Just a suggestion. Check the ATF website for new rules on 80% kits.
Type: Posts; User: shootinfox2
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Just a suggestion. Check the ATF website for new rules on 80% kits.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Way too much pressure. Back it off to around 40. Try it and see. The pressure is only to feed the pump.
Forum: Leverguns
Did you clean out the firing pin bore. Cold lube in there may cause the firing pin to stick.
Is it a squib ir no fire?
Forum: Leverguns
The Henry big boy, 45 colt. It is accurate, Heavy, and slow. Trying to shoot one in CAS at speed is very difficult.
Loading a round thru the ejection port is risky. The extractor is spring fit into...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Have you checked the primer ram for proper seating depth?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Promo is REd Dot in disguise. Little cheaper and a little denser. In stock at Powder Valley.
Forum: Our Town
Bought, Dan Wesson 15-2, 357. 1983
Have, Grandfather’s winchester 1897 , made in 1902
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Sawzall with a demo blade works the best.
Forum: Leverguns
It has a lot to do with cartridge overall length. If you load 38 to .357 length, they will function. The timing of the carrier does not rise fast enough to stop the second shorter round from entering...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The metal was melted over a wooden board and allowed to air cool. It melts as soon as the flame touches the edge. It took a couple of minutes to air cool. I know this is not exact science, but it is...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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I have a sample to send for analysis, but does anyone recognize this grain pattern.
No fizz when exposed to acid. Low melt point. Specific gravity around 22. Garage analytics.
Forum: Leverguns
Most lever guns are length sensitive. COAL will determine if your rifle will function. My Marlin 1894 in 45 colt functions well with 180,200, or 250 rnfp bullets if seated properly. Too long or...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Check your local business/tax office. A retail tax certificate is less than $10 a year. Then you are not public.
Forum: Cast Boolits
You can always buy a foundry on Amazon and cast bronze solids for hunting. Brass/ copper/ aluminium alloys.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Title says it all. Need four samples of unknown alloy tested before I use it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Fox
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I get tested once a quarter. So far below 20. Thanks for the concern and advice.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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More detail. About twenty ingots shaped like a kidney. Pic shows melted edge with the touch of a torch. Droppings break easily with a hammer. Rings like a bell. Specific gravity...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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Picked up from the local scrap yard. 2400 tare. Included 2 linotype pigs, 1 ea, 5 lb 60/40 solder, and 200 lbs of organ pipe,(tin).
Here I go again.
Fox
Forum: Casting Equipment
Inhave a bottom pour ladle for making ingots. Holds 25 # of molten lead.
Shovel into buckets, wash with a garden hose, spread on a tarp to dry, use a garden leaf blower for the remaining dust(respirator) package.
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 |