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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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Forum: Cast Boolits
There is good information on here. I wouldn't start out with someone's data unless published. A good starting point is going to be well known book. like hornady, lyman, nosler, etc. Keep some notes...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had some large pieces of soft lead and I used a large chisel and a big hammer. Just don't miss and hit yourself :-(.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yep, that's what I'm wanting to do.
I have the 600 lap paste. Just trying to understand how you are using a brass piece to lap. I'll try and play with a fired case to see if I can use it to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Here are some pictures before I cleaned the barrel.
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Here is a pound cast I tried doing for the first time.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Sorry, I was having a hard time explaining it. I'm talking about the chamber. The edge that leads into the throat.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've had trouble with a problem for awhile now on my 300 blackout and think I may have my problem figured out, but don't know how to fix it. I've been using powder coated boolits. The other day I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've had great luck with it in my 9mm and 45 acp.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Is straight carnauba wax or Johnson paste wax used for the Micro-crystalline Wax? Is the white petrolatum a Vaseline? If not where is it found or what is it? I see that it seems to be critical to use...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've only tested some in an AR 300blkout for functionality. No accuracy test yet. I like the design, but need to work up some loads. I'd like to see how it performs in my .308 win.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Beagle, those remind me of Christmas!
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I don't know if I've ever seen an accuracy issue between the 3, but I haven't shot enough to see if there is a difference. If you are sizing the NLG down by much it can be a hard push through the...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
There are so many lubes out there. I can understand the confusion of where to start. After making and playing with lubes initially, I'd recommend buying some just because it is cheap and goes a long...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The main concept of coating or lubing boolits is to create a seal and keep hot gasses from cutting them during their travel down the barrel. So by loading a plain lead boolit will probably gas cut...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Start low and work up. Your target and barrel will tell you.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I'm hoping someone chimes in on this also.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
It doesn't look like anyone mentioned this yet so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. When I first started with AR blackout I was producing brass out of 5.56 brass also. I read enough to know what...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I've enjoyed reading through the posts and seeing everyone's thoughts. Here are some questions I've picked up on that others are essentially asking in order to understand if you truly want to take on...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Smash test passed on the boolits I PCed at a higher temp. Guess I'll have to shoot some and see if they do any better.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I ran a temp test on my oven last night and found that it fluctuates about 20 deg. I'm pretty sure its a convection oven (because it has a fan inside... is that correct?). I was using 2 thermometers...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'm pretty sure the fit is good as I did a few slugs and chamber casts before I put the barrel on the gun. I think there could be something off with the cure temp. I wanted to test my oven last...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Smoke, at 400F roughly how long after 15min. can you cook a boolit before it overcooks, or will it over cook if you are truly at 400F? Probably depends on the amount of boolits going in...
I'm...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
It seems like I had trouble with sizing to .311 and getting some to chamber also before yesterdays session. With the test rounds yesterday they had been sized to .309 prior to coating. Then sized to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I've heard of it done before. I'm not sure how or why I can't get it to work. I've asked the questions before and can't seem to come up with an answer. Wish I had a chronograph to see what I'm...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'm pretty sure I have a good bore fit. I'd have to look back in my records to see what I slugged at, but if I'm remembering right I think the bore slugged at .309 or under. I remembered all the...
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 |