Lee PrecisionRepackboxInline FabricationWideners
Load DataRotoMetals2Reloading EverythingMidSouth Shooters Supply
Titan Reloading

Search:

Type: Posts; User: mehavey

Page 1 of 62 1 2 3 4
Results 1 to 25 of 1528

Search: Search took 0.03 seconds; generated 41 minute(s) ago.

  1. Replies
    8
    Views
    94

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    https://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bu...

    https://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=45-340C
    It's what I use in the 450 Bushmaster (Casull's big brother)
    Cast w/ #2 Lyman
  2. Replies
    8
    Views
    392

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Some "4831" history here;...

    Some "4831" history here;
    https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=62930.0

    If (now) close to 60 years ago that Speer#5 would have been talking about IMR4831 -- as it existed then
  3. Replies
    3
    Views
    314

    See...

    See https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?425807-50-Beowulf&p=5268624&viewfull=1#post5268624
  4. Thread: Dead soft 9MM

    by mehavey
    Replies
    17
    Views
    676

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Cast a dozen plain-base ACC 35-147B...

    Cast a dozen plain-base ACC 35-147B's this morning
    Pure Lead
    325029
    (Believe it or not pure lead is lower than BHN 5)

    PC'd with Eastwood Ford Light Blue/Lee-sized .357"
    Sport Pistol...
  5. Thread: Dead soft 9MM

    by mehavey
    Replies
    17
    Views
    676

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I usually think of "swaging" as force-fit of...

    I usually think of "swaging" as force-fit of somewhat oversized gross lead wire into a projectile shape.
    "Sizing" meaning projectile already formed/cast, and you're just refining the final diameter....
  6. Thread: Dead soft 9MM

    by mehavey
    Replies
    17
    Views
    676

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Powder-coated pure lead can be pushed into the...

    Powder-coated pure lead can be pushed into the 25-35,000 psi regime with Ballard-rifled barrels...
  7. Replies
    14
    Views
    584

    Same question here: Why would 'sulfering' a lead...

    Same question here: Why would 'sulfering' a lead alloy make it harder ?
    'Tis a puzzlement.



    postscript:
    As noted above the Gentle Readers want pure lead for patched roundball
  8. Replies
    14
    Views
    444

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    For what it's worth, I'm running several 147gr...

    For what it's worth, I'm running several 147gr bullet moulds, plain-based, Lyman#2
    SIG, Walther, S&W, Glock
    Powder coat, size to .357, and you'd be fine.
  9. Replies
    101
    Views
    2,842

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I run three lead pots (three different alloys) I...

    I run three lead pots (three different alloys)
    I have a Lyman thermometer in each of them (never taken out :razz: )

    They are an excellent/relatively low-cost solution to known/consistent temp.
  10. Replies
    14
    Views
    444

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    If you want consistency, you want a number. BHN...

    If you want consistency, you want a number.
    BHN does give you that number.

    But for plinking/low-moderate loads, you want moderately soft
    and thumbnail-scratch test will do -- especially PC'd.
  11. Replies
    101
    Views
    2,842

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    First . . Please... just get a lead thermometer....

    First . . Please... just get a lead thermometer.
    Don't try to do anything by eyeball, by guess-and-by-golly, or by number on the dial.
    You'll drive yourself nuts -- no matter what others might say....
  12. Replies
    10
    Views
    734

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    If going against hog subsonic, I'd sure go as...

    If going against hog subsonic, I'd sure go as heavy as I could reasonably stuff in the case/and still as fast as possible up to 1,100 fps
  13. Thread: New Supplies

    by mehavey
    Replies
    26
    Views
    1,406

    Notwithstanding anything anyone say otherwise......

    Notwithstanding anything anyone say otherwise...
    `Ya really need a lead thermometer . . .

    700-ish degr for Lyman#2
    800+ for pure and high-lead/tin alloys.

    You get...
  14. Thread: Testing BHN

    by mehavey
    Replies
    28
    Views
    1,145

    Are you perchance open to powder coating? You...

    Are you perchance open to powder coating?
    You can stay remarkably soft/effective-expansion/weight-retention with PC'd bullets
  15. Thread: Testing BHN

    by mehavey
    Replies
    28
    Views
    1,145

    Personal experience: Pure lead, True Lyman#2...

    Personal experience:
    Pure lead, True Lyman#2 (5/5/90), or binary lead/tin -- almost immediately.
    Wheel weight/unknown content/anything with arsenic -- couple of days/week to settle a bit

    More...
  16. I gotta tell`ya guys, 45 seconds doing La...

    I gotta tell`ya guys, 45 seconds doing La Cucaracha
    with standard #5 food containers and I'm done.
    :drinks:
  17. Forum: Gas Checks

    FWIW: I Seat/Size/PC-shake/Bake/Size-final...

    FWIW:

    I Seat/Size/PC-shake/Bake/Size-final
    (All Lee push-through)


    And once fired, the bullet rather dramatically swages
    itself together w/ the GC in the 1st millisecond ...no
    matter what
  18. Replies
    18
    Views
    703

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Send that drawing (above) to Tom Ellis at...

    Send that drawing (above) to Tom Ellis at Accurate
    and he'll put it in the catalog/make it up for you.

    Heck, I might even have to buy one too.[smilie=w:
  19. Replies
    19
    Views
    625

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Consider the Tried & True Classic:...

    Consider the Tried & True Classic:
    https://i.postimg.cc/kgKJjtBs/1894-Amrlin44-Mag-Lym429421-2400-PC-sm.jpg
  20. The OP likely bought THESE...

    The OP likely bought THESE.
    That said, consider it roughly the same as a LYMAN 45cal 225gr #452374 (w/o the groove)

    Seat it to 1.58 OAL for the 45 COLT
    Unique 7.5 - 7.7 starting range load (mid...
  21. Replies
    22
    Views
    1,193

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Just roll* the (heavy) crimp into the top grease...

    Just roll* the (heavy) crimp into the top grease groove/cover the grease
    `Do it all the time. . . .

    *BWIW: no taper crimp is going to hold in a heavy-projectile/heavy-recoiling revolver
  22. Replies
    10
    Views
    734

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I used QL to double the length & weight of the...

    I used QL to double the length & weight of the Lyman 141, LWC #358495, and seated
    to an OAL of 1/10" more than the case length, . . . . w/ 5gr Unique underneath.

    Do-able.
    I'm not so sure about...
  23. Replies
    18
    Views
    853

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    That would've been my initial thought, but the...

    That would've been my initial thought, but the shiny coating rubbed
    off on his finger looks like nothing I've ever seen before.

    .. . almost like heavy layer of motor mica.
  24. Replies
    24
    Views
    1,262

    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Since rifled, and at that (rather massive) ball...

    Since rifled, and at that (rather massive) ball weights/diameter/rotational inertia, consider Lyman #2.
    OOC: is there any lube or grease cookie in the original loading?
  25. Forum: Cast Boolits

    I'm going have to probably break down and look at...

    I'm going have to probably break down and look at those nose bushings.... [smilie=f:
Results 1 to 25 of 1528
Page 1 of 62 1 2 3 4
Abbreviations used in Reloading

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