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    Sticky: Couple of questions

    I want to try this out but I have a few questions:

    1) I live in California and don't have willow for charcoal. I have lots of Ponderosa Pine and Oak firewood though. Are these good substitutes?
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  2. Thread: Mold Handles

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    Mold Handles

    I have a simple question:

    What brands of bullet mold handles are interchangeable? I have a couple of Lee molds and am interested in some Lyman molding blocks without handles. Can I use the Lee...
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    Why, sounds like a real PITA?!?! Shagging...

    Why, sounds like a real PITA?!?!

    Shagging your tools, cases rolling off the table, lube on your fingers. Fiddling with primers. Sounds like something to do at your bench where you're already set...
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    So a .490 mold can drop a .495 ball with too hard...

    So a .490 mold can drop a .495 ball with too hard a lead alloy? That seems odd after cooling, seems like it would get smaller not larger. I tried tapping one in with a mallet to get it started now...
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    Noobie Questions

    Okay so I'm a noobie to this boolit casting thing and I've only been muzzleloading for a few months.

    I'm wanting to cast round balls for my .50's. I bought some Speer swaged .490 balls and they...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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