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    Sticky: Is this boolit material ? ...

    Is this boolit material ?

    http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/6mm250/002-112.jpg

    http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/6mm250/004-79.jpg


    Mike
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    Looks like a hotplate will be my next purchase. ...

    Looks like a hotplate will be my next purchase.

    Thanks

    Mike
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    The mold is Lyman 358477 , 4 cavity. I preheat by...

    The mold is Lyman 358477 , 4 cavity. I preheat by putting it on top of the pot.
    I don't experience these problems with Lyman 35891 , 4 cavity , using the same technique/alloy.

    Mike
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    I Got This Mold (wrinkled bullets)

    I bought a used Lyman 4 cavity mold , steel blocks. I tried casting boolits & they came out wrinkled , I smoked the cavities with my trusty Bic , the boolits are wrinkled. I put the mold blocks in my...
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    Flhtc a+

    FLHTC is one of the good guys to deal with.


    Mike
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    Yeah , I set the mold on top of the pot , I also...

    Yeah , I set the mold on top of the pot , I also added a little flea market pewter to the wheel weights


    Mike
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    I have a Lee sizer on the way , I will try that &...

    I have a Lee sizer on the way , I will try that & LLA until I can do better.


    Mike
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    Uh Oh Mike

    Uh Oh


    Mike
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    I have two 41 magnums , a Dan Wesson revolver and...

    I have two 41 magnums , a Dan Wesson revolver and a 14" Contender , if they don't shoot good in one maybe they will shoot good in the other.

    Mike
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    My First Boolits

    From Lyman 41032 , I made a couple hundred of these the other day.

    http://imageshack.us/a/img96/9528/7b2e.jpg


    They are almost straight wheel weights & fell from the mold at 215 gr and .4134...
  11. Thread: Salt in Lead ?

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    Do ya put any pepper in the mix ? Mike

    Do ya put any pepper in the mix ?

    Mike
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    A lot of them old Romans were perverts , reckon...

    A lot of them old Romans were perverts , reckon drinking lead was the cause of it ?


    Mike
  13. Thread: Salt in Lead ?

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    Salt in Lead ?

    I live near the coast of NC & a question occurred to me today when I saw some lead net weights advertised for sale. Would net weights being underwater for long periods cause them to become...
  14. Thread: 10.75x58R

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    I do not have one of these rifles , yet , but I...

    I do not have one of these rifles , yet , but I intend to. The Berdan II is what I imagine my Great-Grandfather used when he fought in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. Berdans show up on GB...
  15. Thread: 10.75x58R

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    10.75x58R

    Anybody loading this cartridge ?

    If so , what are you using for brass , bullets ?


    Mike
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    I haven't tried that one yet but it should be...

    I haven't tried that one yet but it should be interesting in my 14" Contender.

    Mike
  17. Thread: Lyman 41032

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    Do you have any idea why they put that long...

    Do you have any idea why they put that long "nose" on that bullet ?

    I just got this mold , I am eager to shoot some of these boolits from my Dan Wesson and my Contender.


    Mike
  18. Thread: Lyman 41032

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    Lyman 41032

    http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/6mm250/001-98_zps71d8f5e5.jpg

    The boolit on the left is the 41032 , the boolit on the right is a more conventional SWC.

    So , what was the more "truncated...
  19. Thread: copperplating

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    edwin41 , any chance you could post pics of your...

    edwin41 , any chance you could post pics of your plating setup ?


    Mike
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    Handgun Boolit Alloy ?

    I'm new at this here boolit casting.
    I have smelted down a bunch of the good old timey clip on wheel weights & got me some nice clean ingots (several hundred lbs)
    I also have some dead soft lead...
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    I'm not trying it , no way , no how. Mike

    I'm not trying it , no way , no how.


    Mike
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    Does lead work harden ?

    Does lead work harden the way that many other metals do ? I guess what I'm trying to get at here is , when you size a boolit , does that part of the boolit that is worked by the die get any harder ?...
  23. Thread: Tin ?

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    Tin ?

    Does tin harden the alloy at all or is it just for good mold fill out ?

    Thanks

    Mike
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    Sticky: Anybody know if this spoon is pewter ? I got it...

    Anybody know if this spoon is pewter ? I got it with some other stuff at the fleece market.

    It's got a "Williamsburg Restoration" hallmark and "Max Rieg"

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  25. Thread: Cutting Lead

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    I tried out the wood splitter this AM , it did...

    I tried out the wood splitter this AM , it did the job but it didn't like it.



    http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/6mm250/e0625889.jpg


    Had to go round 'n round
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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