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I have a tip to share that might suit those who like to tinker and have a little spare time on their hands. Over the past few years I've been making little exploded-view cartridge dioramas set onto...

For anyone interested, this past spring I made a 2 pound batch of lube using 50/50 Alox 350/beeswax and decided to make a video of how it's done - including a simple way to make moulds for producing...

Okay, so I've got this old pellet rifle. It's been shooting fine. Then I cleaned the barrel the other day...

It was a little tough getting the cleaning rod in from the breech end (seemed odd,...

As I explained, even if you melted all the zinc (even though I probably didn't melted any, by the way they were scooping them out intact), you can't get more than 2% (at most) into your alloy at...

You've still got IHMSA competitions going? I'm jealous sw282! I really miss that sport. It was the most fun ever; they should put stuff like that on ESPN instead of some of the other, dull stuff...

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the comment and the attempt to clarify what others are getting at. No disrespect, but I think we have an honest disagreement on the subject of zinc contamination and, if I...

Thanks everyone. I saw an example of a cartridge diorama produced by some company (forget which one) and then decided to invent a technique I could accomplish at home. It was really quite easy,...

Thanks for sharing that sw282. Things sure have changed since the IHMSA days it appears, but not quite as much here in the frozen north as where you reside, it appears (with respect to wheel weight...

And two more remaining, that couldn't fit in 10-picture-limit of the previous post:

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I have enhanced the set of plans I provided at the beginning of this thread for the reloading bench I use; in order to better-define some aspects of it. I think the added information...

Thanks Runfiverun, but it's not clear what you're referring to by a "full hour soak." Do you mean a full hour in the oven or a full hour in the cooling bath after having being in the oven?

I...

I see the aspect of not wanting to pay for zinc is a significant concern for many. Should I assume you live in the U.S.? Is that pretty much the standard deal there? Where I live (Edmonton,...

That would work too Toallmy and might be the way I'd go too, if I couldn't get my hands on wheel weights. My preference is for wheel weights though, because it comes with the arsenic and antimony...

Thanks Nose Dive (and Scottfire 1957 too). Despite some of the antics, many of the posts have been useful and thought-provoking to read - even if only to make me go back to the books and check...

Heh, heh. You noticed that huh? When I asked the owner of the Fountain Tire in High Level, he said I could have them all, so long as I bring my own buckets, so off to Home Hardware I go and come...

I'm not sure, but you may have misread my last post. I mentioned the high temperature (+1,400 degrees) needed to totally dissolve zinc into the alloy, but did not mean that I use that high...

In case anyone's getting led astray by the exaggerated charge that I'm ending up with 20% zinc in my alloy because of the way I'm doing things, I refer to the Third Edition of the Lyman Cast Bullet...

Oh, I see. If I post something, I must agree with others' differences in technique or else I am wasting your time.

Hey, all I said was "This is the way I do it, but feel free to comment if you...

Wow. I don't know if you have reading problems or what the problem is Bangerjim.

Have I shot any? Yes, I have. I've been casting bullets using this technique since the late 1970's but I...

You're welcome Budman. Here's the rest of the plans for that gun case.

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Thanks Banger. I'm still not going to pre-sort for zinc. No way! ;) The way I look at it, end results are king and if a good, shootable, castable alloy is obtained, there's not a real-world...

Interesting comments folks. Thanks. As I expected, there are slightly different approaches.

As the wheel weights I get are free, I'm not terribly worried about a little wasted lead.

I'd...

Hello all. I processed 350 lbs of wheel weights over the weekend and made a brief set of videos of it, for anyone contemplating the task and wanting to see how it's done. This is the way I do it,...

Heh. No need to be scared Rondog; you just have to know what the laws are for the country you're going to - just like I also have to inform myself if going to the U.S. If you don't, it's asking for...

Budman5, yes, it's perfectly legal in Canada. In fact it's sort of "more legal" (if I can put it that way) because, unlike the States where (I'm told) it has to be classified and sold as a "pistol",...