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Thanks again to Recluse for his fine post. I followed your instructions for the 45/45/10 lube except there was NO Johnsons it this town and I was out, so I used some carnuba that I have in the same...

Thanks for the response, both of you. I'll read recluse's sticky too.

I just ordered a couple of Lee bullet sizers and I'm wondering about using the Alox with bullets that have the lube groove. Is the Alox sufficient and if so does it work as well and filling the...

Believe it or not that was a pretty plain piece of walnut or least one of their cheaper blanks, There was no flame to be seen until I had rubbed it down pretty well. Here is what it looked like when...

That's clean as a whistle and durable too. Nice job.

I finished this stock for a gunsmith who is refinishing a double barrel 20 gauge. I used the french polish method and teak oil. I'm guessing about 12 coats of oil finished with 3 coats of carnuba...

I didn't think it would be a good idea to keep shooting that stuff.

Yep, "hang fire" that's the word I was looking for. I bet those were fun shells to load.

I recently got hold of an old enfield. Made in '42 and sporterized for hunting, I got about 500 rounds of surplus ammo dated 1967. I took it out to fire yesterday and ran about 20 rounds through it....

Can anyone tell me anything about the Herters 4505 mold. I'm trying to sell it and am not familure with that mold. What weight and diameter boolit does it cast and I am assuming that it is for the...

Thanks again for the advice. I'll start trying these techniques this evening when I get time in the shop. I'll see what works for me.

Actually this is happening well after I've preheated the mold and out of about 300 boolits that I cast today most were like I described except for when I turned the furnace up. This caused them to...

Thanks for the response. You've given me a great deal to work with. I can see that, first off I need to slow it down some. BTW I'm casting these out of WW

I'm using a B&G #130 mold that casts 185 gr .45 boolits. I preheat the mold with a butane torch and set it on the furnace set at about 750 degrees. once the mold is hot I cast 3 or 4 times to make...

It was cool the other evening when I was smelting and if I left the ladle out of the pot for very long it would coat up with the alloy until I got it hot again.

leather boots, faceshield, natural fiber clothes, long sleeves, respirator and gloves

Leadthrower, that's a great job on that bottom pourer

Been reloading for over a year now and have been collecting mine in a plastic jar which will eventually end up at the salvege yard. I haven't filled up a quart jar quite yet and I've probably...

Very helpful post for a new guy

Keep us posted. It sounds interesting.

If you use the Lee sizing die could you pan lube the boolits before/after they are sized?

Why even take the chance that Murphy's law will catch up to you because it will a lot faster if you don't follow the basics.

The vent hood by johnk454 is really nice. I cast in my shop with the doors down if the weather is bad. I have a vent fan going in one of the windows and crack the window on the opposite side and I...

I'm new at this too but my suggestion is to first collect your raw lead (mine was WW) and get it smelted down into ingots. Small ingots for the harder alloys like linotype because you'll be adding...

+1 on the toothbrush and oil and LOTS of elbow grease. The H&G web site has a good article about cleaning up molds at http://hgmould.gunloads.com/casting/hgmoldchart.htm This guy is really particular...