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Hiya Rockydog;
Well I'll start with your ending comment first because it made me laugh; and laughs are good for the soul. At first glance I was a tad unsure of the radical (to my eyes) comb; I...

REGARDING MY "UGLY GUN"; THE 22-250

Two parts of my problems being able to chamber a resized brass case into my rifle have been solved.

I have been using Hornady dies for my 22-250. I have...

Rockydog;
I have 3 grandsons here in Idaho; and the youngest one, Beau Jr or Bobo, turns 5 this year. His dad, my son, has quite a few rifles and shotguns (an avid Mauser man) so Bobo is pretty...

Thanks for the offer Parson; but another poster in here already gave me his email addy. I sent him an email yesterday, and he has already sent a reply with partial info, telling me he will send me...

Hi Rockydog;
Well I created the photo album right here in Cast Boolits, took quite a while to figure out how; I'm really a dumbazz when it comes to computers. I know I did it succesfully; but after...

That's encouraging to hear Parson; I hope he does as well for me; and that mine shoots as well as yours.
How long did it take for him to get back to you with the information?

Ken

I just created a public photo album for anyone that would like to see my new "TOY"; the Mauser that I have been asking all the questions about. I would have posted a couple of pics here if I could...

atr;
That is absolutely great news to hear regarding primer thickness; I will take the most troublesome cases and change them asap today over to CCI; and if that makes the difference, I will switch...

Hi Jeff;

I appreciate your thoughts.

From the brass viewpoint even though it might be a tad more work bringing the 30/30 down to a 22, and then the neck work, I kind of agree with you; thutty...

Regarding the recoil lug; not problem the barrel came right off.

Calaloo; you were absolutely correct I did find a job number and other information under the forearm just as you said.

Ken

HeavyMetal and Uncle R.;
Thanks again for the great feedback. The suggestions that you both gave I will start on today; the remainder I will do as soon as I get some cerrosafe.
Today I am going...

Thanks guys for the feedback.

Not meaning to ignore the other responses by any means, I appreciate all of them; but I believe that Uncle R, callaloo, and KCSO are on the right track in remembering...

I just purchased a fine old single shot target rifle made by C. C. Johnson; a famous gunsmith of the 1940s & 50s. I can go into details of the rifle later if anyone is interested.

This single shot...

Many years ago I had a Martini; I dont remember which though; I sent it to P.O. Ackley and he turned it into a 17 Ackley Bee. I lost it when all my guns were stolen one Thanksgiving Day.
What would...

SciFiJim;

I got a pretty good chuckle at how you emphasized your advice on not using my furnace to melt the stick-ons; I really, really, REALLY did. lol
And I will take your advice; and I...

Thanks for the answer 462
Ken

Now that I have the Stickons seperated from the WWs I want to melt them down for the "pure" lead that they contain. I was surprised at the amount of stickons that were in my wheel weights; I had 160...

Man am I ever glad I asked the question; valuable information is really pouring in here from all of you experienced boolit casters.

I am now in the process of sorting my WWs and my magnet has...

462;
Sorry about the ommision; they are gas chack boolits.
Ken

snaggidit;

Thanks for joining in on the information party and your contribution.

A scary thought just occured about the 350 9mm boolits I cast last week and fired over the weekend.
I just...

462
Thank you for the additonal information; and for the link to the top punch reference chart. Very helpful.
Ken

Edd;
I am extremely impressed with your detailed answers; and the way you seperated each question with your answers had to take some thought and time. An exceptional reply!

Apparently then zinc...

I am just getting back into casting my own boolits after about 20 years away from it and many things have changed; whch leads me to four questions.

FIRST; I notice that some of the WWs are square...

Hey that's a great idea dakota; I will combine your idea along with what Jerry said, "to cast hot and fast". With your idea then I can take a break every now and then and keep the pin hot while I am...

GLL;

Just read your post Jerry. That's exactly what I did this afternoon. I did it hot and did it fast, very fast; and it worked. Only two rejects; I figure those were my first two; actually there...