The puck is dried and broken into chunks and then run through a centered Hario coffee grinder. The screens are wire cloth from Mcmaster. The first screen is 30, the lower screen is 50. So far it is...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
The puck is dried and broken into chunks and then run through a centered Hario coffee grinder. The screens are wire cloth from Mcmaster. The first screen is 30, the lower screen is 50. So far it is...
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I just made a decision. I will use the hydraulic meter on my press only as an indication of more pressure rather than a true measure of compression. Then I will increase pressure until The bp can be...
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That is what I use. Clever use of packaging material for a tool.
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What type of screen do you use? Mcmaster has many different types and I have had the feeling at times that I was using a type that wasn't optimum for black powder.
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I was thinking about balling the green meal and then grating them before loading them into the compression die. Will try that if nothing else works.
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It is incredibly fine. I use 13 lbs of 3/4 ID copper pipe 1 inch long filled with lead, throw everything in without pregrinding for 24 yours. It is fine enough that it looks as if it has some of the...
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I hadn't thought of using no water but that deserves a test. I've two pounds of green meal so I can do a lot of testing.
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Interesting. I live in Houston and it is consistently humid here so I will try that too.
One test I am going to run is to put an oz in a ziplock baggie, add water, smush it up and let it sit for a...
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I am using Fly's 2" die and compressing to supposedly 1800 psi. The Hario has been adjusted to be centered but still nothing useful. I use 1 oz batches which produces nice 1/4 " pucks.
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I have a lot of failures when grinding, I am getting dust when run through a Hario grinder and I am not completely sure why. Willow mix with 2% dextrin (out of frustration) is yielding powder. Dried...
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Hi everyone. I'm back after several years hiatus. Real life kept me off the board. So Howdy to all!!!
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Fence boards of western cedar work very well.
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Much superior to ball grinding media. I use 2 lbs of dry mix and 14 lbs of grinders. Works fine. I generally grind for 24 hours and the meal sort of looks like a liquid when I open up the barrel....
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This is the way to do it. I started using the same type of grinding media last year and it grinds quickly and much finer than balls. Produces exceptional green meal.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Babbit is one possibility I hadn't considered. It froze up in the mold in under two seconds. I'll bet that is the answer. Thanks.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I let the pot sit for maybe 2 hours at 700 degress during dinner and when I came back afterwards there was a skin on top which was bright blue, very different than the normal blue of pure lead. I...
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I took every bit of zinc out that I could and it appears to be linotype. Probably trade in on some pure lead. Man, that is hard.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I do have zinc but have taken as much from it as floated to the surface. Not too worried about that but I will test for it.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Friend gave me 200 lbs of lead from his dad and I figured that it was ml type as well as coww lead. I put about about 10 lbs in some bhn 10-12 bhn and after the first cast I had to use a rubber...
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There is a saying from the revolutionary war period: muskets 200 yards, rifles over 200 yards.
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I used play caps for a while but it destroyed the pistol. EXTREMELY CORROSIVE. Like pouring acid on your gun.
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The hand crank. By the way, 1" gas pipe fits perfectly in the handle slot. It is way easier to crank.
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Does anyone know the diameter of the hydraulic plunger for the harbor freight 12 ton press?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Sally Beauty Supply is a good source for end papers.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I weigh my boolits after they cool down. +- .5 grn.
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 |