Yes, I started laying out bullets in the order as cast and weighing every bullet - I've noticed the weights "creep up" - I thought maybe it was the mold heating up ?
Also started ladle casting -...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yes, I started laying out bullets in the order as cast and weighing every bullet - I've noticed the weights "creep up" - I thought maybe it was the mold heating up ?
Also started ladle casting -...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
And besides poor accuracy, the smaller bullets leaded the barrel.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Just came through a learning experience (for me anyway) - more experienced casters will already know this.
For a few years I cast wheel weights - worked just fine. Then got interested in BPCR (Black...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
A bit late to the party but Ron Smith - RKS Enterprises, Wimborne, Alberta is a master barrel maker. I know he's been making cut rifled .22 barrel liners - don't know why he wouldn't make a full on...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Thanks for that !
Probably about as good as I'll get.
I have had thoughts about doing the same. I have been pan lubing but I'm finding it kind of messy.
I do have some previous experience but don't consider myself an expert. Chatting with a couple
of the Schuetzen guys (and looking at their bullets and targets) it became obvious that they were...
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
Yeah, I thought that might be the case. Last "hunt" I was on was for 38-55 bore / groove diameters and long story short, there had been several different combinations over the years.
Forum: "The Barrel Works"
So, is there a book that lists bore / groove diameters of all the popular calibers ?
I've had to go on 2 or 3 different "hunts" to find these specs. Hoping to find a useful reference book.
TIA
Going to give Schuetzen a try, so it will be with smokeless. They tell me (if I want to be competitive) that I'll need to breech seat as well.
I've seen Schuetzen targets hanging on walls, 10 shots...
Relatively new to this game.
Had a conversation with a fellow more experienced than me at BPCR (black powder cartridge rifle). He was telling me that many in that game do not size their bullets. In...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hmmm.... interesting - don't think it would be melt too cold, I had the pot set to ~ 9/10 so almost maxed out. Could be the mold I guess, I'll try it again. I had been thinking that aluminum molds...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Not very well:
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From a 20 lb. batch, I've skimmed 3 times - pile I've skimmed off would amount to ~ 2 full cups of yellow / green powder.
Just wondering - that powder wouldn't be lead oxide...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I don't think this is sheathing. Its solid round "wire" about 1/4" dia. quite soft and very flexible. Cuts very easily W/side cutters. I saw what I assumed was the outer sheathing (from a distance) -...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yeah, I was afraid it might be something like Cadmium or Arsenic or some other bit of bad news.
Got a bad taste in my mouth too !
That 250# might just be garbage - bought from some guy on FaceBook...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The saga continues !
Tried again today, set heat @ 9/10, fluxed 3 more times W/ beeswax, stirred quite a bit. Cast 10 bullets, no better, maybe even a bit worse.
Frustrated, walked away for ~ 45...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yeah, I was starting to think it was trash still in the mix, tried a couple other molds, still looked the same. Been fluxing with Bees wax - anything that might work better ?
TIA
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
So, I bought 250 lbs of "supposedly" pure lead. Was told it had been reclaimed from under water power transmission cable that went under a Lake in Northern BC. Believed the story because I saw the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
That'd be so cool to sit by a campfire, making up your own rounds for THAT revolver !
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Spent some of my early days on my Grandparents farm in Southern Manitoba - what a wonderful place for a young boy !
Old farm house had a Summer kitchen about 16 x 30' with a big old wood cook stove...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
1970's I believe, still go bang just fine.
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Forum: Leverguns
Hey;
I too have a Rem. model 14 in 30 Remington, I bought it (used) because I remember the gun rack at my Grandparents farm had one. They tore down the old Farm house, I got the gun rack, now I'm...
Forum: Leverguns
Thanks,
Yeah, sometimes I think I was born 100 years too late. That "Old Survivor" look really appeals to me.
Been places, done some stuff, lots of "character".
Forum: Leverguns
Ha ! Just looked at Ebay - one there, "buy it now" is $769 CAD or ~$600 USD
I'm a machinist, I've made a couple other tang sights before, for that kind of money, I'll make another, put a bit of...
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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 |
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