I did some smelting last winter on warmer days which would be close to what you are talking about. It does take more propane for sure. Nice warm work though staying close to the torch and fryer. ...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I did some smelting last winter on warmer days which would be close to what you are talking about. It does take more propane for sure. Nice warm work though staying close to the torch and fryer. ...
Forum: Casting Equipment
They look great. How affordable are they?:confused:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I ordered some cheap rims to mount some bigger tires on an old Toyota truck. I did this at a different tire shop. Again I asked the owner if he had any wheel weights to sell. He said he had not...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
This is a very informative post guys. Thank you.:coffeecom
Forum: Cast Boolits
Congratulations on the great deer. That is an awesome way to start a day.
Forum: Gas Checks
Hi Guys
I have been reading as much about gas checks as I can find before I order my first bullet mold. The concept of gas checking a plain based bullet seems simple enough.
My question is : If...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I took a tire in to repair for a slow leak. I asked the man if he had any wheel weights he wanted to sell. I offered him thirty cents a pound and guessed the pail at 150 pounds. So for sixty five...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
That is a sweet bucket. I just finished my first bucket. It was likely three quarters actually full. I weighed the ingots from the wheel weights and it is right on a hundred. There is still the...
Forum: Our Town
That is all cougar. No question. They are near everywhere in Saskatchewan and Alberta now. :popcorn:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hi Guys
I sure hope this question is not too stupid but with the horror stories I have heard with tar gumming up a smelting pot I thought I would ask if anyone has a good way of getting tar off of...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Good News Dale
My wife was off on a foray to the big town. I called and asked her and her friend to go to the big sports store and sure enough they had a copy of the Lyman cast bullet handbook;...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thanks Dale
I am planning on getting that book as well as Veral Smith's book. They do sell the lyman handbook as part of a kit with their Big Dipper Casting Kit but I was thinking of starting...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Hi Guys
I am new to all this and am just getting my stuff together. I am rigged for smelting with a heavy half inch pot made from pipe. I have a turkey fryer set to go as well. I am just waiting...
Forum: Leverguns
I voted for 300 yards being too far. I have a very nice whitetail buck on the wall that gave me a facing away shot at 220 yards. My old 94 has a marble buckhorn site on it. I aimed at his head and...
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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 |
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