Looks very good:drinks:
Did they pass the hammer test?
Type: Posts; User: Theunsb
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Looks very good:drinks:
Did they pass the hammer test?
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Big Boomer I run my oven at 210 C for 22 minutes and then they do not stick to the wire mesh as I cold water dump them. My way to reduce sticking to mesh bullets.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
jcwit thank you for your comment only sizing I do extra.:drinks:
Question if I may please: Dampness penetrating the loaded ammo risk compared to lubing and result in squib loads over say a year or...
Have Lee 00 18 cavity mold. At right temperature great to cast, wrong and a pia.
Our side of the pond 00 extremely costly if bought from store.
Casting my own sts me free from TV, house chores...
Hi
In my part of the world S&B primers are in great demand, we battle to find other brands at reasonable prices.
Example Federal S&B SPP @ $62,5 per 1,000 whereas $25,83 for S&B last buy a week ago...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Dthunter your man cave very impressive.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ever tried to put a thin piece of flat iron under the lube sizer and heat the iron by putting a normal "old" clothes iron on it for constant heating to your heat setting of choice. This way the whole...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
LUBEDUDE, VHOWARD and HeavyMetal thank you for the help. From the picture supplied it is identical to the SAECO by Redding except black with age or heavy use.
I will approach Redding by mail today...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Is it possible to identify this press?
Only part on name plate that I can still read appears to be "...fornia" and "R14"..
Help will be appreciated.
Thank you.:smile:
Forum: Reloading Equipment
My setup for reloading and lubing only. We have to lockup primers, powder, loaded ammo and all guns. All safes out of sight, allmost.104553104554104555
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thank you I also being wondering. Now will keep it half empty. Smile
Makes a lot of sense to me but will the pot not rust under the lead that cooled down in there?
Is it better to empty the pot after each use or leave it full of lead before storing it?
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thank you all for the hard work. I will follow this thread closely.
Ever tried dumping the just casted shot from mold into cold water for hardening?
Works for me when casting boolits
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Did you test it yet and do you still have to lube the bullet? New to the game and need to learn new ways to improve.
The chemicals you use are they restricted for export?
When casting for my Glock 22C I drop my casted bullets in a bucket of cold water straight from the mold. My leading and tumbling problem allmost none existant after the "water" treatment.
It worked...
Forum: Our Town
New to casting and read related and so not related articles when I have a few minutes. Only post when I need advice.
Powder my side of the pond differ vastly from yours thus molds, casting, lubing...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My 2c worth.
Lee sizing die easily get under size using LLA to size.
Ranch Dog's tip of using WD40 for sizing boolits and then lubing it with LLA mixed with a thinning liquid worked for me 100%....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Has a Gen 2 22C Glock and shot 15,000 plus boolits through it over the last 18 years.
It hates soft casted boolits and going for above 18 BHN I never had a problem whatsoever.
Clean after every...
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 |