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I've heard you can get a bucket of saw dust from home depot/lowes for free. Right now I'm using a huge bag of tea lights I got at a thrift store for a dollar.

Thanks for the link. listed as SPF.

Also, I don't have a punch and cheapest I could find online was $6 with $6 shipping. Might as well buy new.

Pool construction growing up.

House restoration through collage.

Now I'm a structural engineer for The Man... Only 31 more years till retirement.

Yeah. If I couldn't get the mold to close properly I was going to load up a dummy round and see if it fit in the chamber. I just didn't know if being 3-4 thousandths oversize was getting too big for...

I went to an out-of-the-way outdoor range early the other day in hopes of picking up some lead. I surface picked from about 7:00 to 8:15. At first I only noticed the obvious bullets, it was amazing...

This did the trick. The gap closed a little after the first cycle, and closed completely by the third cycle. Now I gotta cast a few to see if everything is good.

Thanks for the tip!!!!

Thanks again everyone for your input. I'll give some of your suggestions a try, and hopefully something can fix this mold. If not, I'll find some wiggle room for a sizing die. Probably ought to start...

I was just on midsouthshooterssupply.com and they have more powder in stock. Some that have been harder to find recently that are available:

H1000
Unique
Varget

There are probably some...

By the way, I just re-read my post, and I'm not trying to give a sob story hoping for charity. We have money for what we need. I just have too many hobbies and can't justify spending much more...

Thanks for the replies. There is a slight gap between the blocks. When I close them, I can see a very slim sliver of light in the cavities themselves. No amount of pressure I'm comfortable putting...

I cast my first boolits about a week ago, and after removing the obvious errors, this is a sample of what I got.

166520

I thought most of them looked okay. But, I put my calipers to them and...

Just another vote for Randyrat. I made a last minute order and he was headed out of town but still made sure to get my package in the mail before he left. Combined shipping fees and got me my...

Couldn't bring myself to watch the whole thing. That was the worst most bleeding hearted pile of garbage. I've seen in a long time. Of course if you promote something to be FAKE violence that we...

Sold Lablover some Johnson's liquid floor wax. Transaction was as smooth as i could hope for. VERY fast payment.

I'll second that! Traded my brass for his lead. Came well packaged and very quickly. Lead looks like top notch quality, and he even put a couple extra pounds in the box.

The sad thing is that guy is spewing his ignorance to people who might not know any better, or who might be convinced just because he's "in the business." Whether the dude was trying to rip you off,...

I'm starting new now. I've justified it to my wife and myself by saying I'll save money. We both know that's not really true IF I charge my time against the cost of casting. However, I enjoy...

I've got a buddy that made a forge out of an old brake drum. He just uses an old hair dryer to get enough oxygen to the fire. We've forged knives in his setup so surely it's hot enough for lead. ...

If you end up buying them, I have a BIL that may be interested in the Lee 45 LC mold.

Found some One Step at a local hardware store. I got an okay deal, not as good as some, but it was good enough for me to clean them out of their remaining stock. I'm not a hoarder and will...

EDIT: deleted because I put this in the wrong thread.

Once or TWICE?! Just once for me please... Or, I'll just listen to you and others and start with a lid from the beginning.

Love what I'm learning here before I get started.

How old was the 10/22? The older versions has better trigger assemblies. They went great, but better than what comes on them now.

What's wrong with people these days? I went to our church egg hunt. It was set up by our teenage youth for the younger kids, and the KIDS did the hunting while parents watched. Sure most of the...

Way cool video. Thanks for sharing it.

The trick shots were unreal to me. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be holding any chalk in my hand for them and positive I wouldn't have had any in my ears......