I had 1 aluminum mold, it didn't last... I mainly use Hensley & Gibbs molds 6,8 and 10 cavites. I warm them on a hot plate {2} and go back and forth between the 2 casting boolits.
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I had 1 aluminum mold, it didn't last... I mainly use Hensley & Gibbs molds 6,8 and 10 cavites. I warm them on a hot plate {2} and go back and forth between the 2 casting boolits.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Nice pot! Any plans? I also used the corner method - for larger molds it never heated evenly. Now I use the hot plate with 2 molds and rotate them. {I only use the hot plate to warm them up} I...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Thanks guy's, at least I know it's Hodgdon powder now. I couldn't even find who made it.
I have a 45-70 and a .458 ruger tropical {it's for sale} and a 7.5 swiss. I also have a .41 swiss vereli...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
For Shiloh, I thought I could look it up and work out a load from my books. Besides 20# for 50.00 = 2.50 a pound, for that price I would gamble again. I will work a load up - thanks for all your...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
:roll:I did google searches, didn't find anything. {I guss that should tell me something}
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
No label, box is marked 20# H-202 Ohio cast or Ohio cust {it looks more like u } in marker. The brown cardboard container is stamped propellant explosives solid, class B . The side is stamped...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I called Hodgdon and they said they never made a H 202 . The old guy I bought it from at the gun show said he used it for large cases because it had a slower burn rate. Any one ever work up a load...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I just picked up 20# of H 202 today. Does any one have loading info on this powder? I would like to try it in 30-06 or 45-70. I tryed looking it up on a chart for burn rates, but it wasn't listed....
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you are willing to spend more money, the star luber is the way to go! If you are planing on lubing a lot it will pay for itself in a short time! :-D
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use a turkey fryer base. You might be able to find some at garage sales:D . I had a little problem with mine after I got over 100# in it was a little wobbley so I welded a few supports on it. It...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've seen a few old boolet molds that were made to put a zinc washer in the back of the boolet to use as a wipe. :neutral:
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just picked up over 500 lbs from my scrap yard for .32 cents a pound. The last time I got it a month ago it was .27 cents a pound. I hope it's not going up again:(
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm suprised at you guys :roll: The short ones are for pistols the long ones are for rifles :lol:
Forum: Swaging
[IMG]http://d[0202091609] I will try this to see if I can post a picture. I called corbin they told me to use a longer pin to push it through the die so it cant come back down.
Forum: Swaging
My punches are .200 the case is coming out at .220 dia. and .708 to .722 long. It is a shaving, like a scuff. But it looks like it's doing it when I pull the ram back down. I do push them all the way...
Forum: Swaging
I picked up a Corbin set years ago. Press, dies and jacket maker. Now thats its cost effective I decided to pull it out and use it. I'm having trouble forming the cases with the jacket maker. It some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks to every one.:-D I cleaned it and polished it {I don't think I did any thing to it though}. I ran a dozen lubbed boolits through it and it helped. I figured out most of my problem. :oops:I had...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I will try to run some softer ones to see if that helps, I was just water quenching my wheel weights and thats what I got.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Its less than .001 from cast to sized. I have the boolit pushed down as far as I can and still get lube in the grove. I've tryed running a lubed bullet through but it doesn't seem to help. I went to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It's less than .001, but it's not easy it takes some effort to size. Some are easer than others. I checked size before it doesn't very any.
Forum: Cast Boolits
For 10.00 each you should have bought them all, and sold them on hear or on evil-bay. You could have made some extra money.:)
Forum: Cast Boolits
I tryed lubing the bullets {spray} with no change either way. I had also checked my hardness, it tested as quenched WW {brinell 23}. On the star if the heat isn't high enough the lube won't flow. I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I picked up an older star luber. It already had a .452 die in it and the top punch was made for a semi wad cutter, but I'm feeding them nose down. The die was a 2 grove so I plugged the top set of...
Forum: Gas Checks
I saw a gas check maker on evil-bay that made them out of a pop cans {item # 330300226030 }. These would be like the old lyman. I'm not sure how good aluminum gas checks would work. Don't the other...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've shiped lead before by reinforcing the inside of the flat rate box with double thick carboard, cut from a box. I used straping tape on the outside. I made sure I stayed under the 70 lb. limit! I...
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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 |