Thank you all for your responses. So many reasons from so many parts of the country. From here it does not look like a simple fix will take care of this problem.
Type: Posts; User: CPTCUFFS
Forum: Our Town
Thank you all for your responses. So many reasons from so many parts of the country. From here it does not look like a simple fix will take care of this problem.
Forum: Our Town
I am wondering where all the workers have gone. Restaurants are short handed, same with retail. Cops are quitting or retiring and the prisons are hurting for CO's. Are people just staying home? Are...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
My bullets that I PC are .45rn and .44swc both out of lee molds running range scrap. I cast, then PC, then size. I seems the harder I push them the better they do. I generally just load max loads out...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
+1 for powder coat. I shoot salvaged range lead most of it is pretty soft. I can run them pretty fast in my 9mm pistols with no issues. Not so fast in the 45acp but it is one of my most accurate...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Just picked up 120 lbs of alloy in ingot form that I won at auction. That and some beeswax and other items for about $60. Not a large haul but I did not have to shovel or smelt a bit of it. I will...
I have a chance to purchase some molds and a few have a fair amount of surface rust. Anyone ever tried or succeeded in cleaning any up to usable condition?
Forum: 3D PRINTED RELATED ITEMS
I would want a speed loader for my wife's Ruger snub.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
You may also want to pick up a taper crimp die. My first factory set would not crimp quite good enough. That solved my issues with chambering.
Forum: Swaging
I'm just guessing but maybe sintering the bullet in a furnace will keep it from crumbling.
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 |