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I got one at a thrift store for about $12, it had been taken care of poorly and was badly rusted, but it melts lead just fine. I see cast iron at thrift stores fairly regular, I think many people...

Got my mold today, no thanks to the postal service. They were finally able to track it down at the post office, it should have been re-delivered but instead it was slated to go back to the sender. ...

I had the pot set at 500 degrees, it seemed to melt just like pewter. I was still skeptical so I melted it alone, and have the ingot stamped with a X.

The soap dish was also too big for my pot and...

I generally pay $1.40/lb. - $1.80/lb. for scrap pure lead at the non-ferrous metal re-seller, It's "processed" scrap lead roof flashing, old telephone cable shields, X-Ray renovations, and other...

Anyone familiar with Chinese Pewter? I found a thick 1 pound soap dish for $2.48, no hallmark, just a sticker with a manufacturers code and a description of "Pewter Soap Dish" and "Made in China". ...

I haven't checked on this in a while because I made my own, I signed up in the GB thread, It's nice to have bullet options.

I'll bite

I'll take a 4 cavity GC base with both sets of HP pins, Thanks

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I buy grade A tin locally for $15/lb (plus tax) with no shipping. I would look for a local non-ferrous metal house and check their prices. A friend of mine in another state buys it locally as well...

I have a Rotary Phase Converter and converted my lathe to 3 Phase with a VFD. If you don't want to add the cost of a phase converter, you can buy a VFD that will run on 220 single phase and put out 3...

Your going to want a much larger spindle bore for full gunsmithing usage. I have a small 10X21 lathe that I do some personal gunsmithing on, The spindle bore is .787, this bore has been problematic...

Yes, the broken part of your ingots are hangar tabs, Linotype lead definitely came in this form, possibly other types as well, The 25 lb. ingots were commonly referred to as 'pigs'. I used to be...

Yes, it does work well in 38 SA, 9x23, 357 SIG, a little tricky in 9mm Para (+p), but only minor hurdles.

I load this bullet in all of my 9mm caliber pistols, granted, it takes unique case sizing techniques on some of them to get that soft of a bullet down to the proper OAL. The same case sizing...

I got into casting more heavily during the worst of the ammo shortage, which I fully expect to get bad again. I learned quite a bit about making quality and effective ammunition without having...

OK, my memory was a little off, I found the original HP pin which I believe is unmodified. I cast a few with another batch of hollow points I was running. It weighs 137 grains as dropped out of the...

That weight was from memory, between machining the base, modifying the HP pin and installing a GC it weighs 147 grains without lube, not to mention the fact that it dropped them heavy to begin with...

9mm is a high pressure round, compared to some others. It's not just velocity that can cause leading/accuracy issues, but pressure. I have been loading/shooting 9mm to NATO/+P pressures for 20 years....

I usually cast pure at 720 - 730 degrees, I use a hot plate to preheat the mold, I keep the mold hot, particularly when casting pure lead. About the only pure I cast anymore is a 370 grain maxi ball...

Well my new furnace broke down already. Minor rough handling caused the temperature controller display to go out and would no longer heat. By "minor rough handling" I mean picking the empty heated...

The element in my Lee furnace has gone out twice. I purchased a replacement element on Ebay once, can't remember where the other one came from.

I bought a warped Lodge cast iron dutch oven at a thrift store for a few bucks, it had already been mistreated so it was a little warped and the lid didn't fit like it should. works great for...

I use Pb/Sn for hollow points and some I use Pb/Sn/Cu if I really want it tough. No Antimony at all. The bad part about adopting this was it's been more expensive, as I had to invest in some pure...

I used a lot of the Oregon Trial "Laser Cast" bullets, and the "True Shot" bullets only a few times. They are good bullets IMO, I pretty much loaded them all at full tilt with no problems, in 9mm,...

I had not heard of the Cabine tester until now, it looks like an awfully handy tool, but at a $160 it's going to have to go on the wish list for now, I already spent my upgrade money on the new...

I have the Lee lead hardness testing kit. It's accurate, I can mix known alloys and perform the test and it always comes out exactly where I expect it to be so I trust it's accuracy.

I really...