...

That's how I load them, too. I follow the advise that cast does better set right up to the barrel. With the SKS I am about .35 off because of the magazines. If I were willing to single shot it with...

Just did a string yesterday with an average velocity of 2505, 2 coats BLL and no leading. Plan on trying faster, just haven't had the time, energy and weather all come together at the opportune...

It is kind of funny, but I also am getting good accuracy with this load and a heavy for caliber bullet. The best it will do with Wolf 123gr hp ammo is about 3 1/2 to a 4" group. And I am getting...