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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
PS I forgot disassemble that little cover with the air fuel mixture adjustment and removed the spiderweb or leaves or dust that are trapped in there anything that will affect air flow. You want a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I love to cast with this.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220102/7d6d9963c0d06fe02b83fcf61d002dea.jpg A 1 quart stainless saucepan full of frozen room temperature lead is molten in four minutes....
Forum: Single Shot Guns
What kind of sights you got on that gun, I need those sights on my gun[emoji39]
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
This ishttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211231/ea98cc94e50d5a58a91045eb19b910ca.jpg copper hitek bullets I have coated loaded and shot in 38 and 9x19.
I prefer shooting powdercoated.
I wonder...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Heat the bullets to 120-140 °F then try coating them.
Pre- heating the bullets usually improves coverage of powder coating powder if it just won't stick.
I haven't tried those powders yet.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I saw this color shifting powder called Prismatic Universal and it caught my eye[emoji85]
Forum: Our Town
Can a metal detector be used to locate wheel weights alongside the road?
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Handloading and fireballs are proportionally related to how much fun you are having!
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I wish I did my buddy Ray in the valley showed me all the fancy 22/250's , his 220 Swift, couple 22 Hornets, going to say it was a swarm.
He liked good wood stocks and deep bluing and I was...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey Buck Shot disassemble the pins off the mold and polish them lightly with a wire wheel
Or steel wool works too it's just so slow
Put it back together get your mold really hot
Then cast away...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Leaving the leaves is kinda stupid but but but I liked the contrasting textures in the
pictures, and it is on the lowest or second lowest flame setting to cast hollow points.
(Excuses over)
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Get it all melted.
And pour ingots, the first lead brick will be the same as the last lead brick.
How big of batches are you trying to run?
I run a hardware store turkey fryer with a one...
Forum: Our Town
Yes an unusually warm sunny day over here. I grilled a rib eye with salt and pepper and drank a bottle of Corona beer in the sun.
Forum: Casting Equipment
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Forum: Our Town
The acceleration of the Tesla is absolutely bonkers. You are pressed into the seat and imagine having to turn a water glass 90° to prevent a spill.
It is pure torque and it is all available...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I found a stainless steel cup and the ingots look good. [emoji3]
Clean your gun and https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211222/59fd0e4f5b64d157b3d8d80d7bf5853c.jpgmake fire balls! This is h110 from a 2.25" j...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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Forum: Cast Boolits
What color are you gonna paint the bullets?
Forum: Cast Boolits
How does the loaded ammunition look, with the differences in bullet coatings?
I want to know- are you shooting 45-70 or a tyrannasaurus hunting revolver[emoji39]
Forum: Our Town
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Yesterday I made a bunch of boolits for my rubber band gun[emoji3]
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 |