I made some molds to fit the SFRB. 4 ingots ~7.5lbs each. I shipped a lot of lead that way when I was in the business.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I made some molds to fit the SFRB. 4 ingots ~7.5lbs each. I shipped a lot of lead that way when I was in the business.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I started with a 16" Odin Works barrel. Switch to a 10.5" when I went suppressed. Both barrels were 1 MOA with a 125gr Spitzer. I am still trying to achieve that with my cast.
Odin Works barrels are...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am in the sailboat business and have to dispose of sailboats. I have processed a lot of keels and have all of them tested. None of them had zinc. As mentioned above, older boats generally have...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lyman's manual shows:
125 gr bullet - Starting load 3.9 gr w231, Max load 4.4 gr w231
147 gr bullet - Starting load 3.5 gr w231, Max load 4.1 gr w231
Your starting load of 3.5 gr should be safe....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have the same mold but with lube grooves/gas checked. It casts 132gr as a hollow point. I load 4.0 HP38 for my 9mm pistol and AR. Your mold drops a bit heavier so start low, work it up.
Forum: Cast Boolits
My results with soft hollow points in an AR has been disappointing. The feed ramps distort the nose resulting in poor accuracy.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Disassemble the burner itself and make sure nothing is blocking the gas flow. It's just 1 bolt holding everything together located in the center. I have a couple of burners I've been using for years...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use H110 for my supersonic BO loads, 1680 for subsonic. My supersonic loads are for 125gr J-word, 150gr cast HP. Subsonic is 215gr cast HP.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks to everyone that commented. This has been a fun, informative project. I may have some babbitt in my future but copper sulfate is cheap and readily available. Dusty mentioned the difference...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I want to thank Popper for the tips. Following his instructions I managed to get some Cu in a few ingots that test to 14 BHN. That's up a couple of points from my normal 2.5 Sb, 2.5 Sn alloy. I'm...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks! I was hoping you would post here. Apparently I didn't cook it long enough. I'll try again and post results.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Maybe I'm all screwed up but thought the copper replaced the tin. Popper showed some pretty impressive gains in BHN with small (.2-.3%) amounts of copper. I need to dig back into it.
Thanks!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I need some help hardening lead with copper sulfate. I've read the sticky, searched a bunch of posts but still having trouble. The alloy I have used for years is 2.5 Sb, 2.5 Sn. Very similar to WW...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Data for cast boolits is always an issue. For Blackout I use j-word data and read between the lines. I see you found the Sierra info. Good stuff and I also use https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/. Note...
There have been a few threads here about the lack of accuracy with cast boollits in the BO. I have an AR in the 300BO and read every one of them because of my same frustration. I pretty much gave up...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I shot a lot of Lee 356-125 2R powder coated and they work well in my 9mm AR. I'm using HP38 for powder. I am also playing with a NOE 135 gr hollow point mold. I'm still working up a load but it...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Very nice score! Being in the sailboat biz, I've recycled quite a few keels. Getting the keel off the boat and getting rid of the boat are the toughest part. Apparently that is done.
How I do it:...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I started with a 450. I ditched it when I changed to powder coating and went with the NOE push thru dies on a Rockchucker. I can't prove it but believe the push thru dies are more precise. I don't...
Cast and PC'd is all I shoot through my 9mm AR. Fun and really cheap to shoot. I think lubed would be fine.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have recycled a few keels like that. If you cut the fiberglass it should peel off the lead with a little help. There are a lot of ways to cut the fiberglass but my favorite is a 4" grinder with a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I built something similar to this. I was following an old post here during the build but can't find it now. I'll, take some pics tomorrow.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I always preprime my brass. I sized/primed 100 9mm cases yesterday and will do some more when I get the chance. It breaks up the task and makes the final stages simpler. Less stuff to keep an eye on....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I liked frosty boolits. When the temps get up my reject rate drops to almost nothing. I am switching to almost exclusively HP molds so the extra heat helps. I'm powder coating everything anyway.
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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 |