I just saw this on Ali Express. I wonder if it could be made to work.
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Type: Posts; User: Ghugly
Forum: Casting Equipment
I just saw this on Ali Express. I wonder if it could be made to work.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I find that the right temp. will cause the lead on the spew plate to harden in 3 to 4 seconds.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I got curious and picked up a Lee gas checked .38 mould. Been casting since the late 60's and never tried gas checked boolits. I guess being ignorant and lucky worked for me. I picked up 1000...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I tumble lube the Lee and load it for 3 different .380's and one 9mm and it works great in them all. I would love a 6 cavity mould. I just don't understand the logic in offering a 6 cavity for a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
This is one old married man who just had to pick himself off the floor and wipe the tears out of his eyes. I'm still laughing.
Forum: Cast Boolits
My friend and I were both surprised that his .22 mag Ruger is louder than his .357 S&W. In fact, we both were pretty impressed with the .22 mag. My .44 mag is louder than either of them. Lower...
I thought I should point out the fact that this combination is useless. The recovery time makes it useless as a carry load, it is no fun at all for plinking, and hunting with a Bulldog is just...
Warning! Don't try this at home! The most accurate load in my Bulldog (and this is after years of testing loads to try to make it shoot at point of aim accuratlly) is 17gr of 2400 under a 250gr...
Hi guys,
Just a quick thought on recoil and accuracy. I have a .44 Redhawk with a 7 1/2 inch barrel and have been shooting the classic 429421 and 22gr of 2400 through it. The gun is heavy enough...
Hairline cracks in the cylinder would sure worry me.
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32 S&W Long, certainly. I have a S&W Hand Ejector that was made around 1918 and has become my favorite pistol for first time pistol shooters. Everyone seems to be able to shoot it well.
If you...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Good job! When I explain the merits of casting and handloading to some poor soul who's just blasted away $75 worth of hard earned cash on factory fodder, it never fails to make my day.
Keep...
I use the Lee in an EG Mak and it loves it. If Lee made a 6 holer, I'd jump all over it.
All else being equal. A cast boolit will give more velocity at less pressure than a jacketed bullet. No magic involved, it's just easier to push a lubed, lead boolit down a barrel.
The Lee crimp die is intended to give a nice taper crimp, and it does. It is also designed to correct the occasional out of spec cartridge. I don't believe it was ever intended to be used to size...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Find another Big 5. The quality of their clerks vary wildly. I was looking at Mil-surps at a local Big 5 when this little girl (at least to me) walked up and asked if she could answer any...
Forum: Our Town
Fit and finish is poor when compared with a S&W. Much stronger than one would think. My current carry load is 13.2 gr. of 2400 under a 250 gr. Keith. This is a compromise load. The heaviest load...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I agree. To start with, I've always heard that Mothers-in-law require a pure silver boolit. I don't think you can get enough weight for proper penetration casting silver for a .380.
Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered a couple of packs.
Forum: Military Rifles
My son and I are in the middle of the same mess. After wearing out 3 brushes and both of us, we went to the local hardware store and cobbled together an electronic bore cleaner for 8 or 10 bucks and...
Forum: Our Town
So............. Where is this "free portion of the United States" where it's OK to destroy other peoples homes and property? Are you suggesting that "free" means free from responsibility for your...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you have it handy, natural gas is the way to go. Smelted 400 lbs at my kids house. His wife went over the gas bills, convinced that the monster was burning money, and couldn't see any difference...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I know that this makes no sense. Unfortunately, knowing it's senseless makes no difference.
Whenever I hear that the guy, who just left the tire store before I got there, is going to take all my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My only real gripe is the lack of a 6 gang mold. Ditto with the 9mm Makarov version.
In my particular instance, I was correcting a factory defect. The start of the forcing cone was so small that a boolit sized to groove diameter (.430) could not be started into it as the front...
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 |