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Thanks for that - I thought I was going out of my mind.
I compared my boolits 10 ways from Sunday and I've concluded it's the "rounder" ogive on the Lee 125-RF.
As you say I've shot through every...

I'm just gonna disagree - the PC is used as a substitute jacket so you don't have to lube it, but tests have shown that the flame front doesn't affect it so it makes sense it would prevent flame...

Exactly - I love the stuff. But I won't be loading any 300 BLK shelf ammo with PC and Lil' Gun.

A lot of folks use powder coat so they can run the boolits faster with no gas check.
If the PC get's all gooey then it could expose the base and cause cutting - which means leading.
Then there's...

So a while back I bought some 123 gr .309 powder coated boolits from Lucky 13 as they had free shipping and a discount. I wanted to try them out in my 300 BLK.
So I loaded up a few 10 packs for...

You can easily find plans for a dry washer - same process as getting gold works for lead.

I kept Bees for 3 years. Then two years ago the summer my wife got cancer I woke up to the most qawd awful thing I've ever seen - my hives were bring robbed on a scale I wouldn't have believed...

That is an *excellent* tip - thanks!

Pretty much been my experience too - even with Craigslist. I found out that you can get bar solder (plumbers 50/50) at wholesalers that cater to roofers. Don't bother with the hardware store and...

It works great. Makes a nice hard flat package that's easy to stack, can be buried with no worries about corrosion, and doesn't clink or rattle. Small enough to stash in odd places.

Lol, nope never had that one happen. I've had sweat drop in. Long as it doesn't get stirred under should be okay.

If you're under 750 and getting oatmeal you wanna get rid of it. Mine was zinc when that happened.
I melted mine in a big pot, fluxed with pine sawdust and the used to ladle to scoop and pour from...

Yup - he does good work and they cast to exactly what you spec.
I was too chicken to try the brass mold and stuck with the aluminum. maybe next time...

Yeah, folks will try to sell you on those bone-cruncher loads but my guns much prefer 16 to 19 gr behind 240-265 gr boolits.

OAL will be the SAAMI spec of 25mm or .984". Measure the boolit length, subtract the case length from OAL and you have the seating depth. I'm just getting ready to load 380 ACP and it appears that...

I was a controls engineer way back and made test and production machines - so when I say "good job" you can take it to the bank. Seriously - I just threw mine together and yours makes me ashamed I...

Yessir - them are some fine looking boolits. Glad to hear yours worked out - someday i need to get around to Beagleing mine so it drops right...

Well consider that Lyman drops them at .429, maybe .430 depending on your alloy - it's a mite loose for cast.
Yup I have one and it's not my first choice in boolit.

Thanks! I happened to find an old engineering ruler with a depth slider on it that happens to fit pretty good in there. So I'll make me up a table.
I'll have to give a couple of those lubes a try....

Also if y'all have any tips....

Just snagged a Lyman 450 - it was in pieces but manged to get her together ok. Bought some orange magic lube and a auto block heater to get the lube to flow.
Two...

Dang - are those shotshell loaders any good?

I wish I was at my desk - there is an excellent writeup on the metallurgy on one of the cast sites. If memory serves me correctly teh tin acts as a "cage" around the antimony up to 2x. So if you...

Yep - I recast them myself. I had a few hundred that just wouldn't shoot worth a durn in my Marlin.
Lead is lead and they do use a good alloy. I think it's actually a little harder than #2.

I use a fine slotted spoon that I sharpened the handle and embedded in a wood handle.

What he says. I flatten mine with a 5 lb sledge, sift all the non-metallic **** out and toss that. Then remelt with the new WW, flux and flux some more. The dross always gets added to a small...