I have only been casting boolits for two years and seek some answers to my questions. I believe the answers I'll get from these questions will differ depending on experience, and whether you do these...
Type: Posts; User: RedStar Raider
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have only been casting boolits for two years and seek some answers to my questions. I believe the answers I'll get from these questions will differ depending on experience, and whether you do these...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Does anyone lube powder coated bullets?
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks guys!! Still a newbie at casting.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I quit lurking a few months ago, I started casting 2 months before that, and have learned so much from this forum.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Will a heavy Powder Coated 44 Mag bullet work in a 45LC accurately?
I enjoyed the video and the discussion that followed, nothing to add that wasn't already said.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I like the possibilities of whats possible from this!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Can't go wrong at .85 a pound, buy it all, lead prices keep going up up up!!!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I experienced that same thing when I bought a bunch lead shot, almost looked like gold on top in my pot.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
You are a blessed man.....that's quite a find of lead these days!!!
First, thank all you for your tips on my NOE Mold, it made quite a difference. My hotplate came today and I had fairly successful casting session. I took the mold apart and cleaned everything, took a...
molybdenum disulfide, Dri-Slide
below is what came up at amazon, is this the stuff you suggest?
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Yes, I have cleaned and degreased them, I think getting the hotplate, and trying some of the graphite and release agent ideas should get it going. I appreciate you guys sharing what works for you!
I've only got maybe 40 boolits that were good, out of 4 or 5 attempts. I'm getting a hotplate to setup next to my pot to help get it hot enough to hopefully work for me. I'll post my results in a few...
Thanks Winelover, I'll give it another go tonight.
I have done everything I can think of to make this mold work with little success. It is a 2 cavity HP brass mold that I can't get the wrinkles out, and the boolits stick to the pins. I've adjusted...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I was melting a few hundred Alox boolits because they were scraping down to bare lead in places going through the sizer. The lead ingots ended up looking like silver metal flake paint when they...
Forum: Our Town
Not just you, I'm having similar issues myself.
Ive had no problems with Glock with light loads myself.
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 |