Yep, or have BNE test it, like I did. :D What a resource to have here! I did list them in the Team Boolits for sale section. I dint have enough posts yet for the general one.
Type: Posts; User: regdor1999
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yep, or have BNE test it, like I did. :D What a resource to have here! I did list them in the Team Boolits for sale section. I dint have enough posts yet for the general one.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I wonder what the blood lead level is of the guy in the first couple of pictures in the foundry working around giant open lead cauldron melts and pours! :eek:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Great suggestion to contact user BNE on here. I did exactly that, followed his instructions to send him a sample, and received the following result:
Sn = 99.6%
Cu = 0.4%
Excellent! Granted...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Unopened blister pack of Velet Exploding Bullets, .38 Special (Late 70’s/early 80’s)
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
UPDATE EDIT: I'll leave the above original text for context. I talked to him on the phone last night and he's said he had it for about 30 years. He used to do a lot of lead wheel weight melting and...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
I'll be damned, Chili, that's exactly what the headstamp is! THANK YOU! I hadn't heard of this before. Will likely just trash it then.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have a small pile of tin ingots from a cleanout of my dad's former casting area. They're labeled "Tin", and look and sound different than lead ingots, so I have no doubt they are tin. They do...
Forum: Completed Deals
I have a Nikon Force XR 2.5-8x EER BDC Matte Handgun Scope (8468), which includes a set of Weaver Quad Lock X-High Matte Rings available if that's the type of scope you can use.
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
The 2400 can has probably 1/3 lb left in it that I’d still use.
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Some more stuff in the load I hauled back from my dad's...
In the first image:
I'm certainly familiar with 9x18, and I was sad he sold the Walther that they went into! :cry:
The plain brown...
Forum: Vintage Powder Cans / Tins
I was cleaning up and my parent's house a lot of leftover stuff my dad had from his firearms/components/casting business (retired, not dead, thankfully!). He asked me if I had any use for these! ...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have a stock factory Ruger Mk II 512. The trigger is... stock Mk II crunchy. :)
I'm looking at the Volquartsen parts, specifically the Accurizing Kit and the Pistol Competition Kit (Accurizing...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
I'm pretty sure that handgun AP is illegal but rifle is legal.
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong though, and cite/link you info. Thanks!
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Oh, I’m cheerful! I would have been even more cheerful if I had visited him BEFORE he unloaded a bunch of stuff at a gun show. Such goes life, though. :-P
Found some bags and a box of dust 5.56...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
Some dusty old stuff that I found while cleaning out garage/basement: 9 x 18 Ultra & .30 M2 AP . Sadly he already had sold the Walther that the ammo went with. I did end up with a lot of new brass,...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I related to the original poster regarding these things at gun shows. 30 years ago when I was doing gun shows with my dad, they were everywhere (NW PA). I recall one guy that went to every table at...
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 |