I have used a master caster some and find the main benefit is it is much easier than hand casting. It is not especially fast. Overall I would have to say it is an excellent machine and very easy to...
Type: Posts; User: j. clark
Forum: Casting Equipment
I have used a master caster some and find the main benefit is it is much easier than hand casting. It is not especially fast. Overall I would have to say it is an excellent machine and very easy to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have sized bullets from .317 to .309. If done in one step the bases were distorted. If sized an lubed in a .314 die then sized to .309 the distortion was much less and the bullets shot great!!
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I have not tried to duplicate Magma's lube. My experience with it is limited to lubing several million bullets with it for myself and satisfied customers. It is the best thing I have found for lubing...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I found a 20 qt. dutch oven that I can dump a full 5 gallon bucket of ww in. It works great and really speeds things up a bunch!!
Ihave used 4.0 grs. of t'boss with 158 cast swc with good results and avg velocity of 760 out of a 4 inch Highway patrolman
Forum: Cast Boolits
Elmer Keith was the most influential gun writer of the last century in my opinion.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have used liquid alox to lube 140gr. boolits for my 6.5 carcano cav. carbine with fantastic results. I have got much better accuracy with this than anything I have tried before in this little...
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BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
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