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    Boolit Mold
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    Introduction

    Hello all. I've been lurking and researching for over a year and finally signed up a month ago. I enjoy the wealth of information and look forward to learning more along my journey.

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    Boolit Master
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    Welcome!!! There are smart fellas by the gross here. They've always helped me, betting they will do the same for you!

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    Boolit Grand Master

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    Welcome to the site. You might consider adding a location. It sometimes gets offers of mentoring and hands on help

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    Howdy Chappy, and welcome from Kentucky.

    What kind of guns are you into? Do you reload or cast yet?
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    Welcome! A big howdy from Texas !
    Keep your powder dry and watch your six !!

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    Welcome aboard, wade on in the water is fine. I learned more from this site and found out some of the stuff I thought
    I knew changed over the years.

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    Greetings from Fargo ND!

    Come on in, water's fine and the company is good.
    I truly believe we need to get back to basics.

    Get right with the Lord.
    Get back to the land.
    Get back to thinking like our forefathers thought.


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    Welcome Chappy, from the woods of NW FL.
    What kind of bullet casing do you do, rifle, revolver, pistol, shotgun?
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    Welcome Chappy from Louisiana. Jump right in any questions welcome, we like pictures if you can figure out how to get em in. Broad bunch here, with many forums of interest.
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    Welcome to you sir, from the PNW being Oregon.
    If a 41 won't stop it, I wouldn't bet my life on a 44.

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    Boolit Mold
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    Thank you for the warm welcomes. I started reloading with my Uncle back in the mid 90's and have dabbled a little since. I started casting about 5 years ago and mostly just to feed pistol cartridges for practice. Mainly 9 and 38 special but I also do some 40 s&w and 44 mag, just don't shoot them often. Soon i will dig the mini 14 out as it's time to move my daughter up from the 22 and iron sights so I will be casting and reloading for it again. Being born and raised in Wyoming hunting, fishing,camping and outdoor recreation is just a way of life.
    I learned long ago there's always other tips, tricks, techniques and "what not to dos" to learn along with new topics altogether so the quest for knowledge should be everlasting. Who knows, I might have to turn a golf ball cannon to test homemade black powder��.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chappy View Post
    Thank you for the warm welcomes. I started reloading with my Uncle back in the mid 90's and have dabbled a little since. I started casting about 5 years ago and mostly just to feed pistol cartridges for practice. Mainly 9 and 38 special but I also do some 40 s&w and 44 mag, just don't shoot them often. Soon i will dig the mini 14 out as it's time to move my daughter up from the 22 and iron sights so I will be casting and reloading for it again. Being born and raised in Wyoming hunting, fishing,camping and outdoor recreation is just a way of life.
    I learned long ago there's always other tips, tricks, techniques and "what not to dos" to learn along with new topics altogether so the quest for knowledge should be everlasting. Who knows, I might have to turn a golf ball cannon to test homemade black powder��.
    Nice, thanks for sharing.
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    Welcome aboard, looking forward to all this site has to offer as well...

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    Welcome, just be careful of which forum you post to if politics get your ire like it does me.

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    Also - don't EVER ask this forum if you should purchase a new firearm. We're all basically like going to a reverse AA meeting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cwtebay View Post
    Also - don't EVER ask this forum if you should purchase a new firearm. We're all basically like going to a reverse AA meeting.

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    Ah, now would we do that?

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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