It sounds like you have a mold for a type of Minie Ball, which was designed for BP rifles.
Type: Posts; User: TexRebel
Forum: Cast Boolits
It sounds like you have a mold for a type of Minie Ball, which was designed for BP rifles.
Forum: Our Town
Hire Superfly and get it done safe and legal the 1at try
Forum: Our Town
Lamar, looks like we may go back next spring :cry:
P.S. I am the guy 2nd from the right, back row
Forum: Our Town
Hello folks, just git home today, and thought I would post a few pics of my last home away from home...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Swede, my recipe is a very old and proven mix, 2 lbs Bees Wax, 6 oz Johnsons Paste wax, 1/2 lb parafin wax, and 2 oz of ATF for luck
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Help your self my friend, BTW I spray the tubes and pins with cheap pam type stuff from the dollar store to make the lube easy to push out of the tubes
Forum: Reloading Equipment
P.S. did I mention you need to remove the adjustment bolt from the powder bar :shock:
Forum: Reloading Equipment
here is a new way to adjust your powder bars
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk302/Texrebel_album/reloading/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAxMy5qcGc.jpg
I made the mold from a block of...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I did not take pics of the mess when the mold fell over, or when I burned myself on the lube pot, but this lube does work well, and is easy to clean up after it cools
Forum: Boolit Lube !
PVC Pipe, wood block and landscaping spikes that were cut down
Forum: Boolit Lube !
right , wrong or indifferent, here is my lube stick making set up
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk302/Texrebel_album/Boolits/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAxNS5qcGc.jpg
melting the wax...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Mac, I was wondering how long it would take for some one to catch that, I normally cast bare foot and use my big toe to stur in the flux lol
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Just got bored and made a vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTlozWGlT4k&videos=BayUaHY75j4&feature=BF
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Well I went to the PDO sale yesterday and got 50 gal of surplus muzzel flash and 2 miles of fireing line , any one need some :kidding:
Forum: Our Town
OK , My 2 cents here, I use old motor oil to flux my smelts, and BW to control my casting pot , real simple, BTW use a cedar stick to stir the casting pot, it smells nice :)
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
check with runfiverun (AKA Lamar) he has a nice 25-20 cast round that works very well with BP
Forum: Our Town
only thing I can say
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk302/Texrebel_album/Mil%20stuff/ATT00548.jpg
Forum: Cast Boolits
the 38-40 is a true .401 bore, it will shoot any lead boolit in the .40/10mm cal group, just watch the pressure signs as you build your load
PS, do no use plated bullets in the 38-40 as they do not...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yes, I am sitting down, and it is a 32 cal rb single cav, but I use my thumb for 4 cav molds as well, and no, I did not vid the entire casting session, just aprox 3 min of a 2 hour casting , also I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
my son said this was just not right :cbpour:
http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk302/Texrebel_album/Videos/?action=view¤t=casingRB.flv
PS, this is in real time
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Sort your stick on weights varfully, a lot of them are Zinc, you will find more zinc than steel in them, and if you get lucky, you will find some with a high tin content . as far as the glue and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This is Erics Dad, he wants to learn all he can about casting, and reloading, those boolits were cast from a lyman 429336 mold , they drop at around 250 grain, and we will be shooting them next...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
well guys I shoot BP Cartridge, Cap an Ball, flinters , even have a wheel lock, by choice i use Goex when i can get it, because i like it, sure it is messy, and has to be cleaned, but half the fun...
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 |