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    Looks like this might be a good solution for my...

    Looks like this might be a good solution for my pure lead swaged boolits. I use anhydrous lanolin for swaging lube and if cleaned well might work for low velocity hunting and plinking loads.
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    Forum: Our Town

    It may be that paranoia has something to do with...

    It may be that paranoia has something to do with it. I like to come here and read the posts but have not posted much for a good long while. I have been casting since '67 and have been swaging since...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    I have on order a LBT 38 200 FN for my late '70's...

    I have on order a LBT 38 200 FN for my late '70's 94C for big critters along with 358156 for every day and a 145 gr plain base flat nose for sub-sonic small game. The twist rate makes this the most...
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    Sticky: Lino will vary in composition depending on what...

    Lino will vary in composition depending on what type of printing it was intended for and how many times it has been recast. You need to cast a pure lead bullet and then your particular LT in the same...
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    Sticky: There is a marvelous article in Handloader #50,...

    There is a marvelous article in Handloader #50, July-August 1974 that helped me turn a goodly amount of lino obtained by helping move printing machines in a local school, into lyman #2. The numbers...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    The .32 ACP is a purely defensive round. The 73...

    The .32 ACP is a purely defensive round. The 73 gr solid shown by bowfin is the best that I have seen. I am sorry that I missed the group buy.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    If you are into power loads in a rifle, the...

    If you are into power loads in a rifle, the answer is clear. The .45 Colt brass lacks the strength of the .44 Mag brass. Beyond that whatever your personal choice is what matters.
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Bought a Glock 19 in 2001 not knowing the...

    Bought a Glock 19 in 2001 not knowing the concerns. Most mistakes I make are due to not knowing as much as I should. Added a Wolf bbl. Time will tell. Loading since mid 60's, casting since late 60's,...
  9. Thread: Rusty Guns

    by michiganvet
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    @steg; do you use the clear? We used that to...

    @steg; do you use the clear? We used that to clean and polish the barrack floors in basic back in the early 60's
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I believe I have Lyman Cast bullet handbook #'s...

    I believe I have Lyman Cast bullet handbook #'s 1, 2, 3, and 4. I am not sure of #1 because the cover and some pages are missing missing and no number is indicated. It has a forward by Charles E...
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    Nice info guys. Got a bunch of buckshot molds...

    Nice info guys. Got a bunch of buckshot molds this year. Have been too busy to fire them up. (good thing) Been casting boolits since the 60's but not buck. I've seen answers here to questions I...
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    Some guns need fiber/felt for proper performance....

    Some guns need fiber/felt for proper performance. My 40 some year old 20 double imp/mod does not like one piece plastic wads.
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    Magma has a melter with replacable "drippers" for...

    Magma has a melter with replacable "drippers" for different sizes. Its a little pricy at $400+ but it contains it's own heat source. Their pounds per hour sounds pretty good and you can use a harder...
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    Forum: Swaging

    Right on, "an" is a prefix that means "without".

    Right on, "an" is a prefix that means "without".
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    Forum: Swaging

    I have an aluminum block with holes drilled into...

    I have an aluminum block with holes drilled into it. Fill the holes with jackets, put in a little flux, drop in swaged cores that have the lube cleaned off. Heat on stove top until the cores melt....
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    Plumbers are required to use pure lead. Part of...

    Plumbers are required to use pure lead. Part of the process of making the joints is to caulk the poured joints with flat pointed chisel looking tools. If you were to use a harder alloy the cast iron...
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    I added tin and lead to my lino to make Lyman #2,...

    I added tin and lead to my lino to make Lyman #2, poured into ingots and stamped a "2" on each one.
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    No doubt about it, tin is pricy. Look for solder...

    No doubt about it, tin is pricy. Look for solder at garage sales. 95/5 is great if you can find it. It is used on copper water lines.
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    As a retired pipefitter I use a plumbers furnace.

    As a retired pipefitter I use a plumbers furnace.
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    Copper hangers are for copper tube to prevent...

    Copper hangers are for copper tube to prevent dissimilar metal damage.
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    Last year I bought a set of Redding case forming...

    Last year I bought a set of Redding case forming dies for my Contender carbine because I can't justify more brass from Quality Cart at a buck each. I think the .256 would have been more popular today...
  22. Thread: Lever poll

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    Forum: Leverguns

    Poll: Read an article the other day about Marlin specs...

    Read an article the other day about Marlin specs for 45-70 being .4588 grove dia as the cause of poor accuracy in microgroove for high vel loads. .459 sizing die in the works very soon.
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    Got my Redding scale in the late 60's, but I...

    Got my Redding scale in the late 60's, but I never did put oil in it. These days I throw a charge just light, then trickle one grain at a time timed to dampen until the scale re-zeros.
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    I have an OLD model 80 Marlin that I used to hunt...

    I have an OLD model 80 Marlin that I used to hunt fox squirrels with cb caps until CCI came out with CB longs in the early 80's. I tested them on a 15 yd target tacked to the end of a piece of...
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    That may explain my results. WHODATHUNKIT?

    That may explain my results. WHODATHUNKIT?
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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