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  1. Forum: Cast Boolits

    in need of 225 boolits, swap, trade, barter or ???

    Hi, I find myself in need of boolits that I do not own a mold for. I have been looking on ebay for a couple of weeks with no luck. I purchased a rifle that does not shoot all that well (accuracy, it...
  2. Thread: 223/5.56???

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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    initially, my main concern is lead shavings ...

    initially, my main concern is lead shavings going back to the bolt face area. i don't know if thats an issue or not. i think that the 20" barrel and rifle length gas length, will probably not hurt....
  3. Thread: 223/5.56???

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    223/5.56???

    do any of you guys run cast boolits in your ar15? or is that a recipie for a major disaster? I have run them thru a Handy Rifle with no ill effects. but there is no gas port or dumping particulate...
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    "Another possible scenario is the base riveting....

    "Another possible scenario is the base riveting. Something to consider."
    I actually thought about that. but i have no idea without a lathe how you would ever get dead center. i also thought about...
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    deep seated gas checks

    so, i bought a 200 grain lee mold (.30 caliber) to shoot out of my 300 win mag. the question i have is seating the boolit anywhere even close to 3.340" (standard max length) will leave the gas check...
  6. Thread: LLA melt?

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    Forum: Boolit Lube !

    Thanks guys. i will round them up, and throw them...

    Thanks guys. i will round them up, and throw them into the smelting pot. i'm going to also find a couple of pieces of scrap wood, to turn into sawdust. glad i have a table saw. it makes that job a...
  7. Thread: LLA melt?

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    LLA melt?

    so, its been a while since i did anything with cast boolits. and a few things have changed. i have a bunch of 44 mag boolits that i am not going to use anymore. but they have been lubed with Lee...
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    '' Taking one of the fast shotgun/pistol powders...

    '' Taking one of the fast shotgun/pistol powders and stuffing dacron of it has to make the new burn speed akin to det cord! ''

    REALLY! yikes, glad i asked! so i will just use the pistol powder....
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    down load 4 grand kids

    so, the grand kids have been shooting .22's for a while now. but i would like to kick them into the center fire category. i have a Marlin 336, that i bought the "youth" plastic stock set for. i plan...
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    frangible boolits?

    is it possible to cast frangible boolits? with bowhunting season upon us, i am sharing the woods with well camouflaged folks when i shoot, so wile i look carefully for others prior to shooting, i may...
  11. Thread: advertisement

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    advertisement

    never mind, i amswered my own question by digging in an old dusty book!
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    lemi-shine ???

    ok, i have read many posts about this here, so when i ran across it for the first time in the store yesterday, i was beside myself. but, then it hit me. i thought i had remembered it being a liquid....
  13. Thread: Gmdr data

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    Gmdr data

    i, like many of us here, have used the data that these nice people have shared with us ( http://www.gmdr.com/lever/lowveldata.htm ) for several years. but the one thing that has always bugged me. at...
  14. well, around here, i can buy a steel 55 gallon...

    well, around here, i can buy a steel 55 gallon drum, with a clamping top for $10.00. i have to watch for such a deal, but if i was ever lucky enough to have the problem of to much lead to store, that...
  15. Thread: luck

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    luck

    well, i finally got a real lucky break. my wife wanted to go to garage sales, and since the weather was not very good, i went with her. we did not have a lot of money, but it was a way to kill a few...
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    i had added tin to the pot, because before this...

    i had added tin to the pot, because before this flew into my brain, i was going to cast a batch of rifle bullets. fortunately, i had not yet added any linotype. your suggestion of selling off the...
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    tinning steel ??

    i found a not so nice rust hole in the quarter panel of my GMC Jimmy last week. i have been thinking about how i want to tackle this job, and the thought of taking a small piece of steel, then...
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    also be careful of the bb bouncing back off from...

    also be careful of the bb bouncing back off from hard objects (wood, fences, metal, brick, etc.). you would think that they would loose their energy easily, but the darn things seem to never want to...
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    load specifics.... 2.7g Bullseye, 105g cast lee...

    load specifics.... 2.7g Bullseye, 105g cast lee swc, winchester small pistol primer, lee liquid alox(normal lube). the trial lube was Rooster Jacket. i am going to try the Rooster lube 1 more time,...
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    whhelgun set up to shoot lead????

    i have read a little, and have some basic knowledge of the basics on this subject. that the boolit diameter must be as large as both the barrel, and the throat of the cylinder. i am tinkering with...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    i have had issues like that too. biggest one came...

    i have had issues like that too. biggest one came from putting kroil into a lee mold. spent hours trying to get that mold to work correctly. as a last resort, i cast a dozen boolits with it, drilled...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Poll: my 9 year old daughter helps sometimes, does that...

    my 9 year old daughter helps sometimes, does that count?
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    sorry, forgot to mention bullet/bore size. i have...

    sorry, forgot to mention bullet/bore size. i have been at the cast thing a while, and learned on pistols about that one, bore size is an actual .308" i have a Lee .309 and .3111 sizer. i bought the...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    accuracy trouble

    its been a while since i have been here, sorry, had things i was forced to do. but i am now in a place where i can play for a while. i have had decent results loading with "J" bullets, getting good,...
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    undersized boolits will "spary" lead all thru the...

    undersized boolits will "spary" lead all thru the bore from the hot gasses melting the lead as it goes past. it took me a while to figure this out even with all these guys here help. they do not need...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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