OK guys.. Just am back out of hospital..(eyes, knee, shoulder).. and have 'lost' my 44 caliber molds to ...well... 'mouse' thefts... [lost all moulds, handles, and lube stock] OK..OK,,, I know.....
Type: Posts; User: Nose Dive
Forum: Cast Boolits
OK guys.. Just am back out of hospital..(eyes, knee, shoulder).. and have 'lost' my 44 caliber molds to ...well... 'mouse' thefts... [lost all moulds, handles, and lube stock] OK..OK,,, I know.....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
ROGERDAT is correct on candle sticks. They need to be 'opened' and checked for 'weighted' items and 'stuff' in the base.
This 'weighted' stuff can really be problematic in the smelt pot if one...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
GNOSTIC and WHITETAIL offer good council.
In the OLD DAYS...WW's were all lead and only the clips were to be dipped out of the dross.
Nowadays... 'things' appear in the WW population and one can...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yep...lotta of good ideas offered here...GOOD ONES....
I'd like to throw in ...leather gloves...BOOTS as mentioned above...I use and APRON too...Leather is my first choice...and last but not...
Forum: Our Town
Wooo... 'got a minute?"
Am now on my 90 acre plot of sandy loam and scrub oak here in "BIG SKY" country..(central Texas)....but...but...
1. Two types of tomatoes..via seeds...
2. Basil... I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" Smell like a fresh smelt pot!
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Gee guys... hmmmm
I smelt a 'trash smelt pot'...lot's of crud and garbage... I do 'segregate' items of known worth and worthless...'beer cans, paper clips, zinc clips...you know... 'get the trash...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well my freind... those three ingots look pretty darn good!! I smelt from 'road kill and corruption' obtained from anywhere and anyone. Rarely do my smelt efforts look as nice as those three you...
Forum: Military Rifles
YES...I have both on 4 Nagants.
I mounted all by myself. You will need LOCK TITE....If no, things get 'loose' while shooting.
I also bought the check pieces. I always 'treat' leather with...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
No worries... I have 'done this before' myself. I mean...dump it all in the pot...FIRE UP... paper weights, candle sticks...hmmm a big pitcher with a fat base.... Did not remove the crud from the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Oh My GOD!!! Your neighbor is right!!! Lead and this site made me crazy YEARS AGO!! (I'm calling OBAMA!!)
Nose Dive
Cheap, Fast, Good. Kindly pick two.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Oh..wow... Many questions here....
1. Bullet design...as discussed above
a. spire point
b. flat nose
c. "dum-dum" design
d. lead composition from base to nose
e. bullet...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hmmmm...well gee.... The "lead Pipe' idea, or, finding true old lead pipe, and smelting it down is always a cool and good idea. IMO.
Now...if you look at some of the UTUBE inclusions, it does...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
well....
Read this http://www.lasc.us/HeatTreat.htm#chart...
And reread what Larry offered above......
Now..you want a TRUE...Brinnel hardness of your smelt....Hmmm ... What did Larry say...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Don't get scared with a bit of copper. ROTO can sell hardball and it has some. it helps hardness...thus..less anealing after castings...
Nose Dive
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Window counterweights.... I buy'em every time I see'em. Ok..Ok...Ok .... yes...have been 'stung'....
So...smelt with sawdust... go slow... keep under 700 or so and see what happens....
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hmmmm reread.... Post from ...FlyfishermanMike..... will help you save some bucks.
Nose Dive
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Forum: Classics & Stickies
Geezzzz... Man...is our hobby getting complex or what?
Smelting,, Easy tasks
1..take trash you got...smelt it,,,clean it up as much as you can. pour it out to save..
Casting..
1....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well gang... back to 'bubbling'.... I am not POT expert.... but... I do smelt -trash...road kill... tire shop scrap and grud.......soo..
I have not seen 'bubbling' as said above...I coat the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hmmm yes,,,I agree...put'em in the oven....heat'em up....the let them cool...in that oven is a great idea to me... Should work just fine...soft'em up just fine....
I 'go backwards' to get my stuff...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hmmm well... Caveat Emptor... Or.. 'buyer beware'.....
I buy, smelt, ingot, cast buckets of "STUFF" from where ever I can find it. WW's...fittings...road kill... pipe...soooo....
I dump my...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
When melting WW's... i always coat the bottom of my smelt pot with about and inch or so of saw dust. COLD...
add WW's and come up on heat slow...your pot looks a bit shallow...mine is deep and I...
Forum: Our Town
Hmmm my Java is as good as my French. Both...well...not very good.
Suggest this site to read and learn some things about ballistic items and computer aided shooting. They have helped me.
...
Forum: Our Town
woooo... Very fine and very cool example of "AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP".... sometimes hard to find nowadays.
Nose Dive
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Forum: Our Town
Agree with all above...KISS... if you want to turn on the oven in Indiana from Timbucktwo... (Ok,,OK,,,spelling)...you can now do just that...with a high dollar oven, an APP, a cell phone and a home...
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 |