Yeah. Teach kids to shoot, reload, hunt, cast they will associate with people of good character. Don't teach them to do all that and they may still shoot- at each other.Originally Posted by brass410
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Yeah. Teach kids to shoot, reload, hunt, cast they will associate with people of good character. Don't teach them to do all that and they may still shoot- at each other.
Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and reminds you it's a one way street. Jim Morris
It was last week sometime, but I cast 40 RD 170 gr fn 30 Cal for a friend of mine, and a few hundred 9mm for myself.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
I've been trying different 50 caliber moulds to get one to chamber in my swede rolling block for about a month, neither of the Lee 515 moulds would chamber, so the hunt went on. Today the Lyman mould arrived, it is the 395 gr plains boolit made for stuffing down a muzzle loader, but it fit the resized case mouth perfect as cast, and after seating case mouth tension is perfect too. Now if is does not rain tomorrow I hope to try to see how it shoots.
Starting load is 50 grains of Pyrodex RS, over a magnum rifle primer, powder is covered by a cardboard wad, and topped with Lyman 395 gr Plains boolit.
Here is how they look.
Cast about 1062 Lee 124 gr .356 boolits coming out of a "Horn of Plenty"
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Cast a couple dozen Lee .562 round ball to see if they were a snug but not overly tight fit in 20 gauge with a wad. Now going out to do a couple hundred because they fit very well.
Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.
Kind of hard to claim to love America while one is hating half the Americans that disagree with you. One nation indivisible requires work.
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The last two days, I've been cleaning my garage. I hope to cast some ingots tomorrow...um, I mean later today after I get some sleep. Smelting range scrap and misc bullet rejects and refining 3 years worth of dross. Pictures will happen, if I actually get at it. stay tuned.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Got a new RCBS Easy Melt pot a few weeks ago and gave it a descent workout this past weekend. Had to adjust the temp to match my NOE stick thermometer, but, very happy with the new pot!
L-R Arsenal 359-130 FP. NOE 453-230 RN HG51 Clone, and NOE 360-172-SWC Keith Brass Mold
NOE 453-196 SWC HG 130 Clone.
Haha, same bins I use !
Cogno, Ergo, Boom
If you're gonna be stupid, don't pull up short. Saddle up and ride it all the way in.
Use them for primed brass too, they are a deal for a buck a piece by the case from Wally or Amazon, just have to catch them when in stock at that price,!, and they hold close to 30 lbs of boolits too!
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Been smelting down my SOWW stash off and on for the last week. Started off with 1.5 buckets of used weights. Ended up with a full 5 gal bucket of my one pound scone ingots. Stinky nasty job, but feels good to have a little stockpile of soft lead ready to go.
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First attempt at casting hollow points today, with a homemade modification to a Lee 429-240-2R to boot (also my first). Its been an interesting learning curve. Still have some refining/tweaking to do, but I have 200+ custom hollow point boolits to show for my efforts.
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First attempt at casting hollow points today, with a homemade modification to a Lee 429-240-2R to boot (also my first). Its been an interesting learning curve. Still have some refining/tweaking to do, but I have 200+ custom hollow point boolits to show for my efforts.
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Nice work Dunkem, seems you have worked out the hardest part.
000 buckshot Lee mold. I found that breaking the pellets apart is a lot easier than cutting with a knife. Side cutters leave marks beside the sprue.
JohnB where did you get that stool? I want one.
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Thank you, all you fine people and the information y'all have shared here is a huge help and inspiration.
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Looks like it is made from an old tractor seat. The old metal ones.
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Good job on the mould modification and good looking hp Dunkem
I cast and shoot the same bullet as you. my mold is a single cavity. Just got thru casting 300 today and sizing them. Tomorrow. I will powder coat them. I'll wait to put a gas check on them and resize before I load them up.
Da Okie/ Now known as Vearl
Nice looking pile there Grmps.
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