Fred, I’m gonna try a few hundred at .357” and see how it goes. I always enjoy your comments. I just bought a G40 and a LW barrel for cast with a 4 port compensator. Should be fun. I cast a few...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Fred, I’m gonna try a few hundred at .357” and see how it goes. I always enjoy your comments. I just bought a G40 and a LW barrel for cast with a 4 port compensator. Should be fun. I cast a few...
Forum: Cast Boolits
These comments have been some of the most useful I’ve read here: https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?121607-Setting-up-for-boolits-in-a-new-9mm
Thanks Bill! A buddy has a Ruger...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wow! That’s really nice work! Both of you.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I didn’t anneal before I bought my first RCBS precision mic. I would just follow the FL resizing die instructions to screw it down to contact the shell holder, lower the ram slightly and give the die...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I can’t actually promise that you would get an egg shaped cavity but it’s a rare mould that drops perfectly round castings, so your lead lap is not actually round to begin with and of course the...
Good Lord! I’ve been lucky so far. I appreciate the heads up. This is an old auction but I will apply your advice when looking at future listings.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Scrubbing Bubbles, Lemi-Shine and hot water.
Forum: Cast Boolits
An electric heat gun if you have one, can provide heat in a very specific area (like your hp pins). Easy does it. Creep up on it. If you haven’t fixed your cavity yet, consider a very gentle lapping....
Forum: Vintage Reloading Gear
Found an old Frankford Arsenal FX-10 press abandoned on my doorstep yesterday. No shell plate. I wish someone would make parts for these…
What Stubshaft said. Since you’re not planning to pack it around much, take advantage of the improved sight radius. I’ve got a friend who shoots with me now and then. He’s a fan of the compact 9s and...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Before I fixed my financial woes by marrying a lady who pulls her own weight, I couldn’t afford a high failure rate regarding brass. I had a friend turn the ends of some brass rods for a slip fit...
Forum: GB RUN BY Lakehouse2012
If I'm not too late can I get an aluminum 8 cavity solid with grooves and gas check please? orig in al pjh 421 at g mail . co m Thank you!
Paul
Forum: Cast Boolits
I bought an original Foul Out in 1995. I think there was a Foul Out 3, which used different cleaning solutions (and cost more). In 2005 I bought a gallon of lead acetate for my Foul Out and have...
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I’m glad that helped. I wouldn’t have ever tried it had I not read about it here.
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Divorce sucks. Went through that and don’t ever want to again. When I finally got over it enough to return to doing things that make me happy I discovered all kinds of things I had been working on in...
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When you set up a powder measure, you might try writing what's in it and what its set up for on a piece of blue painter's tape with a Sharpie. Stick this on the reservoir. Keeps you out of trouble...
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More heat should fix the problem Like the guys said above. If it doesn’t, consider your vent lines. I trace mine with a carbide scribe now and then because they peen over with use and don’t vent...
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If you married a couple of losers in your youthful ignorance, spending almost 30 years in self-inflicted indigence you might scoff at today’s prices as you recall the wasted funds and missed...
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Pic failed to upload but the brand is 3M. It’s an 8oz brush bottle and I think it came from Amazon, although some automotive stores should carry it too.
Forum: Cast Boolits
RustyReel, someone recommended in a different thread regarding mould prep/treatment, to apply a very thin coating of silicone paste. I did so and was amazed at the improvement. Lead (at normal boolit...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've had one for several years now. I clock the shell holder to give me a clear path and haven't had any problems. Now I'll probably gouge myself next time I use it.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I used one for years to clean brass. It's okay for that but I found that the brass will still have a very thin coating of filth when strained and rinsed (it comes off on my hands). I used Dawn,...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I bought about 32k assorted at $175 per thousand in January this year. That was pretty steep, but I've got them. I can get more money but should this situation continue, the primers available now...
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 |