Someone needs to build the thingiverse files into a torrent for all of us to share... just sayin.
Type: Posts; User: MuthaFunk
Forum: 3D PRINTED RELATED ITEMS
Someone needs to build the thingiverse files into a torrent for all of us to share... just sayin.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use around 60/40 hard shot with pure lead and ~1/2 lb pewter (tin) water dropped for my 63,000 psi V460 revolver loads. They’re about BHN 24 on my lee tester. Mold is just a Lee 300 gr gas...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I resized some 500 gr Lee GC bullets from .457 to .452 and loaded them into 460 Magnum brass under 27 gr H110.
Wow are they ever a lot of fun!...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the thoughts fellas. I think I'll have to try it out and measure a pulled boolit to see how much, if any swaging is beeing done by the FCD alone with my brass. (Starline)
That will...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Interesting. I wouldn't have thought about that... but wouldn't the new crimp take care of that anyway?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I recently acquired a nice Colt revolver that seems to shoot lead very well! This has prompted me to create a recipe for it that allows me to shoot it much more with as little effort to make the...
Forum: Special Projects
A most interesting project! We still have lots of milsurp 762X25 around here. I've been thinking about a similar project but haven't been able to see a path forward. This sounds reasonably easy. ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought two of them as well. No package. I guess I'll have to put in a claim with Amazon.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow. Thanks for all the great responses gents! I'll give the timers a shot!
I really like the metronome idea! I'm a weekend warrior musician and already have one!
Forum: Cast Boolits
In 1956 China was making the SKS's with all Russian parts as I understand it. Perhaps that may be part of the confusion if it's a real 1956 build.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Some of my boolits have chunks of lead cut out of the bottom of the boolits where each sprue plate hole is. Others look perfectly smooth on the bottoms. Is this because I'm not waiting long enough...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hi everyone!! I have been enthusiastically casting boolits for about a year and a half now. I want to thank all the contributors for posting so much of their many many years of experience on this...
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 |