Yesterday after work I was able to cast for about 2 hours....not sure how many rounds I completed but I used up 17 ingots worth of lead. So all in all a good day!
Maybe I can get them all powder coated today?
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Yesterday after work I was able to cast for about 2 hours....not sure how many rounds I completed but I used up 17 ingots worth of lead. So all in all a good day!
Maybe I can get them all powder coated today?
"Yes or no will almost always suffice as the answer"
The weather is changing...I'm aching all over cuz the rain is coming, so...I'm too braindead today to trust myself on one of the presses!
What to do? Just size and powder coat today...simple enough...I can't blow myself up too bad doing that huh?
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But...As an example of thermometers, we're always talking about verifying your thermometer? Well, I've been using the one in the bottom (previously verified by my electronic Harbor Freight Piece of Spit) and just as a double check on it I put a verified (in the wife's digital oven) thermometer in with it (upper right)...look what a lier that bottom one is!
When it cools down, it's going to meet Mr. Hammer today!
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Made more lube this morning. A modified Darr lube. Made enough to refill the 450 a couple more times after I use what's in it now.
The only thing I got done last night was adding new stickers to the front of my brass bins. Just trying to reorganize in what little free time I have right now.
My Grandfather, a semi-disabled WWI vet, told me several times..... "The man with two clocks never really knows what time it is."Originally Posted by OS OK
Tried out one of my Christmas gift moulds , a nifty NOE 41 magnum full wadcutter ,based on the old Lyman 358432 design, looks just like it and weighs 215 grains. With a 50/50 alloy of COWW/ lead they drop at .4125 , right on the money!
I was just heat cycling it for the first time and couldn't resist casting a few.
NOE's are so nice looking I just hate to muck them up...but they are made to cast boolits with.
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Formed 53 44x1.6" cases from RP 30-06 and made a decapping stem for a shortened 444 die. Started off with 55 cases but the bandsaw ate one and one ended up too short when the stop collar slipped on the trimmer. Decapping stem is some 3/4" scrap knurled and threaded, with a section of a big nail for the shaft topped off with a loctited in decapping pin. When the pin breaks (and it will) you just heat it up to tap out the old pin and install a new one.
Is that inside neck turning I am seeing? ( hard to tell on the phone )
I managed to find the time to cast 200+ ball for the BP pistols.
Used a Forester inside neck reamer on them while trimming to length. Rough cut, anneal, expand, size, trim/ream, debur. They'll need shot once with a starting load to fully smooth out the case.
Finished the AR so back to reloading. Got some red&blue 176 gr .310 and some 3031 to put in the 30-30.
Sized and primed 200+ 7.62x54 for the Mosin, loading later this week, considering casting for it as well.
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Cast 20 pounds of 360-640 in 50/50 Pb/COWW with a little tin. Maths hints towards 1000 boolits. I'm kind of sore now.
WHEN IN DOUBT, USE MORE CLOUT!
This afternoon will be trim 243 brass for Wyoming next month. Actually 3 weeks.
Bagged up, in 100pcs per bag, a bunch of 223 rounds I have been loading for the past week of evenings. I will be tumbling more this week and sizing them getting ready for more shooting.
Put these on pans one day and baked half of them yesterday
"Yes or no will almost always suffice as the answer"
Cast a few more 44's. Wanted to do more but it was too hot outside.
I had to make up more 44 mag wood bee loads. We have a bumper crop this year.
Happy day! I got in an order of 7 molds from Magma this morning, which means I can use them this weekend.
I dried them with paper towels and will let them dry over night and then swap in the .38 molds with 4 other smaller weight molds and run a mixture of bullets tomorrow.
I do love running the old Bullet Master!!
Not sure why the picture rotated... sorry!Cast a few more 44's. Wanted to do more but it was too hot outside.
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| 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" |
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| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
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