Bueller here....
I've used Smoke's clear with no problems. The dry powder goes on white so you can easily tell how the coverage is gonna be. They come out of the oven clear and shiny and stay that...
Type: Posts; User: jkl1861
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Bueller here....
I've used Smoke's clear with no problems. The dry powder goes on white so you can easily tell how the coverage is gonna be. They come out of the oven clear and shiny and stay that...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I went with the 300BLK for the simple reason that none of my friends had one. I can cast my own, powder coat them, and form my own brass on the cheap. While my buds occasionally brag that they...
The 13lb spring seems to reduce muzzle-flip, felt-recoil, whatever you call it. It reduces the punishment so you can shoot more. Probably didn't need it, but I was buying other stuff from Amazon...
By the way, when you get it, don't be surprised when you can't find your brass. These little boogers fling them every which way. At the indoor range, I only recover about 60%. The rest get flung...
Yup. I tend to buy the mold, dies, and brass first over a period of months. That way I can take my time getting things ready for the "big" purchase. By then, I'm ready for final sizing and load...
I bought one several months ago and added the Hogue Handall grip and Galloway 13lb spring. It does indeed cluster around point of aim. A fun little pocket shooter! A buddy of mine said he...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Does that work the other way around? I have a few co-workers that I'd like to print new personalities for.....
Forum: Our Town
I'm curious. How do you guys deal with this debilitating disease? New Gun-itis?
My good friend recently helped me curb my impulse buys. He told me to make a wish list of guns. If it ain't on...
Forum: Our Town
A couple days ago it was $2.25/gal for both diesel and gasoline here in central Oklahoma - but that's true dino-diesel (no bio-blend) and 100% gasoline (no ethanol). The government subsidized...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Six. I was able to stack six….
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the trick is to get them to touch end to end when you're powder coating them (smoke's clear), then stand them up as a unit before you break them apart...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I just use the weight of the bullets to keep it flat :-D
After the first bake, it curls up, but then I flip it over, set a bullet in the center, and continue loading the tray without issue.
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Forum: Our Town
Glad you weren't hurt. I trust there's no secondary injuries? Pretty sure my wife would patch the hole with pieces of my hide!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Coated a bunch of TL309-230-5R for 300 blackout... uh.... and blue-out.. and green-out... and white-out?
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Just got my new chrono!
Worked great when I tested it with my pellet gun.
Worked great when I tested it with my blow gun
Pulled out my LCP. Plan was to chrono a 5 shot string of factory,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
If you broke it into two trips (960miles total, 10mpg, $3.25/gal, 60mph), you're talking $312 gas and 16+ hours on the road.
Or...
You could ship the 1200lbs in 18 medium flat rate boxes...
Voted for the round nose. Have TL356-124-2R-6cav, 356-125-2R-2cav (traditional lube grooves), and TL356-124-TC-6cav. They all cycle fine in my pistols, but I like the looks of the round nose better...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Trying out a sample pack from Smoke. I thought HF red and Eastwood black went on easy, but I'm a smoke believer now.
Lee 356-125-2R double cavity w/ range lead
ASBBDT method (even though it was...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You guys are making it hard to concentrate on work today. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. Couldn't find any brass locally, so I had to buy a mega pack of UMC. Gonna be a noisy weekend...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Got to try out a new Lee 6-banger tonight 356-95-RF. Ain't this little guy cute? Baby blue (Smoke's Carolina Blue) seemed the most appropriate color. He's sitting next to big brother TL452-230-TC ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Now you've got me thinking about taking a "sick" day from work. Casting could be just the therapy I need.
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 |