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    I'm thinkin this is a great idea if you have access to a outside wall I have no idea why I didn't think of this guess the oldtimers is kickin in

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    Loading a few more .223 Remingtons for testing .

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    Reloaded today

    Working up loads for my .22-250.
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    Nice RAK2018

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    Quote Originally Posted by RAK2018 View Post
    Just getting in to casting and yea I got a little carried away. I'm retired from my remodeling business and still do some work on the side. I was able to get some stuff from a kitchen remodel. The counter top is corian. I bought the range hood. So this cost me fifty dollars.
    To really improve the air flow, cover both sides. Nice looking work.
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    Nothing! I have been trying to get 7 so called Assault rifle ready to register in California. California sucks. I've lived here for 70 years and never would have imagined it could get this bad. Anyway I've stored up maybe 50,000 assorted rounds and have enough bullets, lead, powder and primers for about the same amount again. But I will no doubt have to move back to America to use any of it.

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    Cleaned some brass and reseated another 100 9mm rounds.

    I surprised myself. The last trip to the indoor range after I finished shooting I cleaned the floor in my area and a few adjacent empty stalls for brass. When I got home to inspect my haul it was all 9mm brass... First time I ever did that....
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    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    Cast and PC’d 160 of MP359-130. Made a new PID for my cheapo toaster with Smoke’s red.

    Shake N’ Bake while it’s raining outside with the garage door open. Fantastic coverage if you ask me.





    Can anyone verify that a convention oven really makes a difference over non convection?
    Last edited by EMR; 02-27-2018 at 03:17 AM.

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    I started with a cheapo toaster oven and was limited to the number of bullets I could bake without having some get darker before all of them pass the smash test. With a convection oven I could bake 8 pounds of bollits evenly at one time due to the fan circulating the hot air.

    Those look good for a toaster oven. I would smash test the ones on the ends and center to make sure all are cured enough for shooting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EMR View Post
    Cast and PC’d 160 of MP359-130. Made a new PID for my cheapo toaster with Smoke’s red.

    Shake N’ Bake while it’s raining outside with the garage door open. Fantastic coverage if you ask me.





    Can anyone verify that a convention oven really makes a difference over non convection?
    How do you get them upright without smearing the PC?

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    i know.. those look great..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grmps View Post
    I started with a cheapo toaster oven and was limited to the number of bullets I could bake without having some get darker before all of them pass the smash test. With a convection oven I could bake 8 pounds of bollits evenly at one time due to the fan circulating the hot air.

    Those look good for a toaster oven. I would smash test the ones on the ends and center to make sure all are cured enough for shooting.
    This makes perfect sense. I was under the impression that convection just made the PC smoother.

    Thanks for the explanation!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mwells72774 View Post
    How do you get them upright without smearing the PC?
    I use nitrile gloves. I can handle them a fair bit before it starts to smear.

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    didn't know that.. thanks for sharing.

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    well i had the day off from work so decided to cast up a few boolits for my 44 magnum Click image for larger version. 

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    Very nice!

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    Primed 25 .577 Snider and 25 .577-450 Martini Henry cases today. Large pistol primer. Going to start loading them tonight and tomorrow.

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    Well just got the 15# of the 268gr boolit's sized and lubed to .431 and loaded up some 240gr boolits with 5.5 gr of bullseye to try
    out for some light plinkers
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    Magtech 24 gauge cases??
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    Loaded 20 each 30-30 Win with 4320 and the Lee 150 and 113 gr fp boolits. 50/50 coww/pb air cooled LLA. If they shoot well I'll tell you.....

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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