Yes, lube was used when sizing. Not the first stuck case when sized.
The bottom half of the 3 cases were lubed when trying to debulge them.
I don't post pictures, to old to learn how.
I'll get...
Type: Posts; User: canebreaker
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yes, lube was used when sizing. Not the first stuck case when sized.
The bottom half of the 3 cases were lubed when trying to debulge them.
I don't post pictures, to old to learn how.
I'll get...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought a bucket of .223/5.56 cases from a retired policeman that could pick up at the city's range. They were picked up in the rain. I washed first to remove mud from some of them. I tumbled a few...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
hunter64, the paddles in my cylinder were about as tall as yours. After the first tumbling I found a lot of .223 cases wouldn't fit back into the shell holder. I cut them down a lot, but don't have...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I found a chart on here a few years ago. It was for all the Yellow CC dippers in the set. I've looked again and can't find it. Any help?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought a Lee Loadmaster set up for 9m at an estate sale. With lots of extras for a super good price. The first post I read about the press was "have plenty of replacement plastic parts." I took...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Bill Cash, If I filled a case over half, I'd be afraid to shoot it. 38 spl 110 gr lrn 2.4 gr. bullseye.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Ah, you know your history on that crimper. I remember helping my granddad with that press as late as 1965.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Ok, I loaded 1 1/2 30 cal cans of 9m ammo on this press. Now I want to move on to something else. 38 spl., nope the cases won't go through the shell plate for feeding. I look online and order a new...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I use an 18 oz. peanut butter jar. pour some bullets in, add alox, more bullets, more alox. About 3/4 full. Turn the jar over and over for about 2 minutes. Dump out on a walmart bag and let sit for a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
How It's made. Last week I watched how lead is mined and processed, in MO.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I got a cornbread stick mold that does great. $.50 at a carport sale. I get to pour up to 7 at a time. They weigh about a pound each. I can stick 4 of them in my lee 2-10 pot to start with.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yea, someone made and sales a plunger kit to remove berdan primers.
I think I saw it here a few moons ago.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
You're wanting 1/2 ton at .20 per lb, that's 100. I'd jump on it. Buy more and sale it.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I to buy the pinto and great northern beans at Aldi's, can't beat the price.
White/baby limas come out with black specks on the beans. So I don't grow them anymore. Speckled limas do great. I pick...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't know. How many .357 158 gr. swc boolits could you get in a old 3 lb coffee can? I've never counted that high. I've filled 11 cans and still pouring. Still have the original sprue plate. Some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It pays to ask questions and shop around.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I did an online order with F&M years ago. After waiting about a month, I called. Was told that they guy that handles the online orders would do so many orders per day and that was his limit. The guy...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I save the pure lead for small jigs, 1/64th and 1/32nd. Along with removable split shoot and pinch-ons. Setting hooks in a hot mold isn't fun work, burnt finger tips. Then trying to get molds hot...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My Lee sizer has a rubber o ring, remove it. Place sizer in a snack or sandwich baggie and spray with wd-40 or oil. Let sit for a few days. Old lube wipes right out.
Forum: Cast Boolits
The first sleeve of Wolf spm that I bought were 58.00, plus shipping, plus hazmat. The last sleeve was 98.00 plus s/h. I buy 5 sleaves at a time to cut hazmat charge.
The last I saw in store were...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use a 5/64" hex drive bit to keep mine clean. I haven't thought about drill it out larger.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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This is what I work with. 1 foot deep x 2 foot wide x 27" high. I hide it in a closet or roll to the tv, whatever. Powder measure...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I think I just entered targets in the search window and picked a site from there. Chose 2 targets we liked and hit print. Copied a few hundred of each. Since the range will allow 1 piece of paper on...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The pet bedding is fine for straight cases like pistol brass. A bit hard to get out of the swagged necked rifle brass. It does a good cleaning job for me.
Tufnut, pecan shells does good. Leave...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a problem with the halves not matting correctly. I tightened the handle bolt up some, that helped. When the halves don't mate, release some pressure on handles and tap the mold halves with...
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 |