Talked with Al. Hoping the die kits are shipped in two weeks. Left a message and he called back promptly. The call was worth it. I'll update once I show shipped out any other news
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Talked with Al. Hoping the die kits are shipped in two weeks. Left a message and he called back promptly. The call was worth it. I'll update once I show shipped out any other news
my mold ship date (4 weeks from order per their statement) is Nov 16th. Not going to bother them until maybe the 20th or so. Patience sux
Same for me. I'm a month in and their forum gets limited attention. Please post in their forum looking for an active run on these and I will follow up post also
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Forum: Casting Equipment
Well. Thanks to Y'all along with some good ole fashioned "want to" I melted lead for the first time today. Melted down 20 lbs of the old dirty oxided lead from dad and cleaned it up and put into...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It's a crap shoot but lately if I keep refreshing the search at bass pro shop they seem to have fair stock of primers. they offer a free ship to store so when you search you are able to basically...
Forum: Casting Equipment
been reading and reading. Bought a considerable amount of stuff for my endeavor. Always known to be a jump in with both feet kind of guy.
Protection equipment.. Used to race ATV's/ used to run sport...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Still lurking around and getting my knowledge up. I enjoy these threads as I've got a decent amount of very soft lead 6-7 brinell and about 200 pounds of 12 brinell that is 2.5-3% antimony. I'm...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thanks again for all the input and insight. Looking forward to the casting handbook reading which hopefully will generate some more knowledgeable questions. I won't be setup next weekend as even if...
Forum: Casting Equipment
So, question 3.)Do I need a hardness tester?: what about art pencils? does that trick work? If it's generally agreed that little trick doesn't really work then I have the lee hardness tester saved in...
Forum: Casting Equipment
yup... wife has a charter arms snubby 38. i've got a s/w 629 stainless 44 mag. also have a 1979 vintage "new model" 357 blackhawk but that is pretty much a safe queen.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Micrometer.. Yup, need to add that to my tool collection. I've got a few calipers that are proven good but I can see how a good micrometer could be useful. I've had other occasions where one was...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Interestingly enough.. I really thought if I asked anymore questions than I already have on one post I would loose 50% of readers simply due to length of post.
Initial forum search of LASC data...
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great info. thanks for the responses. still reading more and more as I gain some theory that I hope to prove myself. enjoying the wealth of knowledge here and sifting through thread after thread.
Forum: Casting Equipment
First post!
If you read the whole thing I commend you. I would like to thank any responses and apologize for the long winded post.
I'm a few weeks away from getting my new part of 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 |