I bought sheet lead and plumbing pipe from a scrap yard for $.75 a pound. 3 to 400 lbs. The nice thing was that they sheared it into managable pieces for me at no extra cost. A few days before I...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I bought sheet lead and plumbing pipe from a scrap yard for $.75 a pound. 3 to 400 lbs. The nice thing was that they sheared it into managable pieces for me at no extra cost. A few days before I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Way to go! Now you have a place to spend your mad money.
Forum: Cast Boolits
More info on 9mm. I'm casting tumble lube boolits hoping to be able to skip sizing.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I want to load my 9mm boolits which are 124 gr truncated cone. Lee 90402 six banger. I'm using Richard Lee's Modern Reloading charts and it calls for a start of 5.3 Unique. I'm using Uniquersky...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I stopped by Home Depot and got a bag of sawdust to use as flux since you guys reccommend it so highly. Boy, it works slick as a gut!
I don't have to be concerned about wasting flux now.
I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks Rick
I'm using a Lee bhn tester. Like others have said, it's tricky to get used to but seems to work well after the learning curve has been completed.
Your info was very helpful regarding...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm new to the forum, been lurking for a few weeks and am impressed with the knowledge I've seen here.
I am smelting 50/50 lino and lead. #2? It tests about 15 bhn after a few days. When I cast it...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hello to a bunch of sharp, courteous dudes- and dudettes, I assume.
I've been lurking for a few weeks and am impressed with the amount of knowledge you folks share with others.
I've been...
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