AKA flux ( to be fair pine type woods work best for that but... Oak will still work ;) )
Type: Posts; User: fryboy
Forum: Our Town
AKA flux ( to be fair pine type woods work best for that but... Oak will still work ;) )
Forum: Our Town
Toothpicks are easy .... ;)
If you didn't seal the ends check for cracks ( end checks ) work around as needed
Picture frames and many other projects leads me to suggest making lumber out of some...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
annealing may help as it'd keep the neck tension more uniform ,tumbling brass or even age can harden it ,perhaps not as much as sizing and shooting it but ...
If you're going for hopefully the best...
Forum: Casting Equipment
found it , here's something to read and mull
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?300448-Lyman-4500-problem&highlight=lyman+4500
Forum: Casting Equipment
to be fair I don't shoot cowboy action ( just to put that out there ) I do however shoot a 44-40 ( lots of fun ! ) some more lead would help , i've ran as low as 4 parts pure to 1 part ww's with good...
Forum: Casting Equipment
That's the best way I know to keep the grooves when sizing down that much,i've had to pan lube to do that in some instances
Makes me curious about your alloy ...the big groove molds were designed...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thought so by the way the metal looked .... reason I asked was there was a thread recently about someone having problems on the upstroke ( in essence getting stuck iirc ) also can't remember how they...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Apparently not as much as I had planted last week ...4 hail storms,wicked winds ,too much rain and hardly any sunshine isn't condusive to/for good gardening :/
But ...i did get some fresh pumpkin...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Makes me want to ask ... downstroke or upstroke ?
But yeah bummer that,i broke a bolt once but so far that's been it.
Hope they work good for ya ! I'm sure that I'm not the only one who wishes they made a lot more various 6 cav's !
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Yup try the Felix solo ( it's good stuff !! )
Beings as you're pan lubing they should mix ok but I'd mix one pan's worth and try it out before doing it all,r5r is right it'll end up being a fairly...
My lil 22Khornet fastly became my fav ,the thing weighs almost nothing even with a bull barrel (18") 5 shots @ 50-75 yards is usually smaller than a dime ( with rigorous culling of the castings ) the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
More than likely the 45 ,by the time they had started marketing the 450 ' Lyman ' ( solo ) was the predominant stamping
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The 315's ,while similar, are notorious for not quite opening enough to easily extract the empties ( or loaded rounds for that matter )
The fact that it does ok with the forearm off leads me to...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I didn't plant them but the weeds are growing like ...well weeds :P it's been seriously cool and dark this spring,the only thing doing great is some pumpkins from seeds I grew last year,they may...
Brass/ammo for the hornet is hit and miss ...reforming it from other cases is a bit more intensive than the 222 ....of course this is looking ahead and with forethought so ... In the end it will be a...
I own both plus the 223/.556 ....the most fun ? Oddly for me the hornet lolz
Umm make it a Khornet ;) if not the 222 starts looking better but for ease of finding economical factory loads ( if the...
Forum: Our Town
And the populace keep voting in these traitors to the US of A ,it's constitution it's people and any sense of true humanity .....
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of...
Rubs on the neck ? Thought it was all neck ...:kidding:
The rubbing on the middle does sound like it isn't sized down - if it's rubbing all the way around that is
Factory spec's at the neck mouth...
Forum: Our Town
Door #2 ...not only does she look like the real-ist red but ....she's sittin' on me blanket ;)
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Dang lunch won't be done for a minute ...anyone want to guess what's going to 'get me thru' until then ? :P
Forum: Our Town
Semi- local news ....yesterday they were exploring possible stronger alternative charges ...today they state no charges - at least at the local level,state or fed may yet step in/up
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Both sb and sn are lighter than lead so either or both
Forum: Casting Equipment
Drill your old cover out to 5/16" iirc it'll then fit over the longer threads on the new rod
As for the handle coming loose ...ummm actual handle ? ( which is a press fit ) or the pivot point ? (...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Umm amigo ? About that math ...round,pound or common core ? :kidding:
As for the OP ...you did ask...that most state you're wasting tin isn't really yelling per say ( that'd be - YOU'RE WASTING TIN...
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BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
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