Richard B
03-06-2010, 07:41 PM
Hi folks
I just took delivery of a Ross Rifle Model 1910 sporter(not converted military) in .303 British. During the initial conversation with this seller we had discussed that I was primarly interested in using this rifle for cast bullets. We agreed on a price but when he showed up to deliver the rifle he also included a lot of cast bullet gear that was not part of the original deal. I know what most of the stuff is but I do have some questions.
One of the items that he dropped off was an unmarked orange lubesizer that I guess to be one of the Lyman models as it came with Lyman top punches and dies. This is the slippery slope as it came with some dies in calibers that I do not own and I wonder if I have to do something about that.
Included was some .30 cal gas checks and I wonder if I can use them on .303 GC bullets?
I also received several ingots of mystery metal and I know that this seller used to cast for black powder muzzleloaders and modern rifles. Is there an easy way to tell if the ingots are pure lead or WW or X alloy?
The danger came in the Lee PP4 that he left. The pot was empty except for a few loose lead bullets at the bottom. Clearly the seller had intended to melt these down during his next casting session. I decided to remove the bullets until I could determine if what alloy they were. Among the bullets was a live .22lr shell that had fallen into the pot and if I had just turned it on the results would have been a disaster.
My thanks to all the memebers on this board who have posted warnings about checking things twice and the danger of foreign objects in lead pots and made me cautious.
Now I have a lot of work to do. Will it never end??
I just took delivery of a Ross Rifle Model 1910 sporter(not converted military) in .303 British. During the initial conversation with this seller we had discussed that I was primarly interested in using this rifle for cast bullets. We agreed on a price but when he showed up to deliver the rifle he also included a lot of cast bullet gear that was not part of the original deal. I know what most of the stuff is but I do have some questions.
One of the items that he dropped off was an unmarked orange lubesizer that I guess to be one of the Lyman models as it came with Lyman top punches and dies. This is the slippery slope as it came with some dies in calibers that I do not own and I wonder if I have to do something about that.
Included was some .30 cal gas checks and I wonder if I can use them on .303 GC bullets?
I also received several ingots of mystery metal and I know that this seller used to cast for black powder muzzleloaders and modern rifles. Is there an easy way to tell if the ingots are pure lead or WW or X alloy?
The danger came in the Lee PP4 that he left. The pot was empty except for a few loose lead bullets at the bottom. Clearly the seller had intended to melt these down during his next casting session. I decided to remove the bullets until I could determine if what alloy they were. Among the bullets was a live .22lr shell that had fallen into the pot and if I had just turned it on the results would have been a disaster.
My thanks to all the memebers on this board who have posted warnings about checking things twice and the danger of foreign objects in lead pots and made me cautious.
Now I have a lot of work to do. Will it never end??