hey folks, whats a good hardness for the rounds if casting? im using the lee 440 mold, current alloy is dropping in cold water at 17.9
too soft? too hard?
Type: Posts; User: RedDogForge
Forum: Cast Boolits
hey folks, whats a good hardness for the rounds if casting? im using the lee 440 mold, current alloy is dropping in cold water at 17.9
too soft? too hard?
Forum: Cast Boolits
thanks :) some good stuff in that thread....that said, still nothing on hardness....is my brinell ok? too soft? too hard? again, im dropping em at 17.9 with my current mix...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pulling a 17.9 hardness from my current batch of lead.
Cast up some 50 beo with the lee 440 mold. C501-440-rf
Going to gas check em
Am i in a good hardness range to consider loading for hunting?...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
good stuff, thank you for the update!he may want to talk with New Jersey Steel Baron for any odd sized custom alloy pin stock. not sure but they may be able to help, they primarily cater to the knife...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
bob thats for both lever and revolver?
Forum: Group Buy Archives
RedDogForge ~ 6 cavity Solid, Aluminum mold with GC ~ also handles please ~ knives at forgedknivesdotn et ~ 75840
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
as Ive been sitting here thinking about this Ive decided that for a shared load ill stick to 45lc,
ill use 454 hornadys in the revolver. btw fwiw ive prolly run about 300 rounds of storebought 454...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
as far as milsurps it seems ive missed the boat. talking with jeff this morning putting an order it seems wc820 was what id have needed, and that stuffs just not avail anymore.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
it is what it is ( the redhawk ) and im not concerned so much about ekking out top performance, it is after all designed for a chest harness and fast draw in bear country. all im asking is if anyone...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
not sure if this is even possible.
I own both a ruger super red hawk 2.5 snub in 454/45lc
and a 454/45lc lever rossi ( one of the newer ones. she runs factory loads like a champ in both calibers)...
Forum: Completed Deals
how would I go about altering a lee loader from 7.62 x54r or 308 to 7.5 ? ive never modded one. Ive got a lathe and mill so im all ears :D
Forum: Completed Deals
yup i know their pretty scarce, id stand tall at 150 plus shipping....
Forum: Gas Checks
lyon shim stock
sold in various thickness and materials, ie copper, dead soft bronze, alum etc, comes in 50 ft by 6" rolls if memory serves correct.
Forum: Leverguns
got both the 45lc/454 casull and the 38sp/357mag love em both, rock solid platforms right outta the box.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
wonder if Elvis ever tried retesting rifle rounds? anyone else test em?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
anyone ever replace one of these with something like bronze, babbit, or soft lead?
Forum: Boolit Lube !
cant speak to Randy and was only trying to help, new fella here, went through a couple hundred pounds with them, loved their product.
lol
ya, im thinking of replacing that idiotic nylon with soft bronze. pretty sure thats where the problem is, thing strips or partial strips if you look sideways at it.
Forum: Gas Checks
I recently read someone asking for a "brine recipe" for hardening mild ie 1018 or a36.
we call it superquench in the smithing world
heres the recipe
4.5 (ish) gal of water
1 lb bag of salt
1...
Forum: Casting Equipment
think im going to break out the swage block and forge up some small medium and large ladles, and other tools like skimmers etc this August during the faire demo. Ill keep yall in the loop when I...
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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 |