I used soft black powder revolver balls.
Type: Posts; User: Skipper488
Forum: Casting Equipment
I used soft black powder revolver balls.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use the cast iron corn muffin pans with shapes like ears of corn only because my wife had two of them that she never used.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Be sure to check Graff and Sons. They charge a flat $5 handling fee and no shipping charges.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Don't forget the "Hold my beer" part of that. LOL
Forum: Cast Boolits
I finally bought some lead balls to slug the barrels of my guns and surprise surprise the Mosins are huge. The rifling looks good and sharp they just measure .314 and .313. The question is do I get a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
DAF very nice job on the bench. I've seen those plans and I'm planning on building one when we get the move finished.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ballisti-cast I'm relatively new to casting and I'm not familiar with your product line. But the fact that you have come here asking prospective customers for their input and experiences is something...
Forum: Casting Equipment
That's already in the planning stage considering I'm an electrical controls engineer. LOL
Forum: Casting Equipment
I finally broke down and got an electric casting pot. Nothing fancy just a Lee Magnum melter. I am amazed at the difference that a little temperature control makes. I also bought a Lee Lead Hardness...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have found 800x to be a great powder for the .45acp I'm sure there are recipes for the 9mm and .38 using it.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I went to the DNR land on 9 mile road to help my brother in law's mother in law decide what gun to buy. We shot a Taurus snub nose .357, a S&W .357 with a 3" barrel (.38's and .357's in both) My...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The purpose of any sighting aid is to hit what you're aiming at and not hit what you're not aiming at. I think the arguement could and should be put forth that it's primary purpose is to avoid...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
He's been out collecting wheels weights since I told him I was casting so I need to show him how to smelt them down then cast some boolits.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I am staying at my brother in law's place since I got a job in Spokane WA and I have to wait for my wife to sell the house for her to move up here. Anyway today we went and shot a few rounds off,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I placed an order with factory sales assuming from their ad and the look of their website that they were actually associated with Lee. They are not. They held my entire order because one item was on...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Today I went to a plant I've done some work in before. The one guy I do most of my work with came by and saw me. He got a big ole grin on his face and said, "I got something for you." He came back...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I do the math the other way round. 7000grains/lb / 170grains /boolit = 41.1 boolits/lb
So 2 lbs of lead gives you 82.2 boolits so 3 lbs will get your 100 plus a few scrap and some left in the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I know I need to slug my barrel but lacking the tools or a gun shop nearby that does it I went with "the classic" wisdom and ordered a .452 mold, casting with wheel weights it drops .4525 I shoot as...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yea, I thought I got into this to save money too. LOL
Very good rant, especially with the command on and command off, to a programmer that's doubly funny.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm preparing for a move to take a new job across country and in that preperation I have packed up all of my reloading and casting equipment. I have to come here to read the threads to live...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
It's interesting there are 6 of them listed all for $24.95 all by the same lister.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use a 6 qt pot, it holds about half of a 5 gallon bucket of wheel weights at a tim and can easily hold 100 lbs of melted alloy at a time.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
It hasn't hit federal yet just some states but just because those states have outlawed it means that soon it will effectively be in effect everywhere because manufacturerers won't want to make two...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had to fight a water moccasin over a stringer of fish one day, I let him have the fish but I needed the stringer, it was the only one I had.
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 |