I voted 66-70 but in a couple hours I will be 71,
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Type: Posts; User: DonMerlin
Forum: Cast Boolits
I voted 66-70 but in a couple hours I will be 71,
I voted 6 because “one per customer” was not a choice in the poll.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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I think it's time to fire up the burner.
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Quick trip to Goodwill this morning. $7.15 total and the wrench was $1.91
3lbs 15oz of pewter.
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Good day at 2 Goodwill stores and a church run thrift store. The 10 mugs on the right are solid while the 11 on the left are glass bottom.174844
I missed one of the solid mugs, the total for...
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Just your average day at Goodwill.
3 lbs 7 oz
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Didn't Abe Lincoln pour silver on his axe blade in "Abe Lincoln, Vampire Killer"?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Got a vampire problem? Or is that werewolf?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Take a scale with you and weigh a few randomly chosen ingots. Multiply the average by the number of ingots and you will have a good guess at the total weight.
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Two for a buck. Not bad142896142897
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I would not mix it with any of my known good lead or pewter until I was sure. It sounds like the aluminum/pewter that is all over the Goodwill stores these days.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Went to look at a China hutch with the wife today. They agreed on a price about the time I saw these 4 chargers. I said how about adding these in on the deal. The guy said, " sure I can do that." A...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Paid to much for this one, but I think the over all cost averages out. 380 grams $6140966140967
Forum: Cast Boolits
Soft as a baby's .......... Congrats on the find.
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I took 2 OK MEC 600JRs and made one real nice one and one that works. (Back up unit). Rebuilt my MEC Super sizer. I had a shotgun kinda day.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Today's finds. The tankard is 1058 grams. $2.50
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Deprimed and sonic cleaned a bucket of LC 223 I got from my BIL. Picked up a set of Hornady dies for this caliber. I don't have an unloader in this caliber!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
+1 I weight my alloy pucks and stamp the mix and weight in grams on them. All of my pewter pieces are weighed and the weight in grams written on them with a sharpie. Using grams makes the math easier...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I made a red oak base for the cast base on my Hornady powder measure. Now it is portable and I plan to use the reclaimed real estate to mount the Mec 600 back on the bench.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
139446436 grams. The marking is an elephant head with "Siam Pewter" surrounding it. GW $3.95
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139034 Nice piece of Holland 94% I found today. 461 grams. $3.50
| 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 |