Nothing wrong with Norinco in my view, had one before our Socialist loving government decided we could not have them any longer. Nice shooting . Regards Stephen
Nothing wrong with Norinco in my view, had one before our Socialist loving government decided we could not have them any longer. Nice shooting . Regards Stephen
Have the lead into the rifling checked (also called throat)
My 45 leaded like that until I had it throated. sharp start to the rifling caused it.
no leading after getting it throated.
Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor.
Australia
I have Niobium contaminant, it has come from monotype letters that I pre-mixed with tons of WW 20 years ago . At that time I thought we will have an unlimited supply of WW and Mono and Lino...
30% HCL (I use concrete wash) sizzles and makes my silver shiny alloy gray,dark,dull and very good to coat. Otherwise it won't coat even remotely properly. (Is that english?)
Soaking:
Drying after rinse:
Last week's colours,I made 70 lbs of 44's:
Petander, you need some red, white and purple and you'll have a nice Christmas mix for decorating the tree.
Petander you have come fare and cast some of the prettiest cast, you also need some candy Apple red. Regards Stephen
The left one was smashed with a 4# hammer on anvil.
Here is Modified TMG Gold.
I baked 335, 465 and 615 grainers,all mixed in one batch with good results. 11 min @ 190°C.
The .22lr looks a little under coated there
Results looks great.
Is letting the bullets stay too long in the oven detrimental? I mean if you get them to temp and they stay another 2 minutes, other than the color getting darker, will it cause coating failure?
Hot dang!
Funny things happen when I trust my memory.
That looks like Tru Blue, right?
While I work at it, it is by God's grace that it happens. So it is best I ask him what, how and when before I start..
That is Zombie Green in bad light.
I managed to underbake ZG again... it really is my mystery colour. I get dark overbaked-looking bullets that fail wipe test. They smash good but bake in the barrel.
I should dump all the meters now, stick to the working "dial-200-bake-10 min" -system... I was using four thermoneters last week, trying to optimize colours. Inside bullet,outside bullet, oven in temp mechanical,oven in temp digital,bullet outside IR temp...
Maybe even write down the settings, I went by my memory after half a year baking break. Well it's only 70 lbs of triple coated 44's to melt...
As usual TMG Gold is perfect. Very soft 8-9 BHN lead here.
I can hit that 75 meter bullet trap all day with this mild plinker. Shiny clean barrel.
Will do,thanks - I have heat treated some when this happened before. It must be my (Niobium) contaminated alloy reacting differently with ZG,playing tricks. Black is kinda strange too,paint-like,not glossy glass at all.
Look at this beautiful TMG Gold, with the same bake it can take anything including magnum pressures / speed with very soft alloys.
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 |