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Actually I learned from Mark Novak while prepping shotgun barrels for soldering that a propane torch on cool metal will condense water vapor until the metal is over 212 degrees or so… then you clean...

Like a tall glass of sweet iced tea on a hot day it’s condescension :redneck:

That’s where you drill the hollow points ;-)

lol ! you, sir, must be living right :)

lead alloys can only tolerate a very small amount of zinc before they turn to an unusable oatmeal-like mush that won't cast and sticks to your ladle, pot, everything.

pure zinc casts fine,...

Pretty soon gonna need brass balls just to Stay in california :veryconfu

that's a neat trick... how long do you wait for blue eyes to turn brown? :kidding:

as i understand it, to gain hardness by water drop or with heat treating you need a small amount of arsenic. clip on wheel weights have some arsenic, not sure about range scrap.

cast a few and...

Hmmmm the details of the 30-30 piqued my interest too.... care to elaborate? :popcorn:

I've heard Pyrodex degrades once opened... And you gotta clean your gun real well after shooting.... Then clean it again the next night.

But Wait! There's more!! It smells bad.

Probably not...

This thread got me casting today, i ran a few with 50/50 = SOWW and that 98/2 Xray. Fill out was superb- these are some of the purtiest boolits i've cast in a while.

Shiny!![smilie=w:

Today i cast a few with a new batch of 50/50= SOWW and dental x-ray which is 98% Pb, 2% Sb/Sn. These are the purtiest boolits i've cast in decades.

[i have a bunch of tin rich alloy i made before...

Handles?!?!? Reminds me of the funniest post i've seen in my life... Must reading :popcorn:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?41217-Can-you-top-this-NOPE

Many years ago my dentist gave me some, i asked him what the alloy was and his supplier told him 98% lead, 2% Sb/Sn (antimony/tin)

I smelted a little in my garage, didn't see the little alligator...

great illustration of why *only ONE can of powder on your bench at a time* is a good rule

great tips, thanx again :)

btw- i also love to smack stuff with hammers... could it be i'm more than 4% ?[smilie=b:

great pic and info thanks!

i was thinking along the lines of a gear puller too, but mine is way too big. :roll:

Before attempting the above i took a peek at L&R rpl locks, just in case.
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thank u sir... i might try that, unless i hear Pop's voice from the Happy Hunting Grounds again :)

thanx for the prompt reply Sarge :) while reading it i coulda sworn i heard my Pops voice saying "put that thing back together before you ruin it!"

got a box from Tracks yesterday, new mainspring...

I'm building the same rifle, without that problem, however i am curious as to what was in the super secret PM that caused all the beer to flow....

Sarge, how did you get the hammer off the...

here's a link to a .pdf of the owners manual, it has lots of good newbie info and also important load data, like Max charges [smilie=1:

it's down the left side called: Side Lock Percussion -...

Congrats Cowboy, your first smokepole looks pert-near identical to my first, which i'm in the middle of building now. :)

CVA is now Traditions, i bought the Kentucky Rifle with the full length 2...

i think the mystery is in the .40 s+w... i bought an aftermarket bbl for my old G22 too.

if i had it to do over again, i'd get a 10mm Glock... and a 9mm. gotta have a .45 acp to keep the Colt...

year 26 casting/reloading and i'm proud to say i've had my most spectacular *Epic Fail* just last month! [smilie=l:

thought i'd never finish pushing copper chore boys thru that barrel :oops:
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Great advice :)

i regularly *shoot the screws loose* on my BH's but was afraid to use red Loctite...

now i can :) thankx