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I built my own shot maker, similar to the Littleton, and I ordered #9 drippers from one of the sources on Ebay. I use a mixture of 5 parts range lead (salvaged from an indoor backstop) and 1 part...

If I recall, the old SAECO pots were very similar to the Lyman 61 pots. Many years ago, my Lyman 61 developed a large crack on the end of the spout. If you still have not figured out the source of...

The dreaded "squirt." They would always get your attention :D

Over the past few years, I've had the opportunity to salvage the lead from my club's indoor backstop. It was "free," but I earned most every pound of it. The first time, I did ALL the removal work...

Rickf, just last week I stumbled across a YouTube movie called Linotype The Film - In Search of the Eighth Wonder of the World. It is a full movie, well over an hour. I only intended to watch a few...

OP, I have seen Linotype that looks like that. Unlike Rickf1985, I would get lines with porous bases when setting short composition work and cycling the machine too quickly. I wouldn't worry about...

There is a very good chance those strips (called leading) are linotype alloy. I own a small printing company and used to operate a Linotype in the 70s/80s. I regularly had to use leading to adjust...

Thanks, that is what I was hoping to hear. I guess those "harder" weights can go in the pot. :smile:

Some years ago, I sorted wheel weights by giving each one a pinch with a (sharp) pair of side cutters. I seem to recall that most were quite easy to cut and a few were so hard that I could barely put...

Thanks for the replies. My shot maker only has a 1000W element, I'm not sure I can get my lead much hotter than 700, but I can try. Increasing the head pressure I can do.

Weighing the pellets is a...

A few years ago, I built a shot maker similar to the Littleton and I made my own drippers. I've been successfully making #7-1/2 shot, using 1 part wheel weight and 5 parts range lead (lead salvaged...

I've salvaged quite a bit of range scrap from my club's indoor bullet trap, very similar backstop and similar results to the OP. At our club, quite a few plated bullets get used (Canadian made...

I'm not gloating, but . . . I recently was offered a ton (literally) of range scrap from my club's indoor range bullet trap. I was tempted, but due to some health issues I had to pass. I've helped...

Hey kevin c, are you saying I'm fat??:kidding:

I have the exact same die, marked "LYMAN M.S.3." It is a bullet seater, with micrometer depth adjustment. The die is marked like a regular micrometer, each division on the top part is 001", one full...

I also make 6.5 gas checks, using .008" litho plates and homemade dies. I get great results, no annealing necessary.

Could someone please tell me where to find this sticky??

Years ago I read somewhere that storing a mold with a boolit in it would prevent rust in the cavity/cavities . . . but I found out the hard way that it does not work. At least not in my climate.

Sometime last year, I saw a really nice coolant tank setup on either the Littleton or Better Shotmaker website. There was a short video clip that panned 360° around and showed all the features of the...

I made a homemade shot maker similar to the Littleton . . . I also made my own drippers. The first ones I made were drilled with a #73 drill (.024") and I was getting #6 shot. I made another set,...

Thanks to my uncle (who laid in a good supply a loooong time ago) I still have quite a few of the Lyman brass gas checks in .243, .277, .30, .32 and .45 cal. I bought the box of .243 gas checks (also...

Update #2 to my original post. I finally melted the last of the lead I scored earlier this year, here are some pics. I used to have a Linotype machine and I still have the furnace/molds to make...

I just started making shot with a homemade unit. Some replies to this thread have talked about using sieves to sort shot into the various sizes . . . I've got a fine wire mesh strainer that I use to...

Sorry, that's a new one to me. I'd also be interested to know what it is. :confused:

See post #12. I still have the equipment to melt the lines-of-type and cast new pigs. I have several pig molds, some of them have the word LINOTYPE, others have no labling (like yours and some of the...