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My first casting with 50 % COWW and 50% linotype, and this was my first week casting anything. Love these Lyman 358156's cast about 650F.
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In my humble opinion your problem is your lead. That barrel is 1.875 inches long on your 642. In order for a bullet to spin it has to grab the rifling and twist, and softer lead is going to...

I bought about 100 lbs of lino a year or so again from someone selling here, I believe they were from Pennsylvania. I finished processing it today into ingots. I currently have 80 lbs total...

Mostly because it is what I have at this time. In my head, 165 gr is the same as a 30-06 in weight, certainly not velocity. However, the Federal Hydroshock in .357 makes about 1700 FPS plus from...

I am a newbie caster. I have been prepping for the past two years on and off and I have been casting my first boolits this past week. I am using a Lee Pro 4 20 pot and I have a variety of metals. ...

Thanks! It does bend over my knee so I am pretty sure it's pewter. Looks like I am going to make up a 20 lb batch of Lyman #2

Dan

I found this plate at a garage sale around the corner from my house for $4.00. About 9 inches across and 29 ounces. The only mark on it is the little angel on the hanger, so I believe it is pewter....

Update, they are lead. Although coated and a hard exterior, If I take a set of"loppers" I use to cut branches, they cut pretty easy. The exterior is just hard coated. This makes a lot of dross...

One more thing, the poured and melted product was flexible.

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See the top weight? That's a mark from a side cutter. It's harder than pure lead, softer than zinc.

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I think Fe is iron / steel. There is no way I could melt iron or steel at 800 F. It was liquid when poured, except the top was not completely melted.

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I am trying to figure out if they are just coated, lead, or what they are made of.

TYIA

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It poured like this:

http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/Daniel_Scipione/lead%20pour%201_zpsijfwdms0.jpg



Was this Zinc?

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I have a Hot Pot @ and some wheel weights I purchased from a tire shop. I have been sorting through them and I am unsure of these:
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Why won't this chamber ? Is it too long? Is the ogive too wide to the meplat?

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So goodsteel, when will this be available?

Hunting aside. I am interested in accuracy and paper punching. I am fortunate to have a variety of hunting platforms and hunting is almost always secondary to accuracy. I have a requirement that...

I am in the process of setting up. So far I have a smelting setup, wheel weights, ingot mould and I am ready to try my first smelting. I have yet to buy my casting furnace.

I shoot both 45-70...

I use the compressed air to clean out the powder bin. No electronics in there.

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Regarding ESD, I live in South Florida and the humidity is high enough that we almost never have static. I work in the computer / electronics biz.

I shopped hard for and bought it through...

I first started reloading as a kid at 16 years old, loading .38's and 12 gauge shells for trap shooting and put it down for 35 years. Two years ago I started reloading for rifles and have been...

I don't take it the wrong way at all. I am looking for the info, and or tests. I research things, sometimes way to much, before trying it myself and this is part of my process. Point me in the...

Has anyone cast rifle bullets without lube grooves and PC'ed them?

I was looking at the PC bullets pictures thread and it dawned on me that not one of them was a non lube grooved bullet. The PC...

I was looking at the PC bullets pictures thread and it dawned on me that all of these bullets are cast with lube grooves. Lube grooves can be filled out consistently in Pb giving a consistent...

Almost exactly what I was looking for.

My take is that rifle accuracy with home cast lead is an art form to start. One needs to know the rifle and its preferred loads and bullet diameters to get...