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When I purchased my Star Lubesizer I ordered it with the base heater and the compressed air cylinder. I use carnuba red lube which is good from 600 FPS to 2200 FPS. Once i got the heat set properly...

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The side round rails that guide the mold as it travels up & down were not adjusted properly at the bottom of the stroke where the sprue is cut. I had too much play at that point...

step 1: I took very fine steel wool, put it on a drill adapter and polished the inside of the mold. then I buffed the edges of the mold at the parting lines. I still got the indentations. Step 2 will...

The indentation is vertical from the base of the bullet to the top of the bearing surface. Because the indentation is not on the mold parting line, but right beside it, I'm thinking this is not a a...

I tried to get a good photo but my camera does not show the defect clearly. I will try to borrow another camera and see if I can get good results. The indentation is not on the mold joint line but...

I'm running a Master Caster with a 105 grn. - 360 dia. mold. On this particular mold, when the casting is released from the mold, I get an indent in the bullet that runs from the base up along the...

I flux pretty hard. I use pine sawdust and a tablespoon full of bullet lube that I made when I first started casting and sizing. I now use Carnuba Red from Lars but the old stuff (lube) works great...

Thanks for the tips. When I start up again, I'll try the light tap first and see how it goes.

I have a Master Caster that has run a min. of 200,000 boolits over the past years. I am experiencing more leakage over the past while and I was wondering if anyone has rebuilt the spigot / seal on...

The largest amount of range lead that I have worked with was from 100% jacketed bullets. Approx. 7,000 lbs. worth. Smelted, I get a consistent 9 brnl across the board. This is a mixture of all...

Our scrap yards in this area consider COWW as dirty lead. They pay a sum total of $.10/lb. It's actualy getting easier to convince the tire shops that $.20/lb. is a smoking deal for them if they...

All of my SOWW go into one pile, and smelted, they work out to around 9 brnl. I keep them seperate and use them in my wife's 38 spl loads. They run around 720 ft./sec. and so far no problems with...

Thanks for the advise guys, I'll re- slug the barrel as per above and start from scratch. I do have a 405 grn. RNFP bullet mold from Accurate Molds. It's not Gass Checked. Will this be a problem if I...

The barrel is half round/half octagon with an "NP" stamped on the barrel close the the receiver. Is there any other way of knowing if this is a Badger barrel? Thx.

I just purchased a Browning BPCR Rifle in 45/70. I've tried several loads in it, but haven't found the right one yet. I slugged the barrel with a 360" cast bullet and found that all of the rifleing...

I've now done over 1,000 lbs of jackets. I heat the bullets up as high as I can, use a Chinese stir fry strainer and vigorously rattle the jackets over the smelting pot. Run the temp. high, this...

Went to a different scrap yard this morning to unload some scrap brass. While I was waiting I asked the girl if they buy lead. She said yes and what kind did I have? So I told her Wheel Weights. She...

I pay $.30/ LB and I think I'm getting a good deal. If you see what a hard time some of the other guys are having sourcing lead, I'd be stocking up at that price.

I throw mine in my Dillon case seperater, give them a rattle for a couple of turns, and most of the powder falls off. Empty the sperater container on the front lawn for fertilizer.

I found that when I ordered dies from Lathesmith, I ordered top punches with locking nuts. Once adjusted properly, I keep the punches and the dies as a set. Changeover is a snap, no further...

In June of 2012 I had a little over 4000 lbs. Since then I have poured and sold over 100,000 CAS bullets to cover all of my equipment costs / needs for casting and sizing. Right now I'm over 10,000...

The jacketed lead I get is from an indoor range that uses rubber blocks for a back stop. The bullets are realatively clean when all of the rubber bits and pieces are removed. After smelting and...

If you have the time you could nick each with a pair of side cutters. But, the hammer solution works quite well.

In my area, if the jackets have lead stuck to them, they price it much lower. Like from $2.00/lb. down to $.50/lb.

This whole process is very involved but well worth it. I get a lot of lead from an indoor range that uses rubber blocks for a backstop. I pick it up in 5 gal. pails for transportation purposes. The...