I kept researching this and found another process which is very doable at reasonable cost. Basically you need a vacuum pump, a chilled vapor trap, and a way to get your molten alloy up to 840oC in a...
Type: Posts; User: mpkunz
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I kept researching this and found another process which is very doable at reasonable cost. Basically you need a vacuum pump, a chilled vapor trap, and a way to get your molten alloy up to 840oC in a...
Forum: Our Town
Depending on the tree, you will have anywhere from a 1:25 (a super productive tree) to a 1:40 ratio (mediocre). My trees (Pocono Mtns, PA) combined give me in the middle of that range. For several...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I realize this is a really old thread, but removing antimony is not difficult in an industrial setting. You need metallic sodium, control of the atmosphere, and what would be moderate temperatures...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I cast 60 bullets yesterday, 405 grain round nosed 0.458" . I saw on a youtube video a method whereby one simply dumped the bullets into the powder, sifted off the excess, placed them onto a cookie...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just bought an AR upper in 450 Bushmaster. Its going to be wearing a can. Looking for the heaviest powder coated lead bullet I can find, hopefully in the 450-500 grain range, and a load. Anyone...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Dixon's is always the last weekend in July. If you live in the area, there is a historical society in Nazareth, PA which meets on the site of the old Henry rifle factory (Jacobsburg Historical...
Forum: Casting Equipment
ebay is a **** shoot. There is no such thing as a bad Starrett. A bad Starrett is undefined , like dividing by zero.
Forum: Our Town
Private message me, I won't put this one on a public forum.
Forum: Special Projects
Not necessary to be under power lines. The electric field potential of the atmosphere is on the order of a couple hundred volts/meter, which means if you are 6 feet tall, there can be as much as...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
We shot coyotes, well, I should say we shot ~at~ coyotes in Montana back in November. We used the FoxPro electronic call. Coyotes respond to virtually distress call. If they're out there within...
Forum: Our Town
If you live in one of those states, they make mounts to attach to rear view mirror.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Can you put a bore scope up that tube and post some pix ?
Forum: Our Town
Yeah, you buy something full price and next week its on sale. Happened to e again and again. I finally called the out on that practice last year after ti happened for about the 4th time in as many...
Forum: Our Town
I have been driving with a G1W Black Box for 4 years. It has captured all kinds of events, such as burning a FedEx 18-wheeler on Rte. 80 in NJ on the way to work, a video of a red tailed hawk...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
If you want to do Mausers, and I love Mausers, I would recommend the Ronald Walsh book on the Mauser rifles. I bought it 20 years ago and followed its very simple instructions with my then high...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
By "22-250 imp" to you mean "22-250 Ackley Improved" ? I have both the regular 22-250 rifle (Mauser) and an AI (custom rifle built on a Montana Rifle action from Patriot Valley Arms). I shoot the...
Forum: Our Town
Just a FWIW, but my air reservoir is made from 11 old 20 lb. propane cylinders. I have a Home Depot air compressor that takes about 15 minutes to fill them all when there is no pressure. Once filled...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Peanut butter & jelly on toasted sourdough rye.
Forum: Cast Boolits
6 BR is not generally considered a run-of-the-mill cartridge but rather a caliber around which high end competition rifles are built. If that is what you are interested in, there is no finer builder...
FWIW - http://www3.telus.net/gamegetter/ I have his 8mm unit. It was such a cool idea I made a couple for 7.62x54R. I have a Lee 90 grain mould for 30 cal...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
RCBS Rock Chucker, back in 1981. I still use it. I have the top end Hornady progressive press too with all the trimmings that I bought 5 years ago, and I have only used it once. My go-to press is...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have two bolt guns from Patriot Valley Arms. One in 6.5 Creedmoor and one in .22-250 AI. Both built on Rem 700 actions. I took a muley in Montana on Nov. 5 last fall from 883 yards with a single...
Forum: Military Rifles
Be sure to clarify you goals. If you want a large and reasonably high quality inventory for low dollar outlay, then wait for Wolf to go on sale and buy as much as you can afford. I assume there is no...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Couple thoughts. 1) Those kits for the re-priming of rimfire cases produce corrosive ammo, a major step backwards. 2) The product you want is for all practical purposes already available. FWIW,...
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 |