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I dug out my old glue gun and as I was trying to figure what to use as a cast (didn't want to f-up my good molds) I discovered the gluesticks fit nice and snug into my 45LC cartridges, so I chopped...

glooblits?
gotta try this out for sure!

has anyone every tried to cast a glooblit with a BB in the bottom of the mold?
(for a tad bit more weight)

Thanks for the advice.
So I take it not much harm in a really hard bullet except that it won't expand enough for hunting.
I was more concerned with higher pressures and so on but it sounds like as...

I know this thread is a few years old, but I wanted to add this about thermocouples for those that are using one such as the Cen-Tech 92242 (which is a great Dig-therm for the price)
I deal with...

That day I shot 60~70 rnds from a rifle I got for Xmas (only had it a few days)
No gas check (Lee 452-255 RNFP mold)
the Chrony (another Xmas present) for all those rounds was between 881 to 948fps...

This may be a very elementary question to some of you, but what is the biggest concern with the Bhn hardness of cast rounds?

I've been reading a lot about it, see it mentioned a lot on this site,...

I'm new to casting and had a similar experience a few weeks ago.
I was casting in my barn the morning after a cold rainy night, the pot was half full from a previous melt and once it heated up I...

From what you describe it almost sounds like Bismuth. It has a very low melting point, will be a bit frosty, and often cast in ingots like a fat hockey puck.
Was there any numbers or letter stamped...

Hey Ya'll,
I'm new to this site and having fun with a little research and experimentation.

I came up with a simple & easy way to determine the volume of a boolit to determine it's density.

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