The Harbor Freight system works great and very inexpensive . I use a plastic tote box for a "paint " booth and works great ,. Just lay it on its side and spray into it. Also makes cleanup and...
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The Harbor Freight system works great and very inexpensive . I use a plastic tote box for a "paint " booth and works great ,. Just lay it on its side and spray into it. Also makes cleanup and...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I just pulled a couple boolits that were coated in harbor freight powder and loaded with Bullseye back in early 2016. ZERO effects on either the coating or the powder. I think the OP has some other...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
empty coffee cans. I don't need them to be clear
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have this boolit mold. They are great out of all 3 of my .300 BO rifles (1 bolt,2 AR uppers) Yes I powder coat them. BUT I also run them through a .309 sizer die AFTER the powder is baked. They are...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Sell the batteries for at the scrap yard and use the money to buy already cleaned pure lead.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Yet another use for that old line "Keep yer powder dry"
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Waste of time. I thought the same when I first started powder coating boolits. Looked nice at the start. didn't last
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
My first thought is that you're coating WAY too heavy
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have the tap you are looking for. PM me
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
NOT THAT GREAT??? You must be an Aggie. I did this too and got something very close to UT orange :D
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
a happy oops resulted in HF red and HF yellow mixed in equal parts make orange VERY close to UT Longhorn orange
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A cold 12 pack of Bud light on a Friday afternoon used to get me every used wheelweight in any tire shop around here, and a couple boxes of brand new ones if the boss wasn't looking
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
If I change those "or"s to "and"s do I still have a problem?
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Sign me up... I PC everything I cast.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I took skeettx's method 1 step further I made a set of "stamps" out of 6-8" long pieces of rebar. Just ground shapes into the one end with a cutoff wheel on the angle grinder. One is a triangle,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A member here ( Shady Grady) used to offer an even trade by weight for wheelweight muffins. I think he ran out of lead though. He might have another swap deal for you though.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The tube is about 18 inches long. I'd guess about 20-25 .40's or about 25-30 .380's
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
that machine makes big expensive pieces of metal into little useless pieces of metal
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A box of donuts max.Not worth the time, expense and trouble otherwise. That being said my current lead reserves is just over 6 tons.
If I have to pay for them I'll buy pre-alloy'd ingots.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
YEP, That zap woke me up better than a third cup of coffee. It's a real attention getter.
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 |