I have that mole but the gas check part has been milled off!
Casts at 250 grains now.
Type: Posts; User: deltaenterprizes
I have that mole but the gas check part has been milled off!
Casts at 250 grains now.
Forum: Our Town
Better than RCBS going out of business if they are having financial difficulties!
Forum: Special Projects
I have the priming system working well enough to try live primers!
I did 29 in strings of 10, the first string was 9 because one was missing from the tray.
I had a few hiccups with the cases...
Forum: Our Town
You need one with BALL BEARINGS!
My electronics teacher explained it to me when I was trying to build my first one in 1984.
Months he side torque puts a strain on the motor if it has sleeve...
Forum: Special Projects
I did some minor adjustments and the dead primers went through flawlessly!
I only did 8 in a row, next time I will try 100.
If the 100 goes through with no problems I’ll try live primers!
Forum: Special Projects
Nice work!
If things keep going the way they are it may be all we can own one day!
A .352-.353 diameter sizing die should not be a problem for Ammohead if you are using a Star.
Lyman or RCBS may take a little more effort.
LEE should be able to be modified easiest of all of them..
Forum: Our Town
I have had the same experience with Liberty Mutual but I have had a few claims on collision and comprehensive.
They were going stupid with the homeowners until I called and asked why it was so high...
Forum: Special Projects
I made a tube to feed cases and tried 10 cases with once fired primers and had problems!
Cases feed OK once all 4 cases are in the rails but don’t fall off at the end like a loaded round would, I...
Forum: Special Projects
Well priming system gave me fits with multiple primers!
I spent the last 2 days modifying parts and pulling my hair out!
After a good night’s sleep I started by disassembling the entire priming...
Forum: Special Projects
Case slid bushing was made and installed today!
I am waiting on the Loctite to harden so that I can put a taper in the bottom like the factory had to help with alignment of the punch and the opening...
Forum: Special Projects
Case slid bushing was made and installed today!
I am waiting on the Loctite to harden so that I can put a taper in the bottom like the factory had to help with alignment of the punch and the opening...
Forum: Swaging
I use .187” wire for cores so a little bit bigger and still a readily available
reamer size.
The die may grow slightly when you polish the inside.
The punch should be .0005-.001 smaller than the...
Forum: Special Projects
Making some progress!
I made a primer stud to mount the primer tube and blast shield.
I bushed the hole for the primer punch.
I need to make a bushing for the case advance slide next!
With the...
Forum: Special Projects
You are 100% correct about the case inspection, sir!
I have 2 of the chrome or nickel plated 1050s, they are very early models and have chrome tool heads also!
One is the first one that I operated...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I picked up a bunch of lead pipe a long time ago and cut the wiped joints off and then melted the solder off the joints.
The solder melted before the lead, you just have to stay there and watch it....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The price increases are caused by the closing of all of the lead foundries in the US!
The ore is still mined but it is sent to China to be refined and then shipped back to the USA!
Forum: Special Projects
I could do that but I got a deal on the CH and it isn't costing much to make a piece of junk into something useful!
Forum: Special Projects
I got hooked on using primed brass when a friend asked me to load his new primed brass because it was seizing on the expanding die on his LEE press
I removed the decapping pin and went through 1000...
Forum: Special Projects
I got the CH press for nothing and I have spent a whole $25 to convert it to small primers.
I had a MK5 and it was junk, the priming system on the MK3 Is totally different and better!
Forum: Special Projects
My 1050 are from the late 80s and are chrome plated, one is the first one I ever operated at a friend’s house and the other is the first one that I bought shortly afterwards.
I had 3 of them at one...
Forum: Special Projects
The 1050 has a good priming system and if I had processed brass I would use the priming system but I don’t have access to a brass processor so this is the next best thing!
Forum: Special Projects
I have to pull bullets if the case is cracked or has the “Glock Bulge”
I run my primed brass through a case gauge before expanding, dropping powder and seating a bullet.
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 |