Chris, I usually get 3-5 of the 5lb ingots from roto metals and melt them all down at once and then I use my Lee or Lyman ingot molds and fill them up. The Lee has two sizes and the Lyman are one...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Chris, I usually get 3-5 of the 5lb ingots from roto metals and melt them all down at once and then I use my Lee or Lyman ingot molds and fill them up. The Lee has two sizes and the Lyman are one...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Pewter has copper in it and also several of the babbit materials from rotometals has it in along with tin and antimony.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I use PC'd boolits, 147 grain TC shaped, BHN is 11-12, with maybe 2% tin and a bit of copper, doesn't make it harder but tougher, or a bit more elastic
Forum: Cast Boolits
I haven't pulled any of my PC'd boolits that I have loaded, some have been loaded for months stored in the garage. When I have brought them out and used them I haven't seen any difference when I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I would use the data that is out there for 147 gr. cast, plated or 'coated'. A larger boolit generally uses less powder than lighter ones and as long as you work the loads up everything should work...
I haven't used a 1917, or a 25 that the 1/2 round clips were made for, but they will not work in my 625 JM 45acp. With the rim on the out side causes a problem, as the full moons are connected on the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I knew that CuSO4 will remove sn first, then the zn, but I'm not sure about the sb. Help us out on this POPPER.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have usedthat same RN 158 TL for years, I like the round nose as it speed loads very well for me using moonclips in my 627.
Forum: Cast Boolits
A lot of this whole issue is based on my ability and consistance at shooting and hitting the target at the right time, I have been able to spin the target with just 5 shots using my MD625, 45acp...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have ordered some of the 7% cu babbit from roto metals, that I will alloy into some of the alloy I have. I may try to use the CuSo4 method also, but from what I understand, the sulfate takes on the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Where I'm PCing my boolits and baking the pc that will negate any water quenching effects.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Check out the mgmtargets web page and look at the gravity moving targets, if you click on the single spinner there is a video of what target I'm talking about.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thank You guys for the responses,seboltm, I thought that was the results that I have been seeing but couldn't quite put it in words, and wasn't sure if I'm just imagining it or rationalizing my bad...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Acually the 158 gr soft lead @820 won't spin the target but a 158 jacketed at 820 will, the jacketed seems to hold together longer to drive the target more than just blowing up like when the soft...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm using a 38 special S&W MDL 627, shooting 158 gr, MV is 820, making a power factor of 129.5, the complete sping is what is required of that particular stage set up, or take a large time penalty....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm having issues with a swing plate, trying to get it to make a complete revolution, I'm using pc'd boolits that are usually fine for everything else, my B11 coated won't seem to move the swinger as...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Using two different Brinnell hardness of boolits, say one at a B11 and another at a B18, both at the same weight, and the same muzzle velocity, how much of the energy is redirected or lost when...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've been shooting 3-500 rounds a week for the last 3-4 years, 45acp, 9mm and 38 spl. with 95 % of it my cast boolits. I shoot IDPA,USPSA, Steel Challenge along with working up loads and practicing....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Me personally, I like HP 38, I think that it burns cleaner, and meters better than Unique.
I use Longshot for my 9's and really like it. I'm using the 125 TLRN. I started with 4.5gr and got around 965- 980 fps also using 45-45-10. I kept bumping up to 5.4gr as the max I used and was...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I think that a person may try and roll hot out of the oven pc'd bullets in some of the abrasives mentioned, as the pc is still soft at this point and the silicone carbide might just embed enough to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
As what BangerJim said check goodwill , salvation army, or second hand stores, I bought the whole Deep fat fryer for 5 bucks, but just wanted the basket. You can also use some grill covers that are...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have been casting and shooting my 38, 9mm, and 45acp along with some 240 gr swc in44 mag, all of my alloy is around 10 BHN and I PC all of them now. My 9's are running at 1190-1200, my 38's are...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
http://youtu.be/PqxWheIfpOM , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfIWIn8jWU&feature=youtu.be
These are NOT real good quality videos, but this system works well for what I'm doing.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I shot these out of my 625 into a sand bank at about 20-25 yards and this is what I recovered, 230 TL RN going at 780 with 6.2 gr. of auto comp,124222
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 |