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    Forum: Swaging

    ch tool and die full set 38 cal

    Good afternoon gents!

    Just wondering if anyone knows what I've got here. It was a gift from an old friend of the family and but I don't think I will ever use them. I would like to sell them and...
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    I also use it for 12g, 6.5x55, .308, .303...

    I also use it for 12g, 6.5x55, .308, .303 british, 7.62x54r :) I get it from the skeet club for $20/lb so i've worked up cast loads for just about everything with it :)
  3. I'm not sure what moulds you guys got a hold of! ...

    I'm not sure what moulds you guys got a hold of! Mine's casting at 175-177gr. Alloy is WW with about 18 inches of lead free 50/50 tin/antimony solder wire mixed into each 20lb pot. They're micing...
  4. Pistol/shotgun powders, the Lee Cruise Missile, and the 6.5x55

    Just wondering what your pet loads are for this mold. Just got one and cooked up a quick 250 boolits, and don't know what to load.

    I've done a little searching and found that getting them to...
  5. Thread: .31 Buck shot

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    I shoot .312 round balls with 10gr of 700x in a...

    I shoot .312 round balls with 10gr of 700x in a .303 british. I place them so that the flat spot is on the tip of the cartridge. works good :)
  6. Poll: I have a '42 longbranch #4mk1* that measures...

    I have a '42 longbranch #4mk1* that measures .302/.3105.

    I shoot a Lee 312-155-2r boolit (meant for 7.62x39) that drops about .313 and sized to .312. Using pure ww alloy with a gator gas check...
  7. Thread: BLC-2 for lead

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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I've been testing some loads in the .303 with...

    I've been testing some loads in the .303 with BL-c(2). I've been using lee ct-312160-2R mould gas checked and lubed with a 312 sizing die. My bore slugs at .312, so i WILL have to try beageling the...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    First time casting actual bullets!

    I've spent the last month over at my dads smelting wheel weights in to ingots and getting ready to cast. Using a lee 10lb pot, and i've got about 80 lbs of ingots and another 250lbs of wheelweights...
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    I've been contemplating making a .303-06 die nd...

    I've been contemplating making a .303-06 die nd rechambering to solve this problem. I only have one 303 (a sportered no1 mk.iii that i got for 80 bucks), but i've already looked into the case head...
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    What top punch for Lee TL312-160-2R

    as the title states, i will be using the Lee TL312-160-2R mould. I want to size them using a lyman lubersizer, but don't know which top punch to use. I've read about making one using an oversize...
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    x2. Just slugged my "new" enfield last week in...

    x2. Just slugged my "new" enfield last week in this manner. Knocked an oversized fishing sinker through using 5" pieces of 1/4 inch hardwood dowel, wrapped with a piece of .0075 brass shim stock,...
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    Paper patching is a whole ball of wax that I...

    Paper patching is a whole ball of wax that I don't even want to break into :)
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    Forum: Gas Checks

    Gas checks without sizing?

    Recently ordered a lee mould. It's the 160 grain tumble lube .312 one for 7.62x39. I was hoping to use it to cast for my Enfield. Pretty sure it should work, as the barrel slugs at .312.

    What...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    My son loves to help out reloading! He's 5, so...

    My son loves to help out reloading! He's 5, so there's not a lot he can help with, but he tries!

    His favourite thing to do so far is chamfering and deburring my cases after they're trimmed. I...
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    As it's been said above, the 1000 will work great...

    As it's been said above, the 1000 will work great for all your pistol calibres. HOWEVER, I'd be strongly gainst using a turret press to reload for rifle. It might be fun to see the whole press flex...
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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