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You can clean up a broken CFL yourself as well as dispose of it (recommended to put both broken and intact ones in a plastic bag before chucking them):
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When my wife and I were studying for our motorcycle license test back when, the VA DMV had online quizzes you could take to test your knowledge. At the beginning of the quiz, it asked you to enter...

I'm thinking about doing a PID controller for mine with an Omega CN132, thermocouple, and SSR:

http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=CN132

I may buy a decent dial thermometer in the meantime.

Not a 1911, but here is my current .45 ACP load:

Glock 21 (.45 ACP) with conventionally-rifled Storm Lake barrel
Lee 452-228-1R - 228 grain round nose, sized to 0.452", BHN ~14
beeswax/crisco...

From what I understand, conventional rifling bites into the bullet a little more and keeps it at the twist rate of the barrel better. In a polygonal-rifled barrel, the rifling may not bite as much...

I cut the prototype one with a reciprocating saw. I need to invest in an abrasive chop saw at some point - probably before I make the 6-banger version. Looks like brand name chop saws start at...

Here's the six-banger version I plan on making soon:

Was getting tired of lowering the muffin-style ingots into the 4-20 with tongs (to avoid splashing) and had heard of someone using breadstick molds to make stick ingots that you could just sit...

Lookin good. :wink:

I scaled the drawing from the Lee website for that bullet and the flat appears to be about 0.3125" across. #2 and #3 center drills are 0.1875" and 0.25" body diameter, respectively. So if you went...

Cool! Are those from a Lee 452-255-RF mold? What size center drill? Approx depth? For what those Lee molds cost, you could get another one and get the mold modified so it drops HPs. :mrgreen:

One more dumpster diver here. Love the larger size 50-cavity styrofoam trays for holding sized and lubed bullets (nose down). When it comes time to load, I just flip a trayful onto a piece of...

I use beeswax and crisco. Varying proportions will yield varying hardnesses (anywhere between the soft crisco and the harder beeswax). Has worked well for me. I tried beeswax and alox at one...

from http://www.eiae.org/whatsnew/attachments/Lead_in_CRTs.pdf :

"Lead is used in CRTs to protect users from potentially harmful exposure to x-rays. The lead in CRTs is bound in a glass matrix as...

Cheap. That was my first expectation. In 9mm, factory fodder is $12+/100, reloading plated was about $8/100, and I am now loading my own cast bullets (from free lead) for about $2.75/100. ...

Cheap. That was my first expectation. In 9mm, factory fodder is $12+/100, reloading plated was about $8/100, and I am now loading my own cast bullets (from free lead) for about $2.75/100. ...

Seems like a bad lube property if it "bakes on". One would hope that heated lube would just decrease in viscosity and move out of the way. The best advice I can give short of trying other lubes is...

Sounds like I shouldn't worry too much with the Glock, then.



I like to run a dry patch through mine before shooting to remove any carry dust/lint.



My 19 is my primary carry piece, so I...

Seemed to work fine for the 30 rounds I chrono'ed.



Lube in the firing pin hole is one worry (I'll have to look at it again next time I shoot and see if the area of the breechface under the...

I was just wondering if it's a bad thing (I've heard keeping the breechface clean is important) and if there's any variables about my gun/load/lube that makes it do it more or less. I'll have to...

Anybody ever get this? I'm getting some lube blown back on the breechface of the slide and breech end of the barrel. Here is the gun/load/lube data:

Glock G19C (9mm) with solid Storm Lake...

Goatlips,

Love the circus animal ingot molds. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for some when I'm out and about.

Not sure how much powder measure technology has changed in the last 15 years or if IMR has changed the powder formula at all, but it might be worth giving it a try again. You could always trade it...

What kind of tolerance you looking for? The charge range I posted above was with a Lee Pro Auto Disk powder measure using the 0.57 cavity. When I first opened the bottle the other night, I found...