Dan
I make my 1 oz slugs using a Lee mold.
I am using an older recipe for the slugs. I have fired 10 or 12 test loads and they work wonderful.
Tom
Type: Posts; User: Tom Schafer
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Dan
I make my 1 oz slugs using a Lee mold.
I am using an older recipe for the slugs. I have fired 10 or 12 test loads and they work wonderful.
Tom
Forum: Our Town
I have had several model 12s. All of the levers are or were blue.
Forum: Our Town
I am over the age of consent, I spent a whole lot of time in the service, Flew trash for eons then flew rescue. Loved what I did. Now I do what the body allows, and what I declare I want to do.
I...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Please send the number of the mold.
As happy as everyone seems over the buy, they must have a hand in the cookie jar.
Thanks
Tom
Forum: Casting Equipment
They make a universal heater for the 45 or 450, and the 4500 can be bought with the heater.
Mine will not work unless I warm up the lyman sizer luber.
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I just smelted over 600 pounds of Wheel Weights.
I got one group of lead that was not lead but steel and some zinc.
I agree with you completely.
The underlying problem showing it's head, is the...
I am using a Lee 6 qty 357, 125 gr. I got finning (applicable name), so I stopped and looked very carefully for some lead stuck on the aluminum alloy. I found a very small piece close to the Hinge....
Forum: Swaging
Try the copper from the people who make gutters. I'm sure they have scraps you can get and cutting is not a problem. I use a Dewalt nibbler.
Tom
Forum: Our Town
Where can you get half jackets for swaging?
I just got back to reloading.
The military medically discharged me, so I have time on my hands.
I have a CH Swage o matic.
Thanks
Tom
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