I don't normally stick my fingers into my coffee since I gave up cookies for Keto. I cannot think of how you cross contaminate the coffee with the lead from your fingers. Most lead poisoning is from...
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I don't normally stick my fingers into my coffee since I gave up cookies for Keto. I cannot think of how you cross contaminate the coffee with the lead from your fingers. Most lead poisoning is from...
Lee 00 stacks 2X4 for eight pellets in the Claybusters CB3118-12AR wad which is for straight wall Federal/Euro hulls. You can use Winchester WSF for an economical but fast load.
KB
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2-6-96 casts beautifully no questions about it. Scrap WW have changed over the years from about 5%Sb in the 70's to about 3%Sb now, I would estimate, mostly because there are a lot of stickon weights...
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May work best in small volume cases such as 38 Special, 9mm, 45 ACP or 44 Special. Realizing some of these are small pistol primers. I would guess HP38, Bullseye, NF100, Red Dot or similar fast...
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Soft = pure or < 1% alloying elements that do not materially harden the lead.
Hard Lead = 3% or more of some hardening alloy - usually tin or antimony - that will raise the Bhn of the lead bullet....
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Best load in the 45-70 is jammed into the rifling, and with no crimp, it seats back into the case. Also the case is fired and resized with a spare die locking ring under the FL die as the taper of...
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I have killed more deer with a 358429 172gr Keith than with all my rifles combined. Not a brag, but I always wear my M28 S&W, and it came down to opportunity. So 80% is fine. At those velocities,...
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You are correct. 621°F.
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Ace Hardware sells a one pound ingot of Alpha brand lead for $29 item #24654. Yeah, that's a lot for one pound, but it is specified to melt at 651°F which is pure lead. It would be a one-time...
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Larry Gibson:
This is from about 40 years ago, same caliber as you though, and the diameter was .307" to, as I recall, .312". The bullets were of a commercial source and bumped up and down in dies...
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Along time ago the NRA lab did a test of oversize jacketed bullets effect on chamber pressure. The test barrel had an enlarged chamber neck to handle the cartridges with large bullets. Same bullet...
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Yes it will. Unless you are good at it, it will add astigmatism. The 5000 will be clear but not optically clear. I finish with Turtle Wax Polishing Compound. Polishing not Rubbing compound. Your...
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You can get wet/dry sandpaper in VERY fine grits. I have 5000 grit (not a miss print, five thousand) and it is blue colored. I use it to polish epoxy that my wife casts and the epoxy is clear when...
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Without a caliper in hand and the fuzzy photo the sprues appear to be off center on two of the bullet bases. I added a washer with a screw anchor to one of my 45-70 molds to center up the sprue...
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Roto Metals sells new Linotype metal. Mostly the reheat/recycle process removes the tin. The Linotype mix is a ternary (three part) alloy that is eutectic, that is, it forms a perfect alloy that has...
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Like monometal (think all copper) bullets have grooves to lessen the rifling engraving friction the grooves on the cast bullets actually reduce the friction of the bullet. The old timers used plain...
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Without some serious development time you won't find a good load in time. +1 on the factory loads. Double Tapp and other boutique ammo loaders have a better selection in bear specific loads.
I have...
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Dead soft lead is available from Ace Hardware stores in a 5# ingot and maybe smaller. This is your pure lead source to calibrate at the bottom end.
KB
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Most bevels on the base of bullets are to ease insertion into the case.
KB
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Have any of you done business with Everglades Ammo? They have product I need and I have not ever used them. There has been some less than upstanding people online and better to ask and avoid than to...
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Consider linotype for what you want. It was designed to fill out type mold with all the little letters so it flows really well and chilled after sizing it is hard as hell. Use an oversize die to lube...
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+1 for Willie.
Lots of 296 and the old WW 680BR through my M28 S&W. Gas cutting is a done deal. High pressure makes it worse and low pressure makes your gun last longer and be boring. Some loads in...
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Because I have measured them and they get harder with the second chilling. They get even harder with three but not enough to warrent it, usually < 1 Bn more. "Chilling" is the correct term for what...
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Chilling is the heat treatment of lead like quenched steel. Chilling means to drop lead into water at a temperature just below melting/solidifying temperature. Chilled shot is dropped from the pour...
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+1 on the higher casting temperature. Also pre-heat the mold. Sometimes a mold will be very finicky on pour rate so try faster and slower rates. One of my iron molds takes a good 100 bullets to heat...
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