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Not ALL the others, but many of them. For instance, the Zeiss Conquest 3x9 has a constant and full 4" across all powers. My eyes are still good enough to see the difference in image quality between a...

Sounds like a bore fit problem to me. Once I got my size right my leading issues disappeared and LLA is all I've used as a lube thus far. I started out standing them up after tumbling but that's just...

Not to be rude but the OP stated 50% lead 50% WW

Thanks for all the answers thus far. My son has a Marlin 1894 and right now just that Marlin is in consideration for the Lee 310gr for us. I've heard some say the Marlin 1894 won't stabalize anything...

a Marlin 1894?

Thinking of buying this mold for my son's Christmas present. I would love to participate in the RD copy 265gr 44 mold group buy going on but money is tight these days.

All...

Me too. Sure is disappointing to buy a big batch of pretty bullets and spend more time bore cleaning than shooting afterwards. I've cleaned lots of lead from my bores caused by bullets that look very...

For what a newbie's advice is worth I'll pile on with the Pro4-20 crowd. I've only had mine a short time and it’s the only pot I've owned but so far I'm quite pleased and really glad I went with the...

Straightshooter par excellence

Silver Boolit Award winner!!

Thanks!

Good shooting!

Does the bore riding nose of that .312 Lee boolit need any force to chamber it in a .30 cal bore? Just curious as to whether the bullet would stay in the barrel if one wanted to...

After reading what info I could find, I started with a good sized covered CI dutch oven and a fish cooker. Found it took a couple hours to get the pot hot enough to get some metal in my pot. After...

Somewhat off topic:

For you folks in farm country - what has this early freeze done to the grain/bean crops in your area? Lots of predictions for record crops this year - hope our salt of the...

I'll take a double of whatever carpetman is drinking.
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I'd say the bullets were probably designed for some flavor of x39 rounds.

Look in the 'casting equipment' section in the thread titled 'electronic temp control'.

I like kroil but it does turn to a sticky varnish over time. It is a good penetrant but not so good a lubricant IMO. I keep several cans around. Kano does sell several variations other than the kroil...

Evan - thanks for the excellent post. However, this it is not the way the thermocouples used in many gas appliances are utilized. Typically they are there to prove pilot or main burner flame. Ovens...

A good illustration of my ignorance :confused:

Thanks for the clarification...

Guess my 'value' question might have been taken the wrong way. It was not intended to question anyone's credibility or choices. To my novice way of thinking the Lee pot modified with a better means...

Rough math is $80 for all the parts listed above - including a $20 high temp thermocouple. Add that to a $70 Lee pot comes to $150. Better overall value than ~ $300 for an RCBS pot?

I thought an icemaker used a timer that controlled a solenoid valve? You talking about modifying a solenoid valve to close a set of contacts?

The PID referenced here has a built in relay. Any...

How constant does the speed controller keep the temp? Did you bypass the factory control?

All opinions welcome.

EDIT: Oops - I read the PID thread on Friday. I just found it again and saw most of my ? has been answered.

I would counter that fortunately you are an honest person. You did the right thing.

Glad you got some primers!

Don't confuse Tagamet "Sterling' plumbing solder with silver solder - totally different animal.

Here is a chart composistion of fairly typical silver solder alloys:


80Ag, 20Cu ...

You are trying not to have any zinc WW melt into your mix. You won't be able to melt the steel WW in as they don't melt at typical lead smelting temps.

That may be true for many tins but not all. My wife gave me 2 muffin tins and I bought a 3rd @ walmart. Lead becomes one with the WM tin and has to be melted out. After my first problems with it...