I tried .023" tips but the shot was too large for trap, closer to #6 shot. ended up purchasing commercially made drippers, for #8 shot, from Littleton.
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Forum: Casting Equipment
I tried .023" tips but the shot was too large for trap, closer to #6 shot. ended up purchasing commercially made drippers, for #8 shot, from Littleton.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I just picked up a new Uberti Remington 1858 .44 Cal and I would like to know if a Pietta cylinder, which is .016" longer can be machined to fit the Uberti. Would the cylinder diameter and the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I built mine before Frozone was sell his kits and had to redo it per Frozone's suggestions. When I decide to get another one, I will buy his kit which will save me time and money.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I m sure that will work...anything that would put a slight constant pressure on the valve.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I do have full adjustment of the flow on the metering rod and yes the upper limit and pressure is adjusted by the lock nut.
So far there are no problems in adjusting the flow for a 2 cavity small...
Forum: Casting Equipment
The spring puts a down ward force on the metering rod where as the heavy steel knob which put a slight diagonal force which can cause it to leak. You can barely notice the spring pressure, and so far...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I may be wrong; but if you double the voltage you would than half the current, and if the kilowatts are the same you are right back where you started, so the operating cost should be the same. I...
Forum: Casting Equipment
This fall I got into BP shooting so I purchased another Lee pot to be a dedicated 100% pb for casting round balls.
I was expecting to find some improvements as I purchased the same pot 4 years ago....
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use a IR for reading my mold temp during preheating and it works ok for that.
If you float a non reflective 1" x 1" x 1/8" piece of iron, in the pot, you can get approximate pot temperature.
You...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thanks for clearing this up. In further checking I found that that wider male pin, on the yellow connector is magnetic as well as the blue tracer TC wire and the narrow pin and the red wire are not....
Forum: Casting Equipment
Does the polarity on the yellow K-type TC panel connect matter as long as the correct polarity is on the PID?
My PID is working great and calibrates right on; but I'm curious and would like to know...
Forum: Casting Equipment
K-type TC confusion. Online data says that the color codes for K-type TC wire is that the white wire with red tracer is the negative wire and the white wire with the blue tracer is the Positive lead....
Forum: Casting Equipment
Frozone, you are 150% correct. This week I finally made time to replace the banana plugs with the proper TC connectors and to my amazement boiling water read 272 deg because I had a -60 deg offset...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Which ones of the 26 do you still use and why?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Old timer & old presses:
Texan turret press
RCBS rock chucker
Texan shot shell - manual
Texan shot shell - progressive 12 ga
Texan shot shell - progressive 20 ga
pacific 366 shot shell...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The LNL with case and bullet feeder with a RCBS powder cop works for me and no more double charges.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Old post on inexpensive seizer for PC or lube.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?212195-Cheap-simple-sizer
Forum: Muzzleloading.
You are correct. After seeing a YouTube video where the cylinder could be swapped in seconds, I was getting frustrated because it was taking me 3 minutes to reinstall the cylinder. After a lot of...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I just picked up a Uberti 1858 Remington in .44 and have not yet shot it. I think it is a great gun but are there any modifications that would make the cylinder swap better? Removal is smooth but...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I started casting using a Lee push through sizer, progressed to a Star and now that I am getting into powder coating bullets I modified a harbor Freight small arbor press to accept the Lee dies in...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Start on page #1, there is a lot of very good data and pros & cons and a lot to learn.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I believe that DangerousDrummer's approach is the most practical method for the following reasons;
1. The fixture can be used multiple time with out cleanup as pins don't get PC.
2. The bases...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I just ordered some retaining clips from McMasters which I plan to tig weld to a plate or hang on a wire. I am hoping to snap in the boolits by the lube groove and try to get complete PC coverage....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I made one last year that was 24" x 24" with fish net and mounted on a old photo tripod. I set up at shoulder height, when shooting a 45 acp, and it would catch only 70% of the shells, some would go...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have and use weekly four Texan presses, one metallic, one manual shot shell, setup for handicap reloads, and two progressive 12 gauge shot shell setup for trap. They all work flawlessly, are very...
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