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    I "perch". My Lee pot (not a bottom pour, I use...

    I "perch". My Lee pot (not a bottom pour, I use a ladle) is set on a purpose-built low bench that allows me to "perch" on a padded round bar stool.
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    The only gas checked bullets I now use are 1)...

    The only gas checked bullets I now use are 1) RCBS RN 9mm. 2) a RN for the U.S. .30 caliber M1 Carbine.
    RCBS checks did not fit my RCBS cast bullet, so I switched to Sage's Gator gas checks for...
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    The problem with the work "Linotype" is that...

    The problem with the work "Linotype" is that there are/were several different lead alloys used in different printing processes. Monotype, Stereotype, Foundry type (three kinds I believe), etc. and...
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    Yes. I ran into that with a...

    Yes. I ran into that with a not-cured-long-enough batch of bullets coated with Carolina Blue. Baked them a little longer and it never happened again.
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    I sometimes lube my PCed bullets with Lee case...

    I sometimes lube my PCed bullets with Lee case lube (shaken in a plastic bag), but just for small bullets that I have difficulty with them slipping though my fingers when sizing the PCed bullets in...
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    The keyword was gratuitous (look it up).

    The keyword was gratuitous (look it up).
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    Thanks. I will use them in my bullet alloy. As...

    Thanks. I will use them in my bullet alloy. As for bullet lube, my life is comming to its end (77 almost 78 years old), and have switched to powder coat over grease lubes and I stell have eight or...
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    This is the type of "waste my time" posts I...

    This is the type of "waste my time" posts I wished to avoid.

    You have made the erroneous assumption that I have any desire to support religious=based institutions.
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    Crayons for fluxing/reducing.

    I usually use paraffin and powdered charcoal (or wood shavings), in combination to flux/reduce my bullet alloy when casting bullets.

    I recently was given a fairly large quantity of crayons from...
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    Having likely read every article that Elmer Keith...

    Having likely read every article that Elmer Keith ever wrote in the gun magazines in the middle-late sixties into the seventies, I noted that he gratuitously used the pronoun, "I" in his writings...
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    The edit had to do with my misspelling of the...

    The edit had to do with my misspelling of the word "liar". Look up: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect."
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    The distance was evidently in error... it was...

    The distance was evidently in error... it was much further than that. My memory of the exact distance was the result of reading about the incident back in the middle sixties. The point was that he...
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    I have to admit that that heavy RCBS-250-kt is an...

    I have to admit that that heavy RCBS-250-kt is an impressive thumper for my .44 Special. ...
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    What is comical is that you seem to have not read...

    What is comical is that you seem to have not read my post. Read this part again: "I don't think he was a liar."
    Aside from that, explain if you please, what a person's post count has to do with...
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    Elmer Keith was not God... He was in fact a...

    Elmer Keith was not God... He was in fact a pompous braggart. However, I don't think he was a liar (his 500 yard shoot with a 4 inch .44 magnum).

    Although his bullet design for the .44 was...
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    Explain please, how the front driving band on the...

    Explain please, how the front driving band on the K.T. bullets makes it a better killer of game and cattle.
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    How often are porcupines seen in the wild? How...

    How often are porcupines seen in the wild? How many people are actually lost for an extended period of time in the wilderness? How many people have actually attested to being lost and have eaten a...
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    I cast sevarl hundred bullets using two exact...

    I cast sevarl hundred bullets using two exact copies (RCBS 201), of your mold today. I had no problem. I am still convinced part of your problem is too much antimony (which makes your bullets "hot...
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    I have seen tape worms in Porcupines. Eating...

    I have seen tape worms in Porcupines. Eating them can be risky.
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    Sticky: In any Community College English 101 class, the...

    In any Community College English 101 class, the standard for writing English is to spell-out the first use of the word and then put the abbreviation within parenthesis. Example: "Powder Coat" (PC). ...
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    Not enough information. I could be one of...

    Not enough information. I could be one of several things. Cerrosafe (a chamber casting alloy), Lead with a high Tin content, one of the several Lead-based type metals, Car body alloy, etc. If it...
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    I remember one of the load manuals saying that...

    I remember one of the load manuals saying that factory cartridges should be used for all maximum or near maximum loads. In regard to that, look at how much crimp the factory loads exhibit... very...
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    RCBS 201 is an iron mold. A damp cloth is a bad...

    RCBS 201 is an iron mold. A damp cloth is a bad idea for Iron molds... it does work however, with Aluminum molds.
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    Such defects in my experience are from alloys...

    Such defects in my experience are from alloys that have too much Antimony which makes them "hot short" (brittle when hot). You can either wait longer before dropping them (or cast with two molds) or...
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    If lead is not observed on the faces of the mold...

    If lead is not observed on the faces of the mold halves, another frequent cause of Lee six-cavity molds producing flash is that the mold has warped.

    I use two six-cavity molds at a time in...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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