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Type: Posts; User: guncheese
fast,efficient,economical
the best !
thank you
my pot runneth over!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've got your controlled expansion right here
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9-10bhn by pencil test
and the powder coat hangs right on there!
here is a big that got bigger
who said soft and slow was bad (besides my wife)
https://goo.gl/r8vxBa
ive shot lots of 3.2 to 3.6 gr clays under a 200gr swc
i dont think its your ammo causing your issue
we shoot alot of lead thru glocks
but this isnt one of those bullets
https://goo.gl/UKLUSk
it lost a bit of weight when it met up with the plate
but the powder coat stayed on more or less
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
use a tweezers way easier and faster than clumsy pliers and clampy things
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Yup it is
but its one of the classic Bullseye loads for NRA pistol competition
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
ohh im glad someone else noticed this !
a couple months back i had loaded up some 45 with 3.2 or 3.4gr of BE using S&B small pistol primers
under a color mix that turned sorta brown (was really...
Forum: Cast Boolits
shined these with a paper towel
took 2 turns and poof shiny
http://goo.gl/kIRz7P
or these are as cast out of straight SOWW
https://goo.gl/MNNFbQ
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
ill melt Howard down and cast a couple round balls
and do the guess work to see how heavy it is
but im sure its just duck class pewter
probably 30% or so lead
ill report my findings:lovebooli
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I bought a lamp
and there was a big heavy duck on it
https://goo.gl/RwVs0m
the duck is hollow
https://goo.gl/TDm3LJ
the duck weighs 8lbs! .....well there is maybe 3oz of brass soldered to it...
thats silly, i didnt make note of it!
it was a 6" 686
ill have to fix that
ohh and the chrono data was from a 3" Taurus M65
i did add that info to the collection
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
the BB color is not a variable for me
any color ive tried works yellow, a couple different greens,black,blue,white
i even wash them when they seem to get a bit dull
its funny
i dont have to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Roto sells reclaimed shot
is this stuff clean enough to make into lovly ingots?
i wanted to get some superhard
and to make it worthwhile (the free shipping thing), thought i might pad the order...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
even with proper fit and well cured coating
i had leading in my 3rd gen smith
until......
i polished the bore so it looked less like a gravel road
it had been leading no matter what i put thru it...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
parchment paper FTW
reuse dozens of times
i stand mine up
i see many guys using hemostats to pick up the bullets?? to clumsy and difficult
use a grooved face tweezers, they pick up powder and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
then that should tell you the OAL is to long
as this bullet is a SWC its the bullet shoulder hitting the leade of the rifling
so shorten it up till it passes the plunk test
http://goo.gl/sC8SZN...
Forum: Cast Boolits
my OAl for that bullet is 1.000" as it has a sharp shoulder and doesnt like short/sharp leades like a couple of my guns have
i would stick 4gr or a titch more titegroup in it the other powders you...
since i like messing about, and dont have a life it appears
we stumbled onto some GreenDot and thought i would do some group tests
with it on .38spl wadcutter loads
so here is a Google Collection ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
to end all the atempts to remedy a problem that doesnt really exist
the fella didnt try to shoot them hot enough to make them work
he likes target loads
so he really likes to shoot my almost...
Forum: Cast Boolits
well that's why i ended up with them
my friend couldn't get them to shoot
and im not gonna bother
ive got plenty of molds to make them into something usable for us
this was just a question to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
before i started casting my own, i had used several thousand S&S and they were not anywhere near this hard, and they shot fine
but 30 Brinnel is toooooo hard (or close to it)
im guessing that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
a friend gave me a box of
https://goo.gl/pKCXCV
and he said that he couldnt make them shoot worth a hoot
well i noticed i couldnt make a mark in them with my fingernail
so i tried my pencil set,...
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 |