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I haven't made any of these for years now. The rising price of steel has made them entirely unprofitable.
The first batch I made was from stock I had on hand. If I had to go buy steel they'd be...

Success!
I found the spring in the box it came in, slid all the way under one of the glued flaps!
And the hole for the spring was indeed there after I dug out my magnifiers and dug the goobers out...

I've watched that one and it is close but this one is different.
i sure there is a spring missing. this actin however does not have that hole that
the pin in the end of the spring goes in.
On...

Google has been worthless on this one :)

Numerichs nomenclature is wrong, this is MARKED ON THE ACTION Model 50 and it is is a 20 gauge.
Youtube videos on the Savage 520 does show the lifter spring you mention, on pin -removable from one...

Friend brought me a Western Field Deluxe, 20 gauge, marked sold by Montomery Wards.
Model number on the action says Model 50.
This has been in a shoe box un-assembled for 6-7 years and he wanted me...

The few that I have had where a joy to cast with

you guys are hilarious

The very thought of moving, scares the crapola out of me.
My "safe place" is behind that bench :bigsmyl2:

I've made my own from a 7/8-14 bolt hollowed out on the lathe

What I dont like about using it upright, if you size a lot of wide meplat bullets like I do,
when you get rolling along and forget to check, the bullets stack and jack the lid off the
catch can,...

A Star die will slide in and have the slightest side to side wiggle. I do not think it would be an issue to use it that way.
No retention needed

My answer to this issue got completed today :)
this one uses Lee dies screwed up from the bottom.
I can machine one to accept the Star adapter that NOE makes to use
their bushings.
Buy 1 adapter,...

The triangle ingots do stack really nice and it puts a LOT of weight in a small foot print.
the concrete is 10 inches thick, so far holding good :)

The triangle shaped stuff is all reclaimed...

End of the last melting session
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current stash ~5000 pounds...

his repeal of obuttheads lead ban cause scrap price for lead to sky rocket here.
It took 630 pounds of melted out range scrap to the yard the other day and did very well
like 8 times better than...

His name was Brad Treat, USFS Law enforcement, and an personal freind of mine.
The investigation results where released earlier this week, it was simply an fluke and
un-avoidable accident. He was...

you think casting lead is fun, wait till you start casting aluminum!
My small home foundry is a blast,
Dream it up and make it!

I home cloned a Star last winter. Worked till I broke it lol
Re-desiging the weak point i uncovered
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/James64/P2235581_zpsmvcdbp1q.jpg

Here's my solution to this minor problem.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/James64/20161118_162851w_zpsqlspgs57.jpg

The small press portion in the center is 6 inches tall, and will accept...

Annealing your gaschecks will help, I'm working on a cure for Lee push throughs
Lee sizing dies will screw in from the bottom and be pushed into the container of your choice...

In the world of milling machines Bridgeports are toys

First try at the PC thing
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16 grains of 2400 behind a 314299 in my 10 twist 308 shoots 1/2 groups at 100 yards easy peasy.
the bullet weighs ~205 grains lubed and checked.

I thought the same thing and had to look at his avatar to see if a location was present as I had not heard the word "scrapple" since I left PA 31 years ago :)