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I don't have no PID or thermometer ... But
Get best boolits just at "frosty" ... I hear the frosty surface helps hold coatings !
Gary

Good advice ... from my Momma ... "Better Safe Than Sorry !!!"

Remove the nipples or pull the lead balls out , clean the cylinder chambers and
start over fresh and new . Buy some proper pistol...

#1 Since the boolit is shorter behind the crimp groove ... and heavier , the first thing I would do is seat a boolit to the crimp groove in a dummy round or two and check if the dummy rounds will...

The photo's are Wonderful ... I swear I can almost smell it baking !!!

You know what would be mor wonderful than photo's ... A Recipe !

You print that recipe and I will bake 3 or 4 ... They...

The very first 45 acp mould I ever bought was the Lee 452-228-1R ... This wasn't the Tumble Lube boolit , I wanted a regular lube grooved boolit .
It sucked so bad ... I sold it at a garage sale for...

A little extra heat will not hurt any mould ... I get my best fill out when the boolits drop right at frosty .
Trying to cast too cool is just hurting your casting ... different moulds like to be...

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My Lyman 450 was paid for in 1972 ... I can lube , size , seat a gas check and have a boolit ready to shoot with ... One Cycle of the handle ... Fast Fast Fast .
Too set in my...

18 or 20 lines per inch is the usual layout , depending on the wood hardness and texture ... how open the grain is .
When you get into 22 and 24 lines per inch the diamonds become very fine .
I...

I find it strange the pins wont rinse clean ...
Are you rinising them out of the barrel or in the barrel ?
Look carefully at the inside of the rubber lining ... you should be able to see if the...

I like my cast boolits slightly heavy ... use the Lee C309-170-F in 30-30 and since I have it ... load it in my 30-06 and in my 7.5 Swiss K11 Schmidt-Ruben - 1911 Carbine (not the K31)...
and that...

That is exactly what I was thinking ... The computer programing Nerd who "revised" the data center must have no idea what handloading and reloading is ... OR
Make it so bad they have to buy our...

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Truer words were never spoken
Gary

CH4D also makes shell holder adapters ... I got two presses back in service with their adapters .
I don't know any other source for Universal Rams or shell holder adapters but CH4D ... you might...

50 + years casting Boolits ... and the Danged Lunchables are going to do me in !
Gary

Nothing will be gained from lubing powder coated boolits .
Just load them powder coated ... and ignore the Belt and Suspenders must be better ... Cookie Bunch .
Gary

Congratulations !!!

Sometimes a new Doctor , a fresh set of eyes and fresh idea's are all that is needed to make a huge difference !
I'm so glad you found her and she was able to help you ......

Here is the data listed in the RCBS Cast Bullet Manual .
357 Magnum - RCBS 38-158-SWC GC - sized .358"
Tested in Ruger Security Six with 6" bbl. length
Speer 357 Mag. cases - CCI #550 Magnum...

Prayer's Sent .
Have Faith ... the Good Lord will watch over and protect you .
God Bless and Keep You Always .
Gary

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That's great to hear ... I had just discovered TiteGroup a few years ago and ...
I like It !
Gary

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Gary

The plastic tends to form a "Static-Cling" that attracts the powder ... that's why the anti-static cling dryer sheets work ...
Several methods of fighting the problem work ... I think rubbing the...

For a Quickie Clean ... pull a bore snake with a little bore solvent / CLP soaked in , through the barrel ... that way you don't risk damage from a metal rod .
I can't put away any rifle without...

Ford SD ,
Hang on to that 8 X 57 chambering .
As a dedicated cast boolit shooter , a 175 gr or 190 gr. cast boolit ...
Over 13 grs. Red Dot , makes for a real sweet shooter .
Don't fear the...

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Accuracy beats SD seven ways to Sunday .
Gary

I now make it a habit when ordering a NOE boolit mould to get a proper NOE
(M- type ) expander plug to go with that NOE boolit ... the little inserts are not that expensive and take up hardly any...