Load DataWidenersReloading EverythingInline Fabrication
Titan ReloadingLee PrecisionRotoMetals2Repackbox
MidSouth Shooters Supply
Page 6 of 13 FirstFirst 12345678910111213 LastLast
Results 101 to 120 of 256

Thread: !!!Read This First - Post Your Questions Here!!!

  1. #101
    Boolit Mold
    Join Date
    Jan 2015
    Location
    Wisconsin
    Posts
    13
    Thanks for the help. Think i finish off that mix today, something to do

  2. #102
    Boolit Master



    w5pv's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Orange,TX
    Posts
    2,672
    I think I have read where the cupping helps to seal the hot gasses and prevent leading.
    Are my kids/grandkids more important than "o"'s kids, to me they are,darn tooting they are!!! They deserve the same armed protection afforded "o"'s kids.
    I have been hoodwinked but not by"o"
    In God we trust,in "o" never trust
    Support those that support the Constitution and the 2nd Amendant

  3. #103
    Boolit Master

    leebuilder's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    Nova Scotia
    Posts
    1,029
    Not sure what goes on, but figure the cupping effect would swage to the full diameter of the bore. Preventing leading and increasing the sealing effect of the gas check.
    hoping to recover some boolits and GCs when the snow melts.
    Here is a pic of some already recovered. An "inny and an "outy".
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	20150112_130226.jpg 
Views:	31 
Size:	97.2 KB 
ID:	134618
    When you read the fine print you get an education
    when you ignore the fine print you get experience

  4. #104
    Boolit Bub 2manyguns's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    calgary alberta
    Posts
    54
    how much harder is a cast bullet dropped in water from the mold than one allowed to cool naturely ,I don't have or have use of the testing equipment needed , I am currently making 429421 keith style pills out of straight ww the bullets come out of the mold at 257 gn thx in advance
    Last edited by 2manyguns; 10-27-2015 at 11:19 AM.

  5. #105
    Boolit Bub pappy4's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Location
    Central Pa
    Posts
    55
    From my understanding they are not any harder. The wq boolits just reach the hardness level when you quench them as opposed to air cooled that harden over time.

  6. #106
    Boolit Bub 2manyguns's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    calgary alberta
    Posts
    54
    thx for the reply do you have a way to determine the brunell hardness without the test equipment, possably by the weight of the bullet comeing out of the mold ????

  7. #107
    Boolit Bub pappy4's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Location
    Central Pa
    Posts
    55
    Sorry but not that i know.

  8. #108
    Boolit Master


    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    West Virginia
    Posts
    1,006
    Quote Originally Posted by 2manyguns View Post
    thx for the reply do you have a way to determine the brunell hardness without the test equipment, possably by the weight of the bullet comeing out of the mold ????
    Try this thread and although it will never replace a hardness tester it will help. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...s-with-pencils
    Lead bullets Matter

    There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves. - Will Rodgers

  9. #109
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Mountains of NC
    Posts
    790

    Killing Primers

    I wanted to kill a few primers so filled the case (45-70) with WD-40 and let them sit overnight. I tested one out in a vise, hitting the primer with a center punch, and darned if they all fired like that. These were CCI standard lrp's. Boy, they sure do make them good.

  10. #110
    Boolit Master
    JSnover's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Sicklerville NJ
    Posts
    4,380
    Yeah, they're tougher than we think. Short of smashing or burning I don't know of a reliable method. Maybe you could melt the priming compound out with a solvent.
    Warning: I know Judo. If you force me to prove it I'll shoot you.

  11. #111
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Central TEXAS
    Posts
    538
    Conventional wisdom says no oil on the primers. I would have thought WD-40 would be certain primer death.

  12. #112
    Boolit Master

    dale2242's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    SW Oregon
    Posts
    2,466
    Primers are better than we may expect.
    Hitting them with a center punch seems like a bad idea to me.
    Let me recommend you put them in your gun and fire them.....dale

  13. #113
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Mountains of NC
    Posts
    790
    Was wearing safety glasses.

  14. #114
    Boolit Master Mauser48's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2014
    Posts
    678
    Why dont you just de prime them? I have done it several times without any going off you just go slow.

  15. #115
    Boolit Master



    NavyVet1959's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    409 area code -- Texas, ya'll
    Posts
    3,775
    Put the primer on an anvil and hit it with a hammer. Doesn't take much of a hammer swing either.

  16. #116
    Boolit Grand Master

    MBTcustom's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Location
    Arkansas
    Posts
    6,994
    You know, I've been hand loading and shooting for 20 years, and I just found my first dead primer last month.
    Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.

  17. #117
    Boolit Master
    smokeywolf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Too far west of where I should be.
    Posts
    3,507
    Quote Originally Posted by NavyVet1959 View Post
    Put the primer on an anvil and hit it with a hammer. Doesn't take much of a hammer swing either.
    Good way to get a piece of primer shrapnel in your hand or some place even more critical. Think of an unconstrained primer as a tiny little land mine.
    A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.

    "The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
    - Thomas Jefferson

    "While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
    - Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789

  18. #118
    Boolit Master knifemaker's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    Mountain area of Northern CA.
    Posts
    927
    When I was a LEO firearms instructor I recall reading of a incident where a police officer would use WD-40 to spray his revolver about once a month to protect it from rust. Only problem he left the 38 special shells in the revolver cylinder when spraying the gun. Later, after doing this 2-3 times, he got into a gun fight and had all six shells fail to fire. The WD-40 had creep between the primer and primer pocket wall and contaminated the primers when the shells were examined by lab personnel.

  19. #119
    Boolit Master



    NavyVet1959's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    409 area code -- Texas, ya'll
    Posts
    3,775
    Quote Originally Posted by smokeywolf View Post
    Good way to get a piece of primer shrapnel in your hand or some place even more critical. Think of an unconstrained primer as a tiny little land mine.
    Understood... I'm just relaying what I've done and that it has never caused me a problem. Since the anvil was fairly low, the worst that could have probably happened would have been a piece of the primer shrapnel to have hit the legs of my jeans. The hammer face would have prevented the shrapnel from traveling upwards towards my face. The potential blast area would be limited by the face of the anvil and the face of the hammer. I dispose of primers that I have either mangled in the press or had to remove for whatever reason that way.

  20. #120
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    South Waikato, New Zealand
    Posts
    140
    Water is the"best" primer killer, some years ago I had 100 primed brass stored in garage that was prone to mild flooding the box of brass was on a shelf
    at head hight so not in the flood water I loaded ten rounds to check the load none of them fired running the remaining cases through the rifle none of the rest of the primers fired, since then I have used water to deactivate primers with about 98% success the odd one will still fire after a couple of days in water after a week has been 100% successful,
    Robert.

Page 6 of 13 FirstFirst 12345678910111213 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
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