Just tried it again and it worked.
Type: Posts; User: pomofo
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I filled out and submitted the form several weeks ago but didn't see my name show up on the group buy list.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The bottom ingot was definitely a lot harder. It would scratch with a knife but not with a thumbnail. I'll try to test these volumetrically first against identical weights of known alloy to see what...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I checked out an estate sale in my neighborhood today that advertised tools, on the off chance I might find something useful like gardening pots. There were about five other guys in the garage...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I think I may have a few dozen of the Lee 8mm Max bullets. Alloy is two parts antimonial lead to one part 25:1 lead/tin alloy. I think I measured them at .328-.329. They should be around 11 BHN. Let...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I got interested in trying to heat treat my cast bullets after reading about heat treating at the LASC website: http://www.lasc.us/HeatTreat.htm
After I cast my last batch three months ago, I...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Please put me down for a 4-cavity plain base .366" with large HP pins. pmfoss [at] gmail {dot} com.
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Anyone who hasn't gotten theirs yet, please email or PM Miha for your tracking number. Sure enough, my tracking number shows that it's been sitting at the post office since November 17th. USPS...
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Monday's a federal holiday. No mail. :(
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Please update my order: 200grain WFN mold block with both the long and short HP pins.
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I emailed Miha through his website about this mold, received an immediate reply, Paypal invoice, and had the mold on my doorstep a week after I paid.
Forum: Group Buy Results
I'm in for a 5-cavity mold. 2 PB, 2 GC, 1 GC(HP).
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I'm in for a 4-cavity with round, penta, and blank pins. pmfoss [AT] gmail [DOT] com
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Is it still possible to get in on this? I'd like to get a 2-cavity gas check mold with both sets of pins. Email address is pmfoss at gmail dot com.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the advice. I think we may still have some muriatic acid around from clearing our pipes out a few years ago. I cast a few more ingots today and definitely noticed some marks on the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I'm getting ready to take the plunge into bullet casting, and was pulling out some ingots I melted down a few years ago. I noticed these dark spots on the surface of a number of my ingots, and was...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Does anyone know where I might be able to find more of Ranger Rick's 535 grain .452 bullets? I contacted Matt's Bullets and he said that he didn't receive any .452 molds from Rick. Is there anybody...
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 |