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Thanks for the reply. I understand the need to swage some boolits, but for me the cast pistol and rifle boolits I make should work well with a check if I push them hard.
The Herter press is nice and...

Ive been casting for a long time now and I have recently acquired a Herter`s 9 ton swage press that uses cast cores and half jackets. The press makes a good boolit but my question is;

Is a half...

Here's some crude sketches.
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You'll have to do some math to figure out the tip length and angles. My calipers won't measure well in that small area.

I'll try to come up with better...

Here is the 55 grain .224 that the dies produce.
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Here is the nose punch, ejector and die.
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I'll take some measurement and post them soon.

A friend of mine gave me his late fathers swaging equipment. It is a Herters 9 ton press (thanks to the forum for helping me identify it) with dies for .38/.357, .22, .308, .44 and .45 colt. The...

Just finished 60lbs on my coleman stove (2 1/2 coffee cans of wheel weights) it took an hour and 45 mins start to finish and one full can of gas. (the small ones).

I have been using the cheap...

What I have today is some pure lead, WW lead and some mystery lead that came from a race car friend of mine. He said the weights were used to balance the car.

I have smelted everything down and...

Thanks for the great answers. I will have to do more research on oxidation and reducers.

I currently use sawdust and wax as fluxing material.

Thanks to everyone here. I have been reading for awhile and have gotten great info from all of you.

I have a question about smelting lead, then re-smelting lead, then re-smelting lead? How does...

Thanks to all for the replies.

shadygrady..

let me get back to the shop and I will see what I can come up with.

I am a newbe and still experimenting with different types of lead and lead...

el34 and bumpo,
Looking at the site el posted I also think that it is zinc coated with paint.

Oh well, will continue the quest for more lead.

Thanks for the help...

I was looking through some weights at a shop that lets me pick and choose. I found some 8oz truck weights marked TALZ. I looked them up and found that they are zinc coated lead.

Does anyone know...

I am also new to casting and have been using my old camp stove. I use a stainless steel pot from wally world for the melt and fill it with a coffee can of wheel weights. It ends up to be about of 20...

I have read the entire thread and have been impressed!

I was at my local wally and found a set of pencils for $5 bucks. I tried them out on my WW lead and my pure lead and my mystery lead.

My...