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I am reading it now.

I must say that just the chapter on lubes is worth many times the price I had to pay for it.:D

The authors did an exceptional job with that chapter, taking a rather...

Thanks to everyone, and on my way to check out that thread.

I originally had a fit problem, the (Lee) mold I have was throwing out of round boolits. Several attempts with a cast boolit and toothpaste and somethingelseIdon'tremember and finally some valve...

I haven't been casting (or shooting) for some time because my tiny stock of WW's ran out. I tried 50% WW/50% lead, and got quite a bit of lead buildup in the barrel of my .45, then ran out of even...

I owe you guys some more thanks, I almost certainly would have broke it trying to unscrew it.

Thanks to everyone who has responded.

I have now removed and reassembled every part of my pistol except the trigger and magazine release, and the inner workings of it are no longer a mystery.
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I have a Springfield Armory 1911-A1 in 45 ACP that is giving me problems with the thumb safety locking in the On position.

Thinking that perhaps some grit has gotten into the spring-loaded...

Definitely not just an oldtimer's ailment.

Back in my early, early 20's, I was working on a cattle ranch part time, and somewhere else part time. My beautiful stainless Ruger Redhawk in 44 Mag...

Well, the last time I checked all of the various websites, there at least were some primers to be had. Not every type of every brand, but if you looked around you could find every type.

A local...

Won't'cha be MY neighbor?:D

Seriously, good on you setting up a new caster. I am new to this myself, and figuring stuff out as I go. It sure would be nice to have a hands and eyes on mentor,...

I second that, and a happy holiday to the OP as well.

Our first Christmas with our 5 year old niece in our family. Kind of helps you rediscover the whole holiday.

Welcome aboard!

Agreed, this has to be the friendliest forum, with the most helpful members, that I have run across on the web.

Well, 50 rounds loaded to 4.4 grains didn't give me nearly the fouling that I had seen with 4.0 grains. I think I will try loading up 100 rounds and seeing what that does.

Next time I cast and...

Excuse me if I sound like a total newbie ( I am) but what exactly do you mean by bullet pull?

I am using Lee Liquid Alox, and am trying to get a really good coating. Maybe that might be causing...

I am currently getting some BAD fouling with it pushing 200 gr cast SWC's in a 1911. So bad that I am getting failures to lock up in as little as 30 rounds. This past weekend, after 100 rounds, the...

Higher pressures, higher temperatures, vibration resistance, all are reasons to use silver solder joints instead of regular tin/ lead type solders. Notice that ease of use isn't one of them.

My Mother still owns/operates a radiator shop that my Dad started years ago. We are seeing aluminum cores with plastic tanks on some small dump truck sized trucks now.

The only aluminum...

Just an update.

After multiple rounds of using various gritty substances on boolits to "grind" out the inside of the mold cavities, I finally managed to cast some boolits that are running about...

Thanks for the pics. I think you had it a little worse than I, although after 45 rounds yesterday, I can see how that much leading can occur.

I am going to try loading up some of the latest...

IF I were the jealous type, I would be. Those look really good.

Don't worry about the rejection rate, as my first casting session was even worse. What seemed to help was speeding up the casting...

I have been working with this more today.

When I cast this batch, I had cleaned the mold and then "colored" the entire inside surface of the cavities with a #2 pencil. Someone mentioned in the...

OK, 7 rounds later, I have some leading. Not as much as the first time, but of course I fired 12 rounds at that time.

I managed to find 3 of the spent bullets. While the impact with the sand...

Well, the barrel slug results are in.

To make a slug, I used a center punch to indent the back of one of the boolits, then beat a small ball bearing into that to spread the rear of the boolit. I...

My dies are RCBS carbide, part#18915. The cases I am using right now are CBC, aka Magtechs. The bullets are leaving a slight bulge in the casing, some cases more than others. Perhaps the two...

Thanks for all of the help. I will be putting these suggestions to use in the near future, and will post results.