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  1. Poll: I had a 303 Beretta 12ga that I won in 1990 from...

    I had a 303 Beretta 12ga that I won in 1990 from DU its numbered and signed. I didn't shoot it for nineteen years 4 years ago opening day of dove season I decided I don't collect guns, I shoot them,...
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    Lead Shot Maker- The Never Ending Project! Ok, so...

    Lead Shot Maker- The Never Ending Project! Ok, so last week I decided to make a shot maker, easy enough I whip out a dripper pan with drippers in about 3 hours, went to the garage and tested it out...
  3. Thread: Ouch !

    by fishin_bum
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    Forum: Our Town

    I just picked up 400 rounds of 7.62x39 for $200...

    I just picked up 400 rounds of 7.62x39 for $200 for a friend that's .50 a round for stuff that can't be reloaded. He was happier than a kid with a new puppy that I found it at that price.
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    Forum: Our Town

    When making beeswax candles for Rendezvous DONT...

    When making beeswax candles for Rendezvous DONT place the mold in the sink to fill it! A 12 candle mold holds enough wax to clog the drain for almost 12 feet! The good note: After replacing the drain...
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    Poll: I cast sinkers for the tire guy, I give him a pop...

    I cast sinkers for the tire guy, I give him a pop can full of fishing sinkers for every 5 gal bucket full about 150# of ww, Have done plumbing work for friends to get their drain pipe, I got some...
  6. Forum: Cast Boolits

    I don't know if they are big enough for the...

    I don't know if they are big enough for the warning you'll have to put on the bottom! WARNING: pure lead, do not eat, may cause craving to eat old paint, extreme heat may deform your thingie! There...
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    Forum: Our Chapel

    So sorry for your loss!!!!

    So sorry for your loss!!!!
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    Forum: Our Town

    Don't blame the teacher she is just following the...

    Don't blame the teacher she is just following the masses! I think the mathematician is helping Zero balance the budget!
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    I use a hot plate and a medium size dutch oven in...

    I use a hot plate and a medium size dutch oven in the garage for melting wheel weights and pipe that I cast into ingots, it works good you just have to make sure it has a high enough BTU setting. If...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Any time I have bought a gun that is not a...

    Any time I have bought a gun that is not a caliber I already own I also buy reloading dies, brass, bullet mould, powder, bullets and primers. So that gun I just picked up for $400 cost me around $800...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Free Market is based on Supply and Demand! Right...

    Free Market is based on Supply and Demand! Right now the demand is high, the supply is low, the price is what ever you are willing to pay to meet your demand. We line up at Wal-mart, travel hundreds...
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    Forum: Swaging

    Brian I would like to commend you for what...

    Brian

    I would like to commend you for what you do! Your dies are awesome, and the information, knowledge and help you give here is close to priceless! Especially for those just figuring it out. I...
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    Forum: Swaging

    I went to the range today, shot around 300 of my...

    I went to the range today, shot around 300 of my bullets made with .224 Kaine Dies, it was a great day! Although it was cold and windy, about a 20-25 mph wind out of the east south east, we were...
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    Forum: Swaging

    I have a set of Kaine Dies .224 That I have had...

    I have a set of Kaine Dies .224 That I have had about a year! I have made about 8000 boolits. I see a lot of questions about meplat it is the same size as the ejector punch but the punches are so...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    When I was growing up we had a full basement...

    When I was growing up we had a full basement under our attached garage I started shooting down there when I was 5, BB guns and Pellet guns. When I was 12 I was on the YMCA rifle team, I would go...
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    I used to use an acid in a rock tumbler and it...

    I used to use an acid in a rock tumbler and it would turn half my brass a pinkish bronze. I use walnut hull lizard bedding from petco 20# bag is like $11 I soak them in tomato juice for 10 minutes...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Cast .358 a coffee can full sized and lubed, .308...

    Cast .358 a coffee can full sized and lubed, .308 a coffee can full sized GC lubed, .224 a coffee can full lubed, sized GC, 45-70 a 100 rds lubed. 5 sizes of round balls (how many?) a bunch! several...
  18. Forum: Gas Checks

    I used spent primers as a spitzer tip on my...

    I used spent primers as a spitzer tip on my swagged .22 bullets they work great.
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    Forum: Swaging

    I installed metal roofing for a few years we...

    I installed metal roofing for a few years we would take a regular wood rip blade in the skill saw put it in backwards, it curs metal great with few burrs, I used the same blade for over 3 years. Not...
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    I save LOTS of money on Ammo .223 savings is .30...

    I save LOTS of money on Ammo .223 savings is .30 to .40 cents a round. But I spent my retirement money and my kids inheritance on reloading and swaging equipment. But I think bullets will be the new...
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    A friend and I got into making BP about 8 years...

    A friend and I got into making BP about 8 years ago, we both use different methods. He cooks his on the stove (CIA Method) But he doesn't own his house! I make mine in the back yard on a nice day, I...
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    Forum: Our Town

    Milk Receiver in a Milk Plant! Basically I climb...

    Milk Receiver in a Milk Plant! Basically I climb stairs for 12 hours a day. After work and on my 4 days off, I make custom game calls, cast or swage boolits, reload, shoot, hunt, fish, shoot my bow,...
  23. Thread: Why????

    by fishin_bum
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Its the Space Cowboy's Gun of choice!!!!!!

    Its the Space Cowboy's Gun of choice!!!!!!
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    I was wanting to cast for my mini-14, all of the...

    I was wanting to cast for my mini-14, all of the information I found warned against it because of leading in the gas chamber. But I am one that has to see to believe! The trick was to have high...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I have swage set ups for a few popular calibers I...

    I have swage set ups for a few popular calibers I have considered getting an FFL so I can supplement my income but the Government scares me right now and I prefer to keep them out of my house and I...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check