Someone said brazing and I agree, I'd use a die grinder and make a v groove and fill it with braze, I'd use TIG brazing myself, less heating of the material that way.
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Forum: Casting Equipment
Someone said brazing and I agree, I'd use a die grinder and make a v groove and fill it with braze, I'd use TIG brazing myself, less heating of the material that way.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
At the moment, one lee hand press and one lee C-frame press. I think I might have a lee powder measure somewhere too. Used it for black powder. That's what I used the lee equipment for mostly as I...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Is there any literature on making a stock from scratch? It's what I have been doing for my 1873 winchester replica, though the project has gone into hibernation. I have the forestock roughed out,...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I'm afraid I haven't gotten anywhere with the project yet, I was dialing in a piece of shaft I was gonna use but was chasing my own tail, turns out the 4-jaw chuck suffers from bellmouth on two of...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have various stock and shafting in more suitable dimensions as well. some 8mm shafting might be the most suitable I got, and some 12mm mild steel round stock.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I'm gonna go the emery route for the existing part. Though I will want to make one, I mean it's fun :)
Ive been teaching myself CAD the last few months, dabbled in sketchup for a year prior and...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Oh yeah! D'oh, can't believe I didn't figure that out on my own. Thanks for your help!
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I got a SAA revolver that I marred the base pin on many years ago:
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Well I was thinking that since I recently acquired a metal...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Got mine delivered a few hours ago straight to my desk at work.
Forum: Group Buy Results
I still got mine in their original packages, haven't had time to more than give them a quick glance, twin sons and build a house takes time and energy out of you.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
This is part of the reason I want to try the MCC method of coating, some guy said that using a heat gun on the bullets before going into the pan and while still shaking them about, eliminated...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The MCC method was looking like the number 1 contender until this thread. So simple and such nice results. Now to figure out which coating/color works best.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I haven't done any of this but it seems it can't hurt to tumble the ready PC'ed bullets in carnauba wax when still hot.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
What I am worried about is the gas check coming off. I shoot with a suppressor and I don't want a baffle strike. Hence I am very interested in shooting without a gas check or milling the shank off. ...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Have you tried using a heat gun on the bullets as they are drying, keep tossing them about on the pan before going into the oven. I read that someone did this and eliminated the sticking issue.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
What about accuracy if you don't use a gas check but keep the shank?
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I might remove all the grooves and GC shank on my surplus 75gr 223 mold... At least on some cavities.
That's too bad, if that is really true then coating, and casting might not be the answer for me in this caliber. I want to get away from gas checks or I can't use my suppressor in my AR15 with my...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I read in the comments to the video, that a guy got good results with this method using Eastwood 2K primer and also using a heat gun on the bullets while shaking and drying them, that way you avoid...
I would probably have someone with a mill to do it when it'll happen yes. Don't know any machine shops in the area though. I know some gunsmiths however.
I got this surplus Mihec 75gr 223 mold that drops bullets with an undrsize front driving band. Now we're all getting replacements so I now got this mold I got no use for. But I think it can still be...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Congrats on the addition, currently having two bundles at home myself. I'm in no rush here either for the same reasons, I wonder though what it would cost to buy another sprue plate for the old mold?...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Thanks for the info (and the well wishes, he's recovering on schedule), I was in the earlier 65gr buy and the first one was too large. Got a new one there, I was hoping for more than 68-69 grains...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I've been away for a while (down in helsinki with my son recovering from open heart surgery) and I haven't even been able to open my mihec mold package. I got the 6 cavity mold and I would echo the...
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 |