when i was a kid we tried to get my dad to buy a tv with a remote ,his reply was he already had 3 of them
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Forum: Swaging
when i was a kid we tried to get my dad to buy a tv with a remote ,his reply was he already had 3 of them
Forum: Cast Boolits
i went to a school surplus auction a few years back and bought 3 30 gal barrels of mono type
Forum: Swaging
i have been to numerous sales in the past where they sold small (up to 20 ton) presses for scrap, like 10.00 or less. the problem is if you want to pay some one to run them it costs a fortune to make...
Forum: Swaging
my buddy built one he heats his billits to about 350 degrees pushs them thru a die with a 20 ton shop press. he made different size diesfor different size wire die. works real well
Forum: Casting Equipment
I melted down about 500 lbs we dug up at the gun club it was about 1/3 dirt, but it was free
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have mine set up so it fits me ,when my buddy comes over he can't stand the height so I guess it goes to each persons likes
Forum: Swaging
that's alright join in the talk maybe you can become addicted like the rest of us
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
my buddy bought out a estate and got about 70 dies some of them are marked .508-.509-.510- .511 any thought on what people were sizing for with that big of dia boolits
Forum: Swaging
I've never ripped a press off the bench yet
Forum: Special Projects
the cherry red does not work anywhere near as well as kasinet have used a torch to heat to a bright red then quenched in oil (small parts)
Forum: Special Projects
that's how it all starts then before you know it it's 3 or 4 benches 6 to 12 feet long shelves top and bottom now I look around wonder where all this stuff came from ,it all started 40 years ago...
Forum: Special Projects
I built one, but now the scrap yards around here pay .20 cents per pound less if there crushed
Forum: Swaging
as far as not having a big enough bench I built a third bench that's 12 feet long so I have a 4 foot a 6 foot and a 12 footer
Forum: Swaging
I have a corbin 22 core mold it seems to work good enough for me. I am now building a die to extrude lead into wire and then I will just use a core cutter and swage cores
Forum: Swaging
I have a swage o matic and the 45 1/2 jackets look like a gas ck that goes half way up the length of the boolit the front half is just lead which does touch the rifling. I have never tried to make...
Forum: Cast Boolits
some where I found a chart that showed all of them including redding but I don't remember where try doing a search for (shell holder charts)
Forum: Swaging
I bought a set of 5 dies and punchs (corbin) complete with a 4 cavity core mold for 550.00 these were for 7/8x14 thread like brand new
Forum: Swaging
well if you reduce it down it has to go some where a lot would depend on the wall thickness when you start verses when finished just try it and see if you can get the extra .200 of a inch. I have...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
powder around here is showing up but most of it is running 28.00 to 31.00 per pound. and some of the stuff is less but 12 oz instead of 16 oz. but on a better note primers have come down about 4.50...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
the card files around here sell at auctions for 15.00 tops I have the 36 drawer metal cabinets I bought at sales for 80.00 for a like new ones
Forum: Casting Equipment
I had it happen to mine a couple of times I would clean the orifices then I started making sure I cleaned my lead real well when casting ingots. I was letting a lot of small particles get into the pot
Forum: Reloading Equipment
the kid down the road from me needed one he took a pcs of 0-1 drilled and taped a hole in it then put a rod in it and placed it in a drill and filed it down and polished with emery paper it works...
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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 |