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In the 80's I used to travel a few hundred miles from home for the company I worked for, in a 3/4 ton truck. Besides my tools I could carry at least 10 buckets of weights. I kept about 20 pure lead...

I like your "heater" 45DUDE !

I checked mine, I'll need to get heavy handed to get the plug out, but enough threads showing to determine 27 tpi, and the diameter makes it 9/16. I've found taps for sale, and go-no go gauges for...

I can't look at mine until Monday, but I suspect the plug is pipe thread. I've never removed mine, I think it is intended to bleed the air out. Wouldn't make sense to have straight threads trying to...

I used to remove the wire before melting, but the last I did, I just fed the lead into the pot while pulling the wire out. Easy enough with welding gloves!

I will caution that all the metal chips need to be removed. I used my Star for years, until it quit making pressure, I disassembled, cleaned, and found grooves worn in the housing. My best guess is...

When I got into casting, I realized I needed something to render lead. My friend had a genuine plumbers furnace, which was great, but I looked around and decided i had enough scrap iron to build one....

Of course, when I think I have all the reloading tools I need, they have to come out with something new!
I haven't had problems with the expanders I've owned since the 80's, but now I guess I need...

A Star sizer lubes the bullet at the bottom of the stroke, use only partial stroke if not lubing.

20+ years ago, we were using Forest Service land for our club shoots after we lost our range, the local Ranger was trying to shut us down! However, seems the FS had done a study back east on some of...

I've been watching this thread!
I have a 300AAC project planned, thinking of loading it similar to 30 carbine. My friend Pete cast 115gr bullets for his, and it was really fun! My granddaughter...

I load a similar Lyman bullet over 15.5gr H110, not a max load, but still feels like a 357 should!

One of my fond memories was a friend bringing his grandpa's Sharps 45-70 to a picnic in the mountains. Shooting beer cans full of sand at 100yds was a lot of fun! Those big bullets he cast really...

I too run all the sprues together, but toss them all back in the pot every 5th or 6th throw. I don't have a temp controller on my old Lyman pot, depending on outside temp, setting it between 7 and 9,...

The 9mm SWC is a start, still need to cast some 9mm TC, 45acp, and maybe some 180gr 44's, (I just don't shoot my 44mag much anymore, wish I could!)

I've been holding out on the coating, although a lot of my friends are really into it. I have a Star, and just got too used to lubing them over the years.
I will get quite a few of these PC'd for my...

I had a few warm days at Christmas to render some wheel weights, and finally yesterday we had a decent day to cast some! I don't like to cast in the heat of summer, and I get cold too easilly it...

100+ years ago there was a small mining town northeast of Deming NM called Cook's Peak. All underground operations and a lot of silver was mined, but the high lead concentration caused the miners...

Looks like we cast the same calibers, I'm looking for a .311!

Mid 80's, my brother in law had a Lee turret press, had to feed primers one at a time! It took a few hours to load a couple of hundred 44 Mag cases to empty on Sunday!

My favorite 40 bullet is the Lee 401-145-SWC! I bought a 6 cavity mold 20+ years ago, although they called them 150gr then. I pour approx 152gr with my alloy, and the mold works flawlessly. I haven't...

Way back in those "Dark Ages" while aboard ship, I remember a Stars and Stripes article on training soldiers to point shoot using BB guns shooting dimes. It described one of the graduates as being...

You'll like it, I got mine on a deal probably 20 yrs. ago. I use it for all precision rifle rounds.

Is it not a bottom pour pot?

Years ago, I met a machinest/bench rest shooter who made his own jacketed 22 cal bullets using 22 rimfire brass. He of course made everything, but he got his lead core by pouring onto a thick steel...