Thanks for all the help!!
I think that I was saving to many PM's. It is working fine now.
LeeRoy
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for all the help!!
I think that I was saving to many PM's. It is working fine now.
LeeRoy
Forum: Cast Boolits
That is what was happening to me.
I have deleted most of the PM's in my folder, and I can now send an recieve PM's.
Is there any way to check and see if a PM has been read?
Thanks for all...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the replies, I have sent a couple PM's. We will check the outcome.
LeeRoy
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am having trouble sending a private message. I have tried to send a private message to another person on this site, and a private message to Staff, and have not recieved a reply from any of them.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the replies.
I have not had much luck finding WW's so I will resort to buying some lead.
LeeRoy
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you don't mind, a newbe question.
What is pewter used for ?
LeeRoy
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have started fire with flint & steel and a ferro rod & stricker.
If a person would like to learn, there is a very good site called Bushcraftingusa. It is a
camping and hiking site.
LeeRoy
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks to mooman76, we miked the barrel of my martini cadet 310-12-120 at .319--.320.
LeeRoy
Thanks for the replies.
smokemjoe I am thinking that I will contact them to see if their moulds will throw a
boolet .319-.321.
JerryW I have tried the 311316 but mine throws a WW ...
I have a BSA Cadet 310 - 12 - 120. I use 32-20 brass.
The barrel is .319, this was learned with the help of mooman76. Thanks Again!!!
Now the quest is for a boolit mould for this sweet...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have up-graded my thoughts on bullet storage. I am just restarting my shooting, so these pic's is enlighting my storage ideas. So keep them coming if you will.
Floydste, the wagon in one of...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the links, I will read them later today.
Due to my limited ablities, I have little luck the the search bottons and the forums that I am a member of.
LeeRoy
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am just getting into casting again. I cast a few boolits a # of years ago.
I have read that WW are on the way out. I was give a 1gal can of mixed WW. When I was taking a couple of valve stems...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the replies. I will save it, to be used with a harder lead mix.
LeeRoy
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Being somewhat new at this addiction and short on supplies.
At a yard sale, I found a ingot of lead. It is mould marked ALPHA, on the back it is hand stamped lead cake. It also has a paper...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This is from a kind of newbee, I just cleaned a Lyman 450 that had not been used in a number of years.
I cleaned the lube from the chamber with a wooden dowel. Then sprayed with some WD-40 and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I only have one mould at the time, I have started to use a gloved have to cut the spur with. So far it works for me. I never did like using a stick on the spur plate. I read about it on this...
Forum: Cast Boolits
mooman76
Thanks for the offer. I think that I have some lead, I just have the dig into a box that has all kinds of suff piled on top of it. I need to get some reloading material out of it any...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for both the links, I will give them a look see.
LeeRoy
Forum: Cast Boolits
Being a new member here, I tried to post this in another section and could not.
I have been reading a large number of posts and having read a thread with a very simple way to do this. I have tried...
Thanks for all the input !!
I used a hair dryer, and it worked great. As all that I wanted to do was to free everything up, so that I can buy a 357 sizer and new lube.
Now to get on with...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thanks for the reply.
I keep WD-40 so I will empty my pot and use a wire brush on it, when go to put it away I will spray it .
Sorry about taking over your thread.
LeeRoy
Forum: Casting Equipment
I am somewhat of a newbe also. I have been given a small Lee bottom pour, a 10 lb. I believe. It had about 1/2 of a pot of lead left in it, for years. I have emptied it and cleaned it a little. ...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Thanks for posting, the pic's helped me visualize everything better.
Great Post
LeeRoy
Thanks for the input everyone.
I think I will try the hair dryer first. It might be some what messier but easier to control.
LeeRoy
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 |