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I bought several from LATHESMITH.

I have enough clean ingots to cast a quarter million 9mm boolits. In fact, I have so much raw ore that I put it in my lawn roller instead of water. I use the roller to smooth out the bump in the...

Greg
What happened to you is why I wash my ore on the sloping bed of my dump trailer. Even when I don't wash it, I still inspect for rocks, plastic wads, loaded ammo, wire and miscellaneous drab....

If there's a pistol range near you and you can get there when it's closed, walk out to the berm and you'll find a lot of spent slugs lying on the ground.
Go to the thread below and you will find all...

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I tried 1/4 screen. I used 1/2" x 6" frame. NO GOOD
I tried 2" x 2" frame. Again, no good.
This is the ultimate sifter box I made after trying several other methods of...

I don't know if there is any appreciable percentage of copper in the lead melt but I wouldn't worry about it. I would think that anyone who is really worried about that might have a certain amount of...

Check out this link and get some ideas.
I built the sifter box shown in the thread. My dialogue starts at post #19. Hope this helps you....

Like Kevin and others, the yield is consistent at about 65-70%
Yes, it's hard and dirty. However, being an athlete I don't mind the work. And, I'm retired so I have plenty of time for all of my...

Someone asked me Sunday about hardness of my cast boolits.
When I said "I don't know and I don't care. NO matter what the hardnesss, they will shoot better than I can. That got a lot of laughs....

So, do you have a MAGMA Bulletmaster to load all that with ?
I picked up one last year to go with my stash of about a ton of spent slugs from the range I work at, part time.

Tim
I understand your dilemma when it comes to sprue hammers. I did that same thing, went thru a couple of hickory hammer handles and was learning plenty of new swear words in the process.
I also...

Your experience verifies exactly what I learned/do (post 13).
Takes time ? YES.
That's what hobbies are for...

And IF the rain ever stops, perhaps ALL the boolits will be on top of the soil. ...

C'Mon, tecdac. Keep us in suspense, will ya !
HOW MUCH do you have to pay for them keels ?!?

I mine a berm at a range where I volunteer to run it when the manager needs a day off. He knew of my arrangement with the previous proprietors of the range and allowed me to continue.
Since the...

Rustynails
I shoot several different 45s and several different 9s. I load nothing but range brass and after some bad experiences I learned to size every one of them before loading them on my 650....

While loading 9mm, the carbide ring in my sizing die came out and stuck on the case. I called and asked what kind of LocTite I should use to resecure it. I was told that it is a 'press fit' and...

I tried numerous mallets and while the rawhide mallet works well, it takes TWO HANDS to use it.
I started with a pine 2x2. Too light. Then I tried a broken hammer handle made of ASH. It didn't take...

You don't need a cover. Put a piece of window screen over the pot so you can see what's happening. Granted, a cover will keep more heat in and might shorten the time it takes to melt it all....

PI$$ ON GOLF ! Waste of a good target range

I have a nut wihiz and while it works (almost) well, and the idea is great, they "cheaped out" on it, using wire that is too thin. Mine will only hold about a dozen before the cases start to go out...

I bought a hot plate at a garage sale for a buck. When I light up my furnace, I light the hot plate and put the mould on it. As bangerjim said, perfect boolits the first drop.

$TORE THEM ?!?
That'$ $acrelige !
I $hoot them a$ $oon a$ I ca$t and lube.
I'm alway$ behind the curve and need to ca$t more.
After all, none of them co$t me any money $o I $hoot a$ much a$ I can...

Stopped to chat with a Deputy at the voting polls. He told me he had some soft lead collected from various visits with a telephone lineman years ago. He used to shoot competitively but not any more...

I have an "INVERSION RACK" and hang upside down on it so I don't have to worry about the cut hairs causing itching on my shoulders and back. I can mow my grass, come in soaking wet with sweat and cut...

I built my own ingot moulds after I dropped my cast iron cornbread mould and broke it. I made my mould out of angle iron so I could drop it from any height and not worry about it breaking. See my...