Just starting out you can get an OK thermometer at the supermarket in the grilling section of accessories. I got one that goes to 800° for $7.95. The spike on back is 10 inches long so you can hold...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Just starting out you can get an OK thermometer at the supermarket in the grilling section of accessories. I got one that goes to 800° for $7.95. The spike on back is 10 inches long so you can hold...
Forum: Casting Equipment
To smelt down my raw lead I use a 10" cast iron pot I got at the scrap yard. $5 and it holds about 60 lbs, distributes the heat well, and is tough as cast iron. For a skimmer I got a slotted spoon at...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I got a thermometer at the grocery store in the grilling accessories section. It hits 750° and cost $7. It has a 8 inch long spike on the back to dip into the lead and a clip to hold it to the side...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Depleted uranium is a possibility. Now before you go flameing me about where you gonna get that I just happen to have some. I work in industrial x-ray and x-ray tubes and gamma radiography cameras...
I feel the same way Dusty. I have an over 600 rating with transactions on Ebay and 100% satisfaction rating with the ones that bothered to leave feedback. You can bet anyone unhappy would let you...
Forum: Cast Boolits
For those of you that I have seen comment on the cost of a casting thermometer I have found a solution. $30 to $40 or more is more than I wanted to spend so while walking through my local market I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My source of these is my next door neighbor. He is a roofer and during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina his crews did 4 or 5 roofs a day. He brought home the roof jacks and just dropped them over...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Trying to revive this post so maybe I can get some help with this problem. I know someone has to know the answer.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well Longwood, I had a whole 9mm come back and catch me in that little soft spot under my right knee. Left a good bruise and I picked up the slug off the ground at my feet. Some of us are bollit...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I owned a duplex last year and in a rare case both sides were unrented for about 2 weeks. I went over to show it to a prospective renter and found both of my AC units had been stripped of the copper...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I want to start casting for my 460 Mag. I am dead set on using a gas check. I see a .452 mold from RCBS and LYMAN for a 300 grain, and a 6 cavity from Lee for a 325 grain. I like the idea of the...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I had a visit from the tensil fairy about 20 years ago. A buddy and I were melting wheel weights down in his shed and it was nearly 10° outside. I brought the bucket of weights in and slid a handful...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Like Jailer said I have had a fireing pin break in my SS Mini. I sent it back to Ruger with a cracked butt plate and beat up wood. It came back with the pin fixed, new wood, and a new butt plate. I...
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 |