I like it! That's a cool effect.
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Finally got my camera and time to take a pic.
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the ones on the left are hf black with a bit of hf yellow
the ones on the right are hf yellow and red in various amounts. I just added either a teaspoon of yellow or red after pc for a bit. Really mostly playing with the color
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Back row, left to right:
Mihec 452-200, pentagonal HP, Candy Raspberry (Eastwood)
Lee TL452-230-2R, purple (unknown)
Mihec 360-640, circular HP, Candy Raspberry (Eastwood)
Mihec 360-640, circular HP, pink (unknown)
Lee 356-95RF, Harbor Freight Red
Lee 356-95RF, silver vein
Lee 356-95RF, Dormant Granny Smith
Lee 356-95RF, fluorescent green
Front row, left to right:
Mihec 356-135 (no groove), Candy Raspberry (Eastwood)
Mihec 356-135 (no groove), Candy Teal (Eastwood)
Mihec 356-135 (no groove), fluorescent green
All done for 10 minutes in a Black-n-Decker toaster oven @ 275F. Applied with an Eastwood powder coat gun:
Using 0-1" micrometers and cast from fairly soft "range" lead, they measure exactly 0.356". Weights are 139+/-0.4 gr
Found one I like, it's a roughly half & half blend of HF black, and Prismatic Powders Limelite Green. Might be better with just a pinch more green in it. Probably need to mix them a little better too, but I think they look cool. Friend of mine gave me the idea. Really hard to tell because of size reduction of picture, but limelite green has silver sparkles in it!
Last edited by TheDoctor; 05-27-2014 at 09:02 AM.
I guesstimate that I use maybe 2 teaspoons for 100 230gr .45's. I'm guesstimating that there's at least 50 such scoops in a pound of HF powder. By that math, there's enough powder for 5,000 .45's in a pound. These are some rough estimates, but seem about right so far. I am dry tumbling, so there's very little powder wasted.
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Well Duke, your estimate was close to mine for most pistol .45s. Right now I'm still playing with different colors. No pics but did a short video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ES...ature=youtu.be
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I've been getting approx 4/5k from a half pound of Eastwood.
Added: 9mm in 135 and 147.
Last edited by BMac; 05-29-2014 at 12:07 AM.
red, because it costs 4 dollars a pound and sticks with a cool whip container.
and i guess when it comes time to mine my backstop they will stand out easier?
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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 |