get a mill....they are all the same chinesium at the lower price. PM and Bolton have good deals. But you can snag a J head bridgeport clone for about 1000 bucks anywhere these days.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
get a mill....they are all the same chinesium at the lower price. PM and Bolton have good deals. But you can snag a J head bridgeport clone for about 1000 bucks anywhere these days.
Forum: Military Rifles
There are several for sale on Sturm. If you are serious about MG shopping right now is a GREAT time to buy. Prices are down at the moment.
Forum: Military Rifles
They are transferable, Frank bought every last one of them.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Even my weeds are dying....az is no joke :( Better luck next year lol.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
If this works, you are my hero....will report back.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Just treat it like any other grey cast iron and away you go. Sand it with DA and work your way up from 80 grit. Once you get to 600 it'll start taking on that polished sheen........
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
The cuban style plywood box is the only way to roll..... {I'm for serious on this}
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I've been burned by not pre melting into ingots....all kinds of trash. plug a bottom pour with a 100 plus lbs in it just one time.....youll never want to do it again.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ive seen it over 4 bucks a pound at the metal yard for "non ballistic lead"
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
When the star sizers are set up at Magma there is a bit of random luck to the equation, so each star needs some adjustability.
Basically, who ever sets it up puts the brass plunger at half...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thanks Abluquerque, I talked to Howell on the phone. He said he'd sell me the parts for 259 to convert it over to another caliber. Made no mention of sending bullets or the collator to dial anything...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thanks Matt!
Im trying to put together a list of what i have to buy from Magma and what i can penny pinch on. They are semi-local to me but its quite the drive. So i want to get everything i need...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Oh they are happy to sell me the parts, but on some standardized items i can't justify the mark up.
Its easy enough to get "close" on the cylinders, but figured having the exact same ones...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I am upgrading an old bullet master to air cylinders instead of the electric solenoids.
Does anyone have part numbers for the 2 air cylinders that bolt onto the rails? {Bullet Knockers}
I know...
Forum: Casting Equipment
jmorris, your ears must have been burning. I've been studying your videos and photo bucket trying to glean some of your magic. That case sorter is so simple, i always wondered how it worked having...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have talked to them, getting through is such a pain in the *** though i feel like I'm taking them away from their business for my old troubles. If i had spent money directly with them, id be more...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Oh, ill get it running :) Ive got bullets piling up.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Yes mid 80's from what i can tell. It says "Olympic manufacturing" on it, but the guys at Howell seem to think its an old one of theirs. I will try to get out there and get a video of it.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Hey everyone,
I have a Howell {i believe?} nose down collator for feeding the sizer. Its been in storage for a number of years, having been passed down to me. I got it up and running, but the...
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 |