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It is an old thread, huh?! I didn't notice lol. I've never used Accurate #9 but I have noticed that 2400 has a very managable recoil impulse with it. I like it. I've been loading 2400 in 44 mag since...

They sell bullet hardness testers fairly cheap. They have charts online that give the different alloys hardnesses so you go through and test them and can get a good idea of what they are and what...

I've beeb casting quite awhile and from the looks of those rounded bases and sprues, I'd say, pour a more generous sprue because it cools down it draws more metal down from the sprue which helps it...

I wear gloves casting. I've had two incidents and the gloves didnt matter either time. One time I was smelting down WW's on the side burner to my grill and...it got too heavy and tipped a whole pot...

I started at 17 grains and went up to 18.0 grains and 18.0 grains shoots good! Better at 18.0gr than 17.0 or 17.5. I've always had good luck with 2400 in 44 mag so I want to be able to use it in 45...

I wasnt an "Electrician" but I was an HVAC Contractor and worked around electricity all the time. They used to let us pull the electrical permits but when the realized they could get double permit...

I've been using one arm length of solder ike it used for soldering copper pipes. They fill out good and are not brittle.

You could try heavier bullets...

Now this was going whole Hog, Lol! This is a NAA 22 Convertible Hogleg revo and it has a 6" barrel! Boy that has to do better with velocity than a 1 1/8" barrel. And with the increased sight radius,...

I messed up and double posted.


So now it wont take down the picture. Geesh. Sorry.

I shot one of those before. It actually got quite boring because all it ever did was make bullseyes, lol. That gun will shoot!.

If you miss with a 44 Mag Contender then you was trying hard to...

I ran some 245 Keith bullets with 18.0 of 2400 in my sons mdl 29 4" barrel and there was lots of unburnt powder on the table. If you had a longer barrel it could use the extra powder and keeps...

It's all about the barrel length with a 44 Mag. I have a 7.5" so of course I use 2400. This can be loaded up from nice midrange loads to the range of not fun to shoot at all! And there's always been...

So my buddy got him a 450 BM upper and asked me for some boolits to load. I have several 45 acp moulds, a couple 45 Colt moulds, and a couple 45/70 moulds...but I can't find any hard data for...

I don't have any pics of my setup where I am now. I moved from Colorado to here and I had my war room pretty well established out there. I couldn't bring my benches with me so I'm set up on old...

That's an awesome pair of rifles! And I thought my Guide gun in 45/70 was a lot of firepower, lol! I didn't know you could shoot cast out of one of those 50 beowulfs, that's interesting...

I have been doing the same thing. Using different shapes for different alloys, and marking some with a magic marker until I got a punch set. I only have a couple CI ingot moulds but have used steel...

Another Merry Christmas from the Buckeye state! :)

"Casting temperature: Unknown since I don't have a termometer. The setting on the Lee pot was between 4 and 5. (Perhaps this is the culprit? Should I cast at a higher temperature?)"...

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I need to get some more 2400. I just opened my last can of it, and I'm getting close to done in setting up in my new place. I'll go through this can quick...

Oh come on man, I need this info. I have reversible loob grooves but I don't know how to tell if I'm only lubing half the barrel or not or which half, or how to get it to lube the whole barrel now....

It's good to be back. I just moved into this place and I haven't even got my gear set up yet. But I'm home now so I can do it. Ahh...

You should get more than that back from it, I would think. Even if it's embedded with quite a bit, it'll all melt off and be skimmed out of there. I bet you get closer to 10.5 LBS.

Good morning, Brother, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Yes, you can! How clean do you want it?

You can melt it down in a double boiler and skim it with a spoon...or you could cheese cloth and strain it through that, but you would lose a small bit to...