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thanks. SOMETHING has made my bullets harder than the hubs of hell. The ingots also wont mark with a thumb nail. So I'll see about adding some of the soft lead when I cast in quantity.

I would think that with 5" or less pistol barrels, you'll still have increasing velocity regardless of the powder used? If the stuff is actually consumed, how come there's still muzzle flash at...

if the 1000 will size 223 cases, I'm elated. I didn't do anything to harden the ww alloy, other than if the water drop did so. i agree that it's way too hard and that might be causing the ring of...

that's about 2000 bullets. When I was competing heavily, it would have sufficed for a couple of weeks. of the competition season. I'd be off season for 4-5 months in winter, Cold weather and high...

the grooves dont need to be filled with lube, guys. the flash of intense heat from the igniion of the powder lets a little bit of hot gas get past the base ring of the bullet and the friction of the...

I might wind up having to buy a single stage press. Does anyone know if the lee 1000 progressive can size 223 brass? I've heard it both ways. They sell it "set up" for 223.

I see what you mean, cause there's gotta be clearance to let the pushrod move. That makes sense. Thanks.

I"ve still not heard anything about the lead that's displaced into a ring around the edge of the .358" OD bullet's base? Has that happened to you guys? is it an accuracy problem? If water quenching...

yeah, but since the bullet's in the die, there's no place for it to obture. obture means "swellling" and in bullet nomenclature, it means swelling as to diameter, which is impossible when it's inside...

The autoloaders are cheaper to make than bolts, or levers. People in states that have laws vs autoloaders should move, out of those states and stop funding our enemies with their tax monies.

I fluxed with Beeswax, but one melt had a lot of the rainbow coloring on the surface. I've seen a BIT of that before, years ago, with stuff that cast ok for .45 ACP, but this was a LOT and this alloy...

I thought I said that I chose the 125 gr lrn for wussy loads in the Sig P938, cause I dont consider any of the pocket 9mms to be all that durable. Which is why I practice with the alloy commander...

no, the only press I currently have is the lee 1000 progressive and at this point, it still lacks the connecting piece for the handle. The lee hand sizer is normally used in a single station loading...

have you guys ever used or even seen a lee handsizer for bullets? there's a pushrod sort of deal, so the mallet impacts are on the head of the pushrod. There is no chance for the bullet to obture.

using heavier bullets doesn't mean anything special, as long as you bring the powder charge and velocities down in a commensurate manner. I know that 850 fps with a 150 gr lrn is nothing. Lyman used...

of course I lubed them first and I"ll lube them again before loading. This alloy is hard and I've always just dropped the slugs into the water bucket with the sprue and quenched the molds there when...

I've loaded well over 100,000 rds, almost all of it .45 ACP and 90% of it on a star progressive. A little bit on a dillon 550. About 10,000 on a Rockchucker, but all of it over 30 years ago. I've...

haven't tried loading them as Is. I can see the .356 bullets working that way, but not the .358"? any way, the bullets are very hard and the 125 gr lrn might be able to handle being driven 1000 fps,...

I've got a pair of 6 cavity Lee molds, tumble lube and so far, just their hand sizer. I've only got a Lee 1000 press. Both the 125 gr 9mm 356 bullet and the .358" 150 gr bullet are pretty hard to...

I had a batch of that stuff years ago. It ruined bigger and bigger batches of lead that I mixed it with. Got both frost and folds on the same bullet. I finally buried the stuff so nobody else would...

your tin and antimony, assuming that there IS any in WW anymore, is on top, so skimming will remove it and you need it for 9mm, at least, and magnum loads. I use a ladle and a propane fired furnace,...

He shot a few cattle to determine that. I've shot a lot more, but smaller critters and I agree. I've also noticed that smaller diameter hp bullets need more velocity in order to expand reliably in...

thanks, that was some help, at least. Also, guys, since i'm using bullseye, tumble lube and sub 900 fps, will the wheelweights need additional tin or antimony to not keyhole or leave fouling in the...

I've sorted out the obvious iron, zinc, Aluminum, but there's a lot of questionable types almost 100 lbs, that I hope you folks can help me with? I'mi using a pair of Lee 6 cavity aluminum molds....

I was on E bay, which probably explains the 25% difference. THANKS