Wow, if I did that with all the brass I have I'd never do any loading or shooting ... just measuring. When it come to the handgun cartridges I load, the most I've done in 40+ years is clean them. ...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow, if I did that with all the brass I have I'd never do any loading or shooting ... just measuring. When it come to the handgun cartridges I load, the most I've done in 40+ years is clean them. ...
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Before I retired, one of the little jobs I undertook in my office was to write simple little desktop procedures. These were in response to a directive to document what we did for various reasons,...
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Yep, as the saying goes ... "been there; done that." My fix is to never use the thicker Lee lock rings on any of my presses. When I got my RL550B I bought a bag full of their lock rings. Being...
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The 356402 was my first 9mm mold bought in the early '70s. To this day, it casts beautiful, accurate boolits. The only problem I have with it is the slow production rate of a single cavity mold. I...
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I have two Lee molds in 9mm I particularly like: 124 grain RN and a 120 grain TC. Both traditional lube; both work equally well.
The only *** kicking my 9mm cast loads attempt are of the paper...
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Now days, a day casting consists of no more than two 20-25 pound sessions spaced several hours apart. I gauge in pounds because boolit count varies with boolit weight. The limitation is arbitrary...
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When casting, this is the exact configuration you'll have just prior to cutting the sprew and opening the mold. The only difference will be your freshly thrown solid lead will be hotter, but solid...
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+1 One of the awesome benefits of the internet I guess. I've been IDing lead since about 1970 and only in the last few years have I come to understand I needed elaborate instructions to get it...
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If I do contact CS, it's generally because I need something from them. And since they are the ones holding all the marbles, it pays to try and not irritate them. Not to mention simple common...
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Thanks for the response. I'll just use my PVC pipe stands since I don't use eBay.
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You talk about dredging up old memories! I've haven't thought about those things in over forty years. I started casting in the early '70s and I do remember these. At the time I was shooting mostly...
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That's a good idea and looks quite professional. I had a similar idea many years ago ... best laid plans of mice and men sort of thing so it never got built. I keep mine in a short, wide cardboard...
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Mine certainly is. I can't imagine a 35 caliber class of boolit going into the case much less actually chambering successfully. Something just ain't right here ... references to both rifle and...
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My favorite boolit for our 45s is the Lee 230 grain TL TC. It works extremely well in our Llama "Especial", both KP90s, the XDm-45 3.8 and the Glock 30SF. I couldn't be happier.
Here's what they...
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I have a couple of old stainless steel colanders with handles. I used a drill to enlarge some of the holes and if the dirt is really stubborn I use the garden hose and a dowel rod to break up any...
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I never met a dirty gun (powder residue) I didn't like. All that powder residue means one thing: the gun was shot a lot and that's a good thing in my book. The same goes for dirty trucks, ATVs and...
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This boolit is the reason I went to the Lee TL 230 grain TC. Once I did, the usual attention to cartridge OAL and neck diameter was all that was needed to get proper, easy chambering.
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I've always just referred to it as incrementing the charge.
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I had the exact same problem ... sizing completely removed the lube grooves on a Tumble Lube boolit. Lee refused to even consider a swap; Midway replaced it no questions asked.
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+1 I just shoot what I wont to and have a grand ol' time. I leave the worrying to those who have the time for it.
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For the last year or so, I've used mostly Alliant Power Pistol and Ramshot True Blue. Both worked very well, but True Blue meters extremely well and burns about as clean as I can reasonably expect. ...
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I'm fairly certain you'll be able to shove them into your appropriately flared cases with little difficulty, but that's not the real issue. Create a few dummy rounds using boolits of various...
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 |