Cast these with an old Lee mold that came with my recently purchased Liberty model Ruger old Army. After casting I tumbled them in my rotary tumbler with some #7 lead shot. I like the way they turned out.
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Cast these with an old Lee mold that came with my recently purchased Liberty model Ruger old Army. After casting I tumbled them in my rotary tumbler with some #7 lead shot. I like the way they turned out.
Paul Graham
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Nice. I have an old Lee mold that drops balls at .432"-433" and I single load them over about 4 grains of W231. No recoil and fairly accurate @12 yds. I may try tumbling some to see how they come out...
My Anchor is holding fast!
Here they are rolled a little longer with a dash of graphite used to coat shot.
Paul Graham
Clean-um, Prep-um, Pack-um, Load-um, Bang-um
They are pretty.
You can miss fast & you can miss a lot, but only hits count.
But, no need! Just load sprue up as cast.
I know it's not needed but took me only about 5 extra minutes of my time and I'm diggin the black chrome look!
Paul Graham
Clean-um, Prep-um, Pack-um, Load-um, Bang-um
It's OK, I will smile with you but consider how lazy I am too.Originally Posted by BigBlack
No problem, no offense was ever taken. I'm lifting my diet mt dew bottle in a virtual toast to ya mate.
Paul Graham
Clean-um, Prep-um, Pack-um, Load-um, Bang-um
What does the graphite do? Lubrication, I suppose, but does it help?
Just curious . . . Doug
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I know on shot the graphite lubes the shot to make it more fluid when shot. On this experiment my thought was to reduce friction while tumbling and I dig the result.
Paul Graham
Clean-um, Prep-um, Pack-um, Load-um, Bang-um
I probably wouldnt do it, but I like it.
grit yer teeth an pull the trigger
Yep, me too!
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I RECENTLY have tried RB in my 44. They were double lubed with 45/45/10 and i had terrible leading.
As cast size was too large to fit in chambers, so i sized them before loading.
BP is a wonderful thing!Maybe I have shot a few million balls, boolits, etc, all pure lead without a speck of leading. In fact BP prefers pure lead.
I don't shoot it as much anymore because I hate cleaning. I have the Old Army in stainless so it is easier to clean. I remove the grips and stick the parts in the laundry tub. Wash and rinse with hot water, dry and lube.
I hunt deer with the Old Army, it is a super killer. The only problem is when the powder charge is increased, accuracy gets worse. Twist is just not right. I have to limit shots to about 20 yards but it will put a deer down right now.
I use 41 gr of Swiss FFFG for 1102 fps. Real close to my .45 Colt loads but it kills faster.
One thing that really helps is to use a good BPCR lube over the ball. It is not blown away like Crisco, etc.
Use Rem no. 10 caps. CCI has a decent cap too.
I made a special boolit mold for mine and also shoot some ACP boolits for fun, all are more accurate then the Lee Old Army boolit.
It is a lot of fun but I have not figured out a speed loader yet!
They look fine to me.I have done some number1 buckshot and just a small amount of graphite goes a long way.
Don't ask how I know,it was a mess from H@ll to clean up.Seems it kept making more and more.
It's called a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th ... ) cylinder!
Like Clint used in 'Pale Rider'...It's called a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th ... ) cylinder!
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