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Mostly as a mold test more than anything. There's a lot of factors here I wanted to test, like whether the mold will release easily. It was just a "fun" aspect of the experiment. Note that it's a...

To my point, some of the molds are unavailable, or are expensive if you can even find them. This process allows you to recreate those long lost molds. If they don't work for your application you can...

Honestly haven't tried it. Still need to build the rifle! Have plenty of brass at least - the one in the picture is just a dummy.

Why not?! Background: I wanted to create my own bullet mold because I'm building a 350 Legend made primarily for subsonic rounds (1:10 twist, 10" barrel, will have a suppressor on it.) Basically, an...

Hi there.

Dies came today:

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Smeared some sizing wax on a once-fired 50AE and presto!

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It's actually LONGER than a factory round oddly enough at 1.282" - which is the "max trim to"...

Just a few reloading notes:

I ordered Lee dies which consist of a full-length-sizing/decapper die, a powder-through-expanding die and a bullet seating/taper crimping die.

I've fired two rounds...

Thanks for the replies guys, I got the barrel and some ammo in on Friday; you're right about the 50AE and 429DE being the same length (and probably making the formed 429DE ammo short.) I went ahead...

Pun fully intended... I know it's a stretch since the cartridge is fairly new and dies are just now becoming available but figured I'd at least ask. I'm considering a 429 DE barrel for my DE but not...

This looks awesome! Tell me more!! I have some C&B replicas I want to shoot but would like to make some quick-load options.

Come to think of it, I might print myself up a paper cartridge tool.
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Finally got into the 3D printing game and was able to design up and print my "brass grabber" for running 5 rounds at once through a prep station so I'm not pinching single rounds and getting hand...

I'll take the 50AE brass.

I'm still blown away what this single thread spawned! :shock: I'm building out a whole shack just for reloading..

$10 for extra cups is a steal. I'd jump on that offer if you can - at least get one, if not two. I bought 3 or 4 extras for the heck of it.

Sears "dropped" them because at $180 and still...

Mine works fine - I got an actual "Craftsman" branded one (came in a blow-molded plastic box.) Craftsman didn't make them, they just slapped their sticker on them. Same as a lot of other stuff they...

I've been using KG coatings - I tried Brownell's and it didn't hold up at all on a shotgun magazine tube. Rubbed off pretty easy, actually.

Once I found KG and gave them a shot, I haven't had any...

Yep, if you've seen my review on Amazon it sounds very similar. I like mine and managed to get several cups for it (before the supply dried up apparently.) I'd also suggest making some foam "gaskets"...

I've used topcoats that are transparent. In fact, my original picture is all topcoat colors. Clear is no different, really. Somewhere in my collection I have a bunch of clear.

When I bought mine, SummitRacing had them for $10 a pop, but they don't have them anymore. I haven't seen any since. :(

Yep, same one I use.. works great for me! No compressor needed, color changes are quick & easy. I do it right here in my office (with the door open and a filtered fan going of course.)
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Was reading through this and was about to post that exact quote (though I heard it was 10,000 ways.) Heck my first ones stuck to the foil and I just manually picked them off - folks pitched in here...

This is what I used on the ones in my picture:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EDUFDE/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(I had some free Amazon gift cards so it didn't matter to me on...

That's pretty damn clever! That's also the same power supply I bought for that project (though I have/had many other uses for it so it wasn't a loss.) It wasn't terribly expensive either - around $70...

So I need a little help understanding - the anode is the sacrificial copper part, and the boolits are the cathode - if you're using a plastic drum, how are you getting the negative side connection to...

I was looking at plating previous to going to coating; I had heard about the barrel plating but couldn't find anything on it when I looked it up. I had even gone so far as to make a "barrel" out of...