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  1. What firelapping will do for you is scour more at...

    What firelapping will do for you is scour more at the chamber end, and less toward the muzzle as the bullet gets compressed. This could be a positive in that you'll end up with a very slight...
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    With the world shifting to 9mm as "The Standard",...

    With the world shifting to 9mm as "The Standard", production numbers of everything else seem to be decreasing, which is only going to drive the per-round cost up. Given that the .32 and .380 still...
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    You wheel weights will let you run .357 / .44...

    You wheel weights will let you run .357 / .44 velocities as is.

    A gas check will let you soften that up and keep your velocities.

    Linotype is kind of like wheel weight on steroids in that it...
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    You know. . .they make mouse traps for mice. We...

    You know. . .they make mouse traps for mice. We don't have to shoot them anymore. :kidding:

    I've gone through similar thoughts with a .22 K-Hornet. Definitely an educational project, but it left...
  5. I'm there with the automatics. I'd...

    I'm there with the automatics.

    I'd comfortably go there with the hunting revolvers.

    I'm not quite yet comfortable enough with the current state of durability of the optics and mounts to go...
  6. Yup. That's the right idea. As others have...

    Yup. That's the right idea. As others have mentioned, with a wheel weight smelt, it's not just the lead, it's all the reasonable suspicion of and unknown crap stuck to them.

    The chimney idea...
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    Since you have a pretty solid idea of where you...

    Since you have a pretty solid idea of where you want your bore and groove diameters to be, you'll probably do best going straight to the manufacturers and tell them what you want. If they have a...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I tend to regard the 9mm and .38 as "cartridges...

    I tend to regard the 9mm and .38 as "cartridges of quantity" that get cast for and loaded in large numbers to fill up large quantities of free range brass. Since you generally know how much brass...
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    I worked the gun shop scene from '92 to '05. At...

    I worked the gun shop scene from '92 to '05. At the start of that, we still had the Chinese stuff coming in, and with the '91 crash of the Soviet Union and its economy, the Russian surplus guns and...
  10. My experience is slightly secondhand, and a...

    My experience is slightly secondhand, and a sample of one, so take it with a hefty chunk of salt...

    My Dad tinkered with one and eventually got it to shoot, but ended up naming the rifle "Job" in...
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    I prefer the OEM's with inserts, but the wood...

    I prefer the OEM's with inserts, but the wood Hogues with no finger grooves ain't bad if you like something a little thinner side-to-side.
  12. Thread: 45 acp

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    I'd also be inclined to try a small batch of them...

    I'd also be inclined to try a small batch of them at 4/1 lead/mono, because you certainly don't need WW for 825fps .45 Auto. My only concern would be about reducing the tin content to where fillout...
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    +1 on Outpost75's recommendation. I'd put in a...

    +1 on Outpost75's recommendation. I'd put in a request to Tom to leave off the bevel base (or just get the 240E), and tumble lube grooves are my personal preference, but you aren't going to get...
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    I never have gotten around to casting for my...

    I never have gotten around to casting for my 10mm, but have come to prefer the LFN style for .45, 9mm, .380, etc... The common thread with these bullets is that they are basically a round nose...
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    As you say, it's going to be fine and you're...

    As you say, it's going to be fine and you're worried about nothing.

    An absolutely inconceivable number of pistol-caliber lever actions were run on 9-10 BHN lead/tin alloys back in the day. The...
  16. Thread: 45 acp

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    Dilute the monotype with 3x pure lead, and you...

    Dilute the monotype with 3x pure lead, and you should end up pretty close to the classic wheelweight with 2% tin. Propel with 5 grains of Bullseye.
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    Matt85 is in the orchestra. . . He plays the...

    Matt85 is in the orchestra. . .

    He plays the BA-THOOM. :mrgreen:

    I always figured the old English gunsmiths were hiring Japanese bonsai tree gardeners to train their walnut trees to grow...
  18. Thread: Glock mags

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    On a 35 year old mag. . . ? As mentioned, the...

    On a 35 year old mag. . . ?

    As mentioned, the earliest ones, they wouldn't drop free, or at least wouldn't drop free until empty. They'd swell a little when loaded, and my guess would be that...
  19. Forum: Cast Boolits

    Accurate Molds has several bullets labeled for...

    Accurate Molds has several bullets labeled for the .348 that have roughly similar noses, but differ in weight by varied shank lengths. These are in Tom's catalog in the 35-220 to 35-300 range.
    ...
  20. Thread: 9 BHN casts

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    You're not getting any bad advice from what I'm...

    You're not getting any bad advice from what I'm seeing.

    One of the key functions - perhaps the key function - of a gas check is to act as a driving key at higher speeds than would otherwise be...
  21. Thread: Lee enfield

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    314299 or 316299 depending on the dimensions of...

    314299 or 316299 depending on the dimensions of the throat/bore in question, in front of 5744 for a tad over 2000 fps.
  22. Thread: Martini Cadet

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    Hoping the photos actually attach. . . I'd...

    Hoping the photos actually attach. . .

    I'd have to make a trip to where the press lives to remind myself what I actually did for flaring of brass the first time it's loaded. . .

    But the short...
  23. Thread: 9 BHN casts

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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    It all comes down to marketing. Commercial...

    It all comes down to marketing.

    Commercial cast is, or at least was, a lot harder than it needed to be mainly for shipping reasons. If customers opened the boxes to find a bunch of bullets that...
  24. Thread: Testing BHN

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    Delkal's laid down some good advice. Your...

    Delkal's laid down some good advice. Your wheelweight might take a couple weeks to settle, but isn't likely to start harder than 11-12BHN, or age to anything beyond about 13-14 BHN.

    I sent a...
  25. Thread: 9 BHN casts

    by Bigslug
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Methinks you're sweating hardness a little too...

    Methinks you're sweating hardness a little too much.

    You're going to get gas blow-by if you're bullet is too hard to obturate and seal the bore at the pressures involved, or if the "funnel" of...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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