I used the Eastwood Copper Penny. It looks more like a glaze than a solid color when I did mine. It looks like vaguely copper colored lead. If I coated them another time it may look more like a...
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I used the Eastwood Copper Penny. It looks more like a glaze than a solid color when I did mine. It looks like vaguely copper colored lead. If I coated them another time it may look more like a...
Forum: Completed Deals
I withdraw my offer. Did not read the description. Sorry.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Found a container for powder coating powder for those of us who use the ASBB with the shake and bake method. I decided to go get some new Air Soft BBs the other day at Academy and found a brand...
Forum: Completed Deals
PM incoming on the Lyman 457-191
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Forum: The Boolit Exchange
Sent you a PM. Thank you.
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Forum: The Boolit Exchange
Hey, I am looking to buy/trade for some boolits for a 45-70 Govt. Looking for something in the 350gr-450gr range. If someone had some Lyman 457-122's or any of the Lee profiles. I would prefer...
That makes a huge amount of sense. I will try waiting longer to open the mold. The location of the deposits makes this theory seem likely. I’ll try and make a report back on this thread after my next...
I drop sprues into a separate pot that is added back in all at once. I don't have a shelf for the mold to rest on underneath the bottom pour Lyman pot. If the mold isn't level could that somehow be...
Is that a thing? I could see that on one mold but it's happening on several of them. Even my molds from NOE that don't let light shine through the mold faces with minimal pressure. I'll try it next...
So, I have been running into a problem with all of my aluminum molds. I am getting lead deposits on the mold face while casting. Some times they will wipe off with a dry rag when the mold is up to...
Forum: Completed Deals
I’ll take #1 45-70 Starline brass
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Forum: The Boolit Exchange
I'm not in a hurry. Send me a PM and let me know what you'd want for about 100 boolits and I'm sure we can work something out. Thank you!
Forum: The Boolit Exchange
Looking to trade or buy 100-200 .490 round ball boolits or a .50 cal REAL boolit for muzzleloader. Missed out on the great mold rush of 2020 and can’t seem to find a mold to buy. I have Lee...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
We always cut the breast meat into cubes and marinated in Italian dressing for a day or two, also adding what ever condiments were in the refrigerator at the time (soy sauce, worcestershire, and the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Alright, update time. I don't have internet access at home so I'm sorry I haven't been able to respond to all your suggestions. I remelted and refluxed all 150# of lead that I had . The black spots...
Forum: Cast Boolits
So are we thinking resmelting the ingots and fluxing the fire out of them with saw dust? I've used some pretty dirty lead before and it always came out clean after 3x sawdust flux and hit it with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I tried again last night. Same issues after wax fluxing. I turned up the heat up to 800 and cast as fast as I could. They got better but not where I'm used to. I think the problem is that I've tapped...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have used sawdust in the furnace hoping that it may help to clean out any contamination that may have been in the pot. I also used sawdust when I would cast from a dutch oven and a bottom pour...
Forum: Cast Boolits
All dirty lead processing was done in a dutch over over a turkey fryer that is used only for processing dirty lead. Only what I considered "clean" lead ingots went into the furnace. I tried running...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I thought about zinc. I tested each wheel weight with a side cutter before it went into the melt. Also my melt in the pot has a mirror sheen on top, no "oatmeal" and I seem to be getting sharp...
Forum: Cast Boolits
In an effort to step up my casting game I recently upgraded from a cast iron dutch over and a turkey fryer with a bottom pour ladle to a brand new Lyman Mag 25 Digital bottom pour pot. I've had a lot...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Try taking a look at NOE's HTC molds. I got one for my 45 ACP and that is the nicest casting mold I have.
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=84_461
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
My instrument of choice is welder's pliers. The spring open makes it easy to grab the bullets without having to apply a lot of pressure. Way better than hemostats or tweezers in my opinion.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Agree, my favorite as well. They just seem to be slicker than any other color of powders. Plus the clear are good at avoiding the questioning glances from some of the more conservative shooters if...
I second the Lee 452-230TC design. That was the easiest casting boolit and I had many thousand rounds downrange with no problems. I've heard a lot of people have a hard time with rounds nose 45ACP...
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 |