Has anyone tried this? Looks like it might work. Could require inside neck reaming.
Type: Posts; User: Ervin
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Has anyone tried this? Looks like it might work. Could require inside neck reaming.
I have a Modern Bond mold with the name F. G. Lord stamped on both halves. Does anyone know anything about this person?
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Terrible waste of rare 45 WM brass. Yes I have done it and it works great with RCBS dies. I now use 243 Win brass but you will need a 45 inside neck reamer. Works good for me because I also make 45...
Forum: Swaging
I give up. Tried to find a price list but decided to move on.
Does anyone have info on ADE molds? I have one but can't find any info on the company. Thanks, Ervin
That looks like my Lyman 252435 which was the first version. I also have a later 252435 that has a more Pointy nose profile. I'm no expert and this info is based on what I have and old catalogs. Hope...
Forum: Swaging
Brian,
I love your logo. That bullet looks "fast and furious".
Ervin
Thanks. I like to give credit to original desinger in my database. No big deal but 50 years from now you may famous. Great boolets 45 2.1 / Old feller. Ervin
Forum: Swaging
A few years ago I called the owner of Sport Flight to see what they were selling after buying their dies decades ago. I talked to his wife who said they retired and had sold all their tools and...
Forum: Swaging
A few years ago I called the owner of Sport Flight to see what they were selling after buying their dies decades ago. I talked to his wife who said they retired and had sold all their tools and...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Somewhere I have a football size chunk of galena from southern Mo. I remender some small (1/8 to 1/16") ruby red crystals. The rest looked like lead.
Ervin
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Beware. Buy them but note that I have found zink cable ends. Good buy.
Ervin
Look for swaging core moulds. Thats what I use. Ervin
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
This makes me crazy.
Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base...
Forum: Cast Boolits
In a reprint of Hatcher's "Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers" there is a formula for making casts. Powdered sulpher = 2 ounces; Powdered lampblack = 3 grains; Gum camphor dissolved in alcohol = 3...
Forum: Swaging
I did that about 30 years ago when you could still get copper primers. Know that some are aluminum and some are magnetic now. Haven't seen a copper primer in awhile. It is a simple process and I...
Forum: Swaging
I have a corbin 25 ACP jacket maker from over 30 years ago. It works great on the old copper shot gun primers. Those are long gone. Does anyone know of anything that would work with anything used...
I bought the original Ranche Dog mould and retured it to RD for replacement. I recently bought the Lee closeout .258 for my .257 guns for $26.00. Very happy. Ervin
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have made good coins in those stainless steel coffee measures. Ervin
311291 and 308291 are two of the most accurate molds Lyman ever made. Would like to know how the hp's shoot out to 100yrds. Removing weight from a bullet will shift the center of gravety...sometimes...
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 |