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If there's a pipefitters' union apprenticeship program in your area, I'm sure they would be willing to weld up a smelting pot for you. I've seen some nice pots made from 10" or 12" steel water pipe,...

Whatever they are, they work well, good carrier for the grease, no leading, and the Lubersizer meters the mix well. I guess I'm just not too picky about something that works!
Jerry

Go to one of the home improvement stores like Home Depot or Lowe's, and buy a wax ring seal for a toilet. It's pure beeswax, and the ones without plastic guides, etc., sell for 99 cents each on sale...

I've got a shop full of Mauser bits & pieces. I can send you a couple of extra cocking pieces, or make your bolt work if you send it to me. I always discard the original safety wing when I build a...

Get a few cast iron skillets about 6" in diameter, and keep swapping them out as they fill up from the melted lead dripping out of the pipe. They have a tapered inside shape, and the resulting round...

I just bought 3 of them. I've got a bunch of Turk 98's, with the small-ring thread on a 98 action. These ought to be a drop-in fit, with only a length change on the thread, and a finish-ream job....

Any machinist who can read a set of dial calipers can probably knock out an adapter like that. The bore size needs to be similar, but practically all .30 caliber molds throw slightly oversized...

All three rifles are running in the 1800 FPS range, give or take a bit, and the .308 and the .30-30 seem to like the same powder charge, 12.5 grains of Red Dot. The 7.62X39 likes 11.5 grains, which...

OK, the bullets come out 132 grains, gas checked, lubed, and sized to .308". 10 grains of Red Dot gave me just over 1500 FPS in the 7.62X39. I'm going to tinker with the load a little and see if I...

Here's the boys after a range session with their stepdad and me. They're headed out into the deer woods this afternoon, and going on the youth hunt next weekend that ends up this year's Tennessee...

I'm looking for a good plinking load for 130 grain gaschecked hardcast bullets in a .308 1916 Spanish Guardia Civil carbine and a 7.62X39, both bolt actions. Does the above load work with...

Hi, all!
I just got around to trying out a mold I've had for about 15 years and never used. It's a Lee #90365, gas-checked .30 caliber roundnose that drops .309/.310 diameter bullets. Weight is...

I'm not sure the 3-position feature is worth the extra expense, just for a little ease of field-stripping the bolt. It does allow the shooter to operate the bolt to unload with the firing pin still...

Both Brownell's and Midway have low-profile safety levers for scoped Mausers. The Mark IV is almost a drop-in fit. The Buehler-style safety takes a little more work, and costs about 3 times what...

The phrase "never fired, only dropped once" comes to mind. No wonder the rifles looked new, it's unlikely they saw any combat at all!
Jerry

The problem with solder and hot salts bluing is the chemical action of the bluing salts. They attack the solder bond, and usually dissolve it. Brownell's Hi-Force 44 is a soft solder that's...

Well, here's one that got the right treatment, apparently a long time ago. I rescued it from the bargain rack at a gunshop in Nashville, Tennessee. It's in the original 7.65 caliber. The woodwork...

I have two percussion Hawken replicas, both .50 caliber. The older one has a badly pitted barrel that tears up patches, either during loading or while firing, so it needs plastic sabots to be...

Just had two spots on my spine whittled on, so I'm a little sore right now! I had a disc bulge repaired in one spot, and "stenosis", a narrowing of the nerve path, reamed out in two places. I'll be...

The mold with the captive base plug arrived today, and it's a Rapine #575460, which probably traslates to the "as cast" diameter and the grain weight. It's going to need just a little lapping and...

Grumble, you've been reading my mail! The ammo that shot that group was loaded on a Lee Turret press that I've been using for the past 20 years! I think I did use RCBS dies, though! I haven't seen...

Russ, I'm working on some pics now, cropping and downsizing so they'll email right. Mine's a single-cavity T/C, 400 grain, part #7292. (molds only, no handles) Pics on the way!
Jerry

I guess it's possible that Midway has someone assigned to cull all their A & B barrels, and send me the very best they've got whenever I order one, but if that's so, they've been doing it for 5 years...

I don't know, as I only won the auction yesterday. It should arrive in a few days. I've got a similarly-made mold from Lee that has a stud for a hollow point on a .45 Auto bullet. It's aluminum,...

If you're looking for a .54 caliber maxi-ball mold, I've got one. I don't remember the brand name, but it's a steel mold, so it's not a Lee. I have no use for it, as I'm casting .50 caliber round...