Inspected and cleaned 34 sets of dies. Smells like naval jelly up in here.
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Inspected and cleaned 34 sets of dies. Smells like naval jelly up in here.
Loaded my first universal (10 grains of unique) loads for my '77JM 30/30.....unloaded them soon after.
At the range, of coarse!
Chased loading data and D$^%%& sights on my Rossi 92 all afternoon.
13.5 of Lil Gun Lar45 or RD190 and 358156 with 12.6 grains of 10B101 came and went and I am sure it is me and the "buckhorn" sights on that gun.
Had plans to hunt with it, but it (me) has to place the group consistently.
Closed out with 5 rounds of the 127 grain HPs I bought on this site recently.
Stuffed IN FRONT OF 6.0 grains of AA #5 and fired double hand hold at 50 yards. Dang good penetration in the wet clay and about a 1.5-2" hole.
Perfect function and ejection so I will have to brag on a simple Taurus PT 92AFS for now. Wonder how long the Aluminum frame will last?
Good enough to load some to have around the house until I can do something better.
Last edited by TCLouis; 12-14-2014 at 11:37 PM.
Amendments
The Second there to protect the First!
Cast my first Bullets today! I started a thread on this as well. I'm already hooked!
Today I am going to cast a couple thousand .401 TC 175 grainers to replace what I screwed up last night. I was getting ready to tumble lube some .451 TC 230's and I knocked a tub full of .401's over on the floor. I won't risk the grit and **** getting into my barrels so I just dumped the whole lot back into the smelting pot. Right now I'm waiting on my pot to get up to casting temp.
My hands are tired, think I'll call it good for today.
sorry about the mishap, that had to hurt.
It happens, not a big deal really. I get to have fun recasting them now.
I worked on cleaning a Lyman All-American Turret press, rescued from a flea market table where every one just walked right by it. Painted red with a wooded handle.
I know they made them from mid 1950,s (1955 ?) to 1980 but does anyone know when the wooden handle was dropped and replaced by plastic. I have a feeling this one was a later production, very little wear or use.
Gary
More brass arrived, time to put it away. I finally have enough brass for all of them. Well I probably should have about 1-2k of Starline 327 Federal to give me a little wiggle room
Cast about 100 TL452230-2r tonite
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Those look great! Wish I had some LOL! Which mold was it?Originally Posted by websterz
My hands are tired, think I'll call it good for today.
It's the .401 175 TC Lee six cavity. I also have the two cavity tumble lube version but I have not cast with that one yet.
Cabinet with drawers for sizing dies and molds.
Not today, but yesterday I cast 3 different boolits, all for 2-cavity moulds. First about 100 30-115 GCFN Lee boolits. Sweet casting, boolits were falling out of the mould. Sweet little things, reminded me of a certain pair of 38B assets I'm familiar with - fully functional, no drama, not ostentatious, just do the job. Right...
Next about 80 311672's, sweet looking GC2R 170 Gr boolits. Lyman was somewhat recalcitrant, needing some convincing to turn loose of the product, but went well, and they look great.
Then maybe 100+ RCBS 30-165-SIL's that turned out well - almost a clone of the Lyman boolit.
I'll load these up, checking loads, for the Sr Oly's coming the end of July. Life is good.
And an edit - the blasted RCBS boolits have a bore-rider diameter of .305! DANG!
Last edited by Echo; 12-17-2014 at 02:09 AM.
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Nice!
Cabinet with drawers for sizing dies and molds.
Today I'm loading up a bunch of 9mm in anticipation of the arrival of my new toy. I finally found a Kel Tec Sub2000 in Glock magazine configuration for a decent price and it's supposed to be here on Friday!! So I am making up a batch of Lee .356 125 grain RN's. The bullet is loaded over 4.3 grains of American Select. I'll load until the last of the half pound or so I have is gone then I'll start sizing the .401's I cast yesterday. I finally got around to making a powder baffle for one of my Pro Auto Discs and it is making a big difference. All of the charges I have weighed today have held well within .1 grains. I'll have to make one for the other press now.
Nothing, but I sure thought about it a lot. My wife says that is all I think about anyway. She's probably right.
45-70, I think you need to take that nice lady of yours out to a nice dinner.
With plenty of party favors!!
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