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  1. Forum: Cast Boolits

    Only empty pot if I'm changing alloy and that is...

    Only empty pot if I'm changing alloy and that is easy with my dipper pot for the ladle, just use welding gloves pick it up carefully (very carefully) and dump out the lead after using a ladle to get...
  2. Squirrel cage blower out of an old furnace moves...

    Squirrel cage blower out of an old furnace moves a lot of air and can be found cheap from furnaces that are being replaced due to heat exchanger leaks.

    One of the biggest sources of easily...
  3. Another for graphite is your friend as a pin...

    Another for graphite is your friend as a pin release. I have some powdered graphite that I used to tumble buckshot that I now apply with a Q Tip, I have used a pencil before and both forms of...
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    That seems consistent with what I saw back when I...

    That seems consistent with what I saw back when I was selling some. I have sometimes used 50 - 60 percent of what Rotometals is selling the same alloy for. ...
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    Tell me more, tell me more!

    Tell me more, tell me more!
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    What sort of fellow does and intervention and...

    What sort of fellow does and intervention and doesn't bring "refreshements" I'll snag a pack of fig newtons to make sure we don't starve.

    If you find yourself with a bunch of good looking well...
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    thanks people, good information and helpful as...

    thanks people, good information and helpful as always.
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    I'm surprised not to get confirmation that...

    I'm surprised not to get confirmation that tightening the bands by increasing the bend isn't a good option. I did fail to mention I first noticed the barrel being loose after it fell when on the...
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    Heck I would say a 92 ain't bad for any age. ...

    Heck I would say a 92 ain't bad for any age. Although I have from time to time (damn close to daily) been reminded that stuff I would say I excelled at once upon a time I can't do at the same level...
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    I think it is loose enough that it doesn't...

    I think it is loose enough that it doesn't tighten up when hot, the few times I've shot it since it became loose I didn't shoot a lot of rounds. Not as much fun when the barrel shifts during firing.
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    You my friend are getting close to needing an...

    You my friend are getting close to needing an intervention!

    My bench has a small loaf pan for culls and pull downs, that pan gets dumped into the smelting pot when I melt down drippings, dross,...
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    Zouave barrel loose in stock

    I have a zouave reproduction that has a lot of play in the barrel. I'm not sure how it should be addressed. With the bands in their usual location the barrel has enough play to make accuracy an...
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    A lot of open source software only requires that...

    A lot of open source software only requires that one leave the acknowledgement of the original authors having created the original work. Am surprised at how often people ignore that simple request....
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    older thread but went with the pry and roll off...

    older thread but went with the pry and roll off the bottom with some channel locks when lo and behold I got a surprise. This pair of weighted candlesticks were full of sand! I'm very pleased. Got...
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    I think the retail stores responded to higher...

    I think the retail stores responded to higher interest rates more directly than inflation. Either due to their own cost to borrow or because if I can make 5% in safe, guaranteed interest return from...
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    I mostly use previously fired brass so I trim to...

    I mostly use previously fired brass so I trim to length for more consistent crimps. The Lee hand crank trimmer that is used on a single stage press does a slight chamfer on inside and out. So yes I...
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    It is nice to know I'm not the only one to dump a...

    It is nice to know I'm not the only one to dump a load of powder into a case without a primer. Picking up the case and watching the powder dribble out is... as humbling as it is annoying. A...
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    Hmm is it perhaps time for me to pursue my "one...

    Hmm is it perhaps time for me to pursue my "one of these days" project of cutting down 410 brass shells to be long 45 colt cases to load with #12 shot? Seems like every time I consider it and go to...
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    This is what I have used. I had trouble finding...

    This is what I have used. I had trouble finding load data for anything over 180 grain but wanted/needed larger diameter bullet for old milsurp bore and that mold was heavier bullet. Found the...
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    Now if only my 401k would increase in value at...

    Now if only my 401k would increase in value at the same rate as my powder and primer supply has. Wanted some more 4895 but at last gun show only saw a partial pound at estate sale table for what a...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Rubber insert in a trim die wore out and Lee no...

    Rubber insert in a trim die wore out and Lee no longer made them with that insert so they sent me a new die. Like the man said. They work and Lee stands behind the product.
  22. Congratulations Tim! On the Babbitt find and on...

    Congratulations Tim! On the Babbitt find and on reviving this zombie thread :bigsmyl2:

    More and more I'm as interested in finding "cool" old lead items as I am in finding general lead. In the...
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    I had some came that was dead soft and xrf gunned...

    I had some came that was dead soft and xrf gunned as nearly pure PB. I save that aside in ingots for muzzle loader bullets.

    +1 on stamping rather than sharpie. I use Harbor Freight stamps for...
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    Forum: Our Town

    -3 east of Lansing Michigan. Which is officially...

    -3 east of Lansing Michigan. Which is officially colder than a brass toilet seat on the shady side of an iceberg. Not officially "really cold" until one starts seeing huskies frozen to fire...
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    I was sort of thinking along those same lines. ...

    I was sort of thinking along those same lines. One of my tests for pewter is to just hit the item with a propane or mapp gas torch. Stuff melts so fast compared to lead alloys, or if plated.

    I...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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