I built exactly what you are talking about. I used a 6' long piece of 2"x 10" aluminum tubing and capped both ends. In the middle of the length of tubing I welded a aluminum pipe fitting so that I...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I built exactly what you are talking about. I used a 6' long piece of 2"x 10" aluminum tubing and capped both ends. In the middle of the length of tubing I welded a aluminum pipe fitting so that I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I made a genuine effort a few years back when we could not even find 22 ammo to try to stockpile lead. I decided to placed an add in a local publication for a month stating that i was looking to buy...
Forum: Lathesmith's Custom Dies
Hi Lathesmith. I would like to order a size die, PM sent
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
NRC is an abbreviation for Nuclear Regulatory Commission???????? Maybe some sort of radiation shielding????????
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I love the camera and monitor idea for viewing the beam pointer better, will have to do that for myself.
I have had and tried at least 6 beam scales and when digital scales came out I had to try...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Hi all, a friend gave me a 5 pound spool of Perma Bond PS-95 solder. I did a internet search for it but did not receive any hits. Does anyone know what the chemistry of this might be. The outer layer...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Go on McMaster Carr website and find elevator bolts. Several variations available.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I started with ladle pour and a colman stove with good results although it was slow. A year or two later stepped up to a bottom pour furnace and never looked back. Eventually purchased a second...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
There is a seller on evilbay with a jig for cutting 308 type cases. I purchased one for making 45acp shot shells. I had to modify it slightly to allow it to cut short enough for the intended purpose,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I would do the muriatic acid test. I did a experiment a while back where I intentionally melted a very small amount of zinc into known pure lead. I believe it was about 2 lbs of lead and about 1/4...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I started processing range scrap a while back and have found the same as you with unrecovered lead remaining in the dross and jackets. I have a large re-melter and when I accumulate a 5 gal bucket of...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
No fluxes or anything else. If you would want to pm me with a phone number I would take a picture or two and send them to you of my set up. Holding the antimony under the surface with the perf plate...
Forum: Lathesmith's Custom Dies
Hi lathesmith, Youngtimer again. I would like to order a star die @ .355. PM sent
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Adding antimony is not difficult. It took me a while to figure out how to do it though. I measure out the weight of antimony I want to add based on the weight of lead I wish to alloy. I melt the lead...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
For the last 11 years I opened a door exactly like that one about 100 times a shift X-raying piping joints in a concrete booth. Good find.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
And I thought I hit the jack pot getting 3 ten pound tin ingots at a auction for $28. WOW good for you.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I did a fair amount of silver soldering years ago and we would solder the small pieces together to use 100% of it due to the high cost. It came in several shapes, round, square, rectangle and to the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Can someone refresh my memory??? Many years ago I read an article about adding various alloys to the melt and the effect it has on the as cast finished diameter of boolits. I pretty sure I read this...
This is great information. I have been casting the hard way for a long time. While following this process for opening up cavities a few thousandths I have seen the light on how to get my boolits to...
Forum: Lathesmith's Custom Dies
Hi Lathesmith. I would like to order a star die at .402" along with a custom project. PM sent.
Regards Youngtimer
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks to all who responded, there is a lot of good information in the posts. Maybe I can negotiate a good price and have a steady supply if it all works out.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Think I will need to get my hands on a few hundred pounds and give it a try to see what the return is (labor and cost) compared to WW.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
It is sitting in drums or barrels at the range. All I need to do is pick it up, but the more I think about it the more concerned I am becoming with frangible bullets or other unknown bullet material...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Anyone using range lead run into any non lead environmentally friendly material mixed in???? I was thinking of offering .25 to .30 a pound. Maybe Ill obtain one or two hundred pounds and see how much...
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 |