Got super bored this evening and just got back from casting 50 or so Lee 160 grain for my 30/30 A.I.
Got super bored this evening and just got back from casting 50 or so Lee 160 grain for my 30/30 A.I.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
I did a melt of about 95 lbs, alloyed pure lead and tin+antimony. First time in 5 months it's been warm enough! Next week it is time to start casting!!
I cast 400 Lee 358-158 rf for my oldest son. When they cooled I lubed and sized them.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
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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Did a little smelting, I tested and marked the lead sorting it by comparable BHN before starting
16 BHN
4 BHN
Miscellaneous
12-13 BHN
8-10 BHN
pewter, I smelted this then cast it into 1/2 oz boolits
VERY NICE!!!
Esp like the pewter pills for mending a pot!!
CW
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Some more 174g 310’s!
Then some 45/70 fodder.
They check in at 425 with a nice wide meplat.
CW
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Cast almost 250 Lyman 35887 from range lead plus 2% pewter.
I cast approximately 1300 boolits; 700 9mm, 300 .40, and 300 .45. next day off I size and lube!
357 mag Lee 358-158-SWC-GC today. 38 Special, NOE 360-155-WC yesterday, 40S&W NOE 402-170-TC a couple days before that.
Cast 100x160ggc 308 rn Lee boolits and 100x180ggc 357mag rcbs boolits .tumble lubed ,gas check and size tomorrow when dry .
I have the word out to alot of friends that I am looking for lead. I received a call from a contractor I sometimes work with. He was remodeling a doctors office and tore out some lead lined drywall and asked if I want it. Next morning at 5 am he shows up with 250 lbs of lead ! I have just started casting this year and this has been my largest free find to date.
Most of it still had paper on it so I figured it would generate alot of smoke so I fired up the pot around 4:30 this morning so I wouldn't smoke out the neighborhood like I did the first time I melted wheel weights The smoke wasn't very bad and most of it burned off rather quickly. The lead was very clean with very little dross. It's nice to see my stockpile starting to grow.
I cast up about 1000 pcs of both 130&147g Lyman 9mm boolits!
CW
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bout 8 #'s of 147 grain 9 mm boolits. Looking for my 312-440 NOE to get some of those ready
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From my brand new Lee 358- 125 RF, the first time it was out of the box, I cast , sized and lubed maybe 100 or so. My son bought it for me in exchange for about 400 Lee 358-158 RF that I cast, sized and lubed for him. Sounds like a good trade to me!
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
Cast a few hundred .44 SWC bullets from my Lyman 429421 mold last night.
Getting a little low. I keep a tub of bullets ready and lube, size and load as needed.
Life is a series of bullseyes and backstraps - Ted Nugent
I load quite a few of those for my wife's Taurus 82 in .38 Spcl.From my brand new Lee 358- 125 RF, the first time it was out of the box, I cast , sized and lubed maybe 100 or so.
Nice and soft shooting for her. Pretty accurate. Since we just shoot them at .30 Spcl velocities, I just tumble lube them.
Life is a series of bullseyes and backstraps - Ted Nugent
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 |