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Elmer Keith's experimentation with heavy .38 special loads was the entire basis for the .357M.

How does the regiment feel about being done in the bath?:shock:

I like page 31 "Are Bolt Guns Obsolete?"

I just put the flat base plug on yesterday and degreased everything again. I think I'll get some time tomorrow so I'll get back at it and post back here.

I'll try heating the base plug up with a...

I didn't mean to give the impression that I'm blaming it on the mold. I just know I need to treat this mold different than my other mold and I'm having trouble figuring out how to feed it right.
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Do I need to do that for every bullet and keep it hotter than the rest of the mold? While I fill the dipper, I've been holding the protruding end of the base screw in the melt to heat up.

I think I'm doing all of those things. The bullets are really good except for that base edge. I cast good bullets with my other large PP mold. This one seems to always trap some air down in the mold...

I'm still having some problems getting perfect bases.

Does it matter where I set the base plug in relation to the vent lines? Should I try to line the base corner up with a vent line or try to...

You don't wipe up excess cutting oil after you use your drill press?

Compressed air works better if you saturate the powder with oil and give it some oil ahead of the ball. Let it sit a while like that before you have a go with the air.

Same thing I do. I got a cutting board at ikea for $2 or something similar. It doesn't seem to dull things too quickly.

These are claimed to be patterned after the sharps co. crates.

Well, lets see it!

What made you think that would work OK? You wouldn't put a patch wet with just water down your bore for a few days. Why would you do it with a patch wet with mostly water and a little oil? Just...

You must literally be a bigger man than I. I could shoot that offhand OK but laying down with it prone would just about kill me.

Sorry to hear that. My Mom died of brain cancer about a year ago. It's awfully hard to watch and not be able to do anything. Just keep the humor up and be there to talk if he wants to.

The action should have no problem with the pressure. Being a BP cartridge, 45-120 is still pretty low pressure compared to some of the other options for a handy rifle. I wouldn't want to feel the...

One more neat trick I learned from a stage lighting designer. Get a poptart- flavor doesn't matter;)- and look through the wrapper with the shiny side (can't remember if there's a dull side or if...

A welding glass is dense enough to allow viewing.

A harmonica rifle is a similar concept to a revolver: a repeater achieved by use of multiple chambers rather than cycling ammunition through one chamber.

Rather than being arranged in a cylinder...

and his molds are very, very nice. I have a gibbs style for my .45-2.4". I'm still getting the hang of casting with it but that's not the mold's fault.

Now I'm torn. I took everybody's suggestions and cleaned the mould triply well, I broke the edge of the blocks under the sprue plate, and I checked the base plug to make sure the set screw wasn't...

That looks like a ton of fun. What do your cardboard tube cement bullets weigh?

W.R. Buchanan, is that shoot open to spectators? I don't own a cannon but that sounds like a fun way to spend...

Thanks, Gents. As per Rick's advice, I'm going to give the base plug a check over under magnification to make sure I'm not pushing it out from the block. I'll also try running it all a bit cooler and...

Unless you have plates made out of a much harder steel, even modest rifle calibers will beat up most of those plate systems pretty quickly.