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Thanks. I looked at the weaver web site and I didnt see a scope base as you mentioned, only a side mounted one for the Krag. Do you have a link to what you described that would work?

Wow, thanks everyone for the help and ideas!

I sent a PM to Texas by God and asked him to dig around in his spares and see what he may have available.

I'll be back for more questions, I...

Hello Folks,

This past weekend, I rescued a pretty heavily sporterized 1898 Krag at a local gun show. Its honestly in pretty good shape. In the future, I may put it back in original...

Hello Donpablos. I suspect I know which machine you bought - two older MK 2s have been sold recently (one on ebay and one privately) and they are fairly rare. I have an old MK 2, serial number 118....

Thanks Jon. Magma will politely ask you to call M/A Systems for trouble shooting, since M/A makes the collator. They are nice folks, but they seem busy on the phone. I will keep looking and hope...

Hey Folks,

A year or so ago, I bought an essentially new Lube Master. The learning curve has been steep, but I think I have it pretty well understood. My next hurdle is tuning the M/A collator...

I have a stock Master Caster and a MKII Bullet Master that has been upgraded with 1000 watt heating elements and PIDs. It still runs well. Made a pile of bullets with it yesterday in fact. And I...

I ran about 1,300 125 grain RN 9mm bullets through the new-to-me (lightly used) Magma Lube Master. Its dialed in and working great. I just test fired 6 rounds through my G17. They work great. Now...

Yesterday I bolted a new-to-me Dillon Square Deal next to my other SD. Now I can leave one set up for small primers, the other for large.

I am still tweaking the Lube Master. Man, these things...

And even additional progress and success for one of the solenoids. On a lark, I checked the Bullet Master MK8 manual on the Magma website. It lists the OEM part number in the part description area....

So, I tracked down the Magma part numbers for the sprue and bullet solenoids, Magma P/N BM620 and BM615.

Does anyone have the generic aftermarket part numbers for these two solenoids?

Thanks!!

Earlier today, I stumbled across this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqdcOC8V_qY

And it hit me - there I was seeing both the electric solenoids knocking the sprue cutter and the molds to...

I guess my two odd ball calibers would be .43 Egyptian (I own 5 rolling blocks in .43E) and .41 Colt for a 1977 Thunderer I shoot from time to time.

I have been VERY pleasantly surprised at how...

I used up all my 5-pound ingots yesterday running the Bullet Master, so today was melt scrap plumber's lead into 5-pound ingots with the propane burner. I can get scrap lead near me from a scrap...

Hey Fred. What was your final ratio of canola oil to denatured alcohol? I bought a 6 oz. can of canola cooking spray and sprayed all of it into my new spray bottle. Then I added 6 ounces of D.A. ...

Thanks Fred. I got a spray bottle at Dollar General this morning, but forgot the Pam. Doh. I will walk down there in a few minutes and get a large can. I already dug out whats left of a gallon of...

Just a quick update: I was able to spend some time with the caster, and I lightly spritzed the top of each mold after the sprue was cut. I used the sample bottle of Magma sprue cutter lube that...

Thanks Reloader Fred! I will get a pint spray bottle, Pam and I already have denatured alcohol. Thanks for the process also where and when you spray. Most of my molds are new. The few I have that...

Thanks Hunter74. I will give it a try.

The scrub down (performed last night) with hot, soapy water and a toothbrush was to remove the Magma spray from the cavities. I'll give a spritz of the...

Thanks Hunter74, so you don't spray into the cavity, just the top and underside of the sprue cutter with the Magma release spray?

I suspect I will need to pull the molds and scrub them with a...

So, now that I have the Magma Bullet Master MKII running well, I have come back to the well of knowledge with another question.

What are other users using as their bullet release agent and what...

Happy day! I got in an order of 7 molds from Magma this morning, which means I can use them this weekend. :) I just washed them in hot water with soap and water and scrubbed them with a...

I ran my Magma Bullet Master MKII for the first, "real" test run yesterday. Ended up with 44 POUNDS of bullets in about 40 minutes or so. :)

Now I am looking for more Magma molds. Holler if...

Another quick update: I ran the MKII for about 40 minutes yesterday with a mix of 4 230 grain RNBB .45 ACP molds and a mix of 4 other singles, including .38, 10mm, .45 ACP SWC and .45 Long Colt. ...

Update: I ordered the newest sprue cutter assembly version from Magma Monday to replace the terribly made homemade sprue cutter that was binding the carousel on my MKII unit. The new sprue cutter...