Great Thread and a lot of great contributors.
I was wondering all through the 10 pages about pressures, so I appreciate Wayne mentioning devices exist,(or did) and if I recall correctly in Phil...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Great Thread and a lot of great contributors.
I was wondering all through the 10 pages about pressures, so I appreciate Wayne mentioning devices exist,(or did) and if I recall correctly in Phil...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Nanuk, I Just smelted 200 pounds sheet from dental office. Purest lead I ever saw. Had paper one side,peeled down thin real easy.(in minutes and I should have left it thick!) I scored the lead and...
Wanted in print that I thought it was mighty nice of you to come to our famile's aid with a couple boxes of .277 projectiles and I am very happy I could trade you what I had for them making primers...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yes, do it while your wife is gone.
This negates most negative outcomes.
It will smelt fine, just stink, and as in any process,don't breath it, never do it indoors,whether your wife is home or...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Good Thread ! Whiteish is a word, I use frosted,have been told caused by wrong temp and/or sb going to surface of mold when cast.
I need a little help also if that's possible. I melted 50 lbs diver...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Oooop's as to the last post, the cheap pot metal (not steel) ww's snapped too, were somewhat magnetic and showed a crystaline formation at the break.
(casting again)
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I'm new here and just learning the site, what a curve for me navigating,lol.
I'm casting again due to not wanting to pay the "Temporary" ,I hope, inflation in boolits
For fast sorting an anvil and...
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 |