Turned 36 today. I do beleive this is like the 3rd time or more i have posted on this thread. Lol this Zombie thread will never die. One day, my ancestors will be on here and see me age.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Turned 36 today. I do beleive this is like the 3rd time or more i have posted on this thread. Lol this Zombie thread will never die. One day, my ancestors will be on here and see me age.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Welcome. Your Lee six cavity handles will work fine with NOE. Thats what I use. Lee handles work exceptionally well with all molds exccept RCBS, but that can be fixed with a little grinding on a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Without a second thought. I would even pay 30-50 centz for raw source. Lol i need about 300 lbs of that.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I did the same thing with the cheap dollar store muffin molds. Not sure what that coating is but the ingots solder themselves in.
Scour them and let them sit in the yard to rust. They wont stick...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The alloy content will play a bigger role on bullet diameter than temperature. More specifically the amount of antimony. It would take a chemistry lesson to explain it.
Temperature would be very...
Forum: Our Town
Yeah..... i work on base..... i get nervous bring a gun near a base. I hunted on base the past 9 years and sick to my stomach nervous going past the guards. Even though i had a carry permit sign by...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Wash and wax... i feel some sperimenten comin.
I dont wet tunble with pins. But i do a soak in lemishine and dawn. Let em sit for a bit. Then dump dump on a rack and rinse. Once dry I tumble with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yup thats the stuff.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
You can import the bul file from Quickloads.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Owe my. Thats a blow and a great sadness. I have been using that for a year or two since i made the switch to Linux. I havent logged into Discord in a while. I will go check that Discord now.
I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a heard time finding and affording 5744 when i do find it. Buffalo Bore is an equivalent powder and inexpensive. If i have pesky cartridge/riffle combo, i can get it shooting good with Bafalo...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
A reason to shoot more. I doubt my powder will last me a decade. A year or two, yeah. I do stock up but not enough to last decades.
My powder was stored in my closet and now its stored in the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
While i am that Florida idiot in flip flops and board shorts smelting lead upwind.
I do try to do better. I just got a respiratory after all these years. For the gunk on wheel weights and because...
Forum: Gas Checks
Gas checks are made for calibers. Its hard to make a general purpose check for all bullet molds. Plus variations caused by our alloy. So a perfectly fitting checks isnt expected. Its good to have a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I will be that odd ball who has never heard of heat cycling.
I just buy the mold then boil it in dish soap. Preheat the mold on a hot plate then lube the mold. Then cast fast and hot to burn off...
Forum: Our Town
They tried to scam me today. I got a phone call call from Verizon saying my bill was over due and I was getting disconnected. Number struck me off because it had a 904 area code enstead of a 1 800....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I think you did good. I normally pay 33 cents a lb for mixed wheel weights from the scrap yard. Most often 30-50% lead. They buy the sorted scrap back for 16 cents a pound. I just keep doing that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I transfered out of the area to Pensacola. Keep an eye on Craigslist. Its not often but you can make some good cheap scores off that with WTB post or from the rare WTS post.
Union Scrap Metal ...
Forum: Our Town
I never really had the problem. I like gun for each job. I have few more than i need and kids and wife have theirs. But when i chose them, thought of componets at the same time. So i ahve the normal...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
You are making me have painfull flash backs when i worked on jet engines. Might need to go call my counselor now.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I would save that dross for the next lead smelting day. I started doing that when i noticed how heavy my dross can got after a while. I was wondering how much I was wasting. So now when i am...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I use a fine sharpening stone. Every gun I always fully disassemble and clean all the oils and greasese out of. Get rid of any preservatives or cutting fluids. Then i check all the edges and hit them...
Whould love to hear a range report. I have wanted to try that bullet in my 260 Rem.
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Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The clear nail polish basically seals the edges of the tap and keeps the oil from penetrating. Or if used an over coat just makes a nice clear coat. Nothing seams to hurt acrylic
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Forum: Our Town
I have both 380 and 9mm. They are very similar. I size both to .357. About the only difference is bullet weight and recoil. 380 uses a 90g bullet and 9mm use 125g.
Tell you though, 380 ACP in a...
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 |