I ordered 1 box of these to try and not one problem. Tested them in 380 bodyguard, 9s, 38sp, and an AMT backup 45 with small primer brass. Zero failure to fire. Very happy. Ordered 40 boxes for my...
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I ordered 1 box of these to try and not one problem. Tested them in 380 bodyguard, 9s, 38sp, and an AMT backup 45 with small primer brass. Zero failure to fire. Very happy. Ordered 40 boxes for my...
At the outset of Covid I did have a quick communication with Jared. He said he was not doing any more custom work, he was overwhelmed with orders from his catalog. He did tell me to send him the six...
Does anyone know what happened to Jared at Arsenal mold? He doesn’t reply to emails and phone calls anymore. He’s done some great work for me in the past
Forum: Cast Boolits
Looking to purchase a couple of old HG molds. Running out of the bullets that I’ve inherited from these molds. Can’t seem to get a modern version of them in anyone else’s catalog
H&G 343 44 cal...
OK I checked the HG catalog and it is the number 343 Bill Wilson. Thanks everyone
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Thought I would update this as it showed up on my old board. Had a custom mold built. Arsenal 308-85 spitzer. I powder coat this and drive it upwards to 1600 ft./s. Great range round
Sorry that took so long to get the pic attached. Any help is appreciated
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429. Any help appreciated. Looking to iD for a mold. Thamks
The picture of the attached 44 is elusive. I have worked at Saeco, Lyman, and RCBS. No luck so far. Definitely an older boolit from the 80s if not much older. I received a decent stockpile of these...
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That’s the one. I would bet money on it. It is way too hard for typical Lyman 2. That’s a lot of antimony in that mix. These bars are exceptionally hard. They “ting” and echo when tapped with...
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I recently acquired a quantity of alloy bars. They were from an estate of a friend who was activelycasting. They were in his casting room with various other supplies. One still had the mailing label...
I sent a very short email asking for my refund or the mold and finally got an answer
Adding onto an old thread. Looking for anybody else who has had problems with Arsenal mold. Took my money back in early April and that has yet to send me anything. We exchanged a couple emails but...
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Thanks again for the great info. I just threw together a hundred Plinkers for the range tomorrow. If 1700ft/sec is plinking. I’ve found powdercoating cast rounds is very easy and eliminates...
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44, thanks for the updated info. I have not cast any plumbers lead up to slug my barrel. Maybe this weekend. For now I tried to load some 311 and I was unsuccessful in chambering about half of them....
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Outpost75- Yes I open the brass up to accommodate the .309. As I said the Starline brass is coming in at .306. That being said, I have to size down the Lee from .311. When I left it that large it...
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M57 has a decent safety. Chamber a round, carefully lower the hammer down and it will stop just prior to engaging the pin. Locks in place. Engage the safety. To fire the safety is lowered and hammer...
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44Blam - That 31-085HG is a neat looking boolit. Tom has it listed as .314. I could never get that into the star line brass as the neck is only .306. What brass are you using if I might ask?
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Chrono’d the Lee 93 rn over 12.5 H110. Averaged 1760ft/sec. from my M57. The milsurp Czech stuff zipped at 1660. I took one down, it had 8.8 grains of an extruded powder over 86 grain steel hull. ...
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Old post, new to me. Thought I would add on. Using new star line brass, inside neck on this is .306. Having trouble getting .311 Lee boolit in. Opening the neck a bit, and sizing down to .308. I...
I am looking at a 429 hollowpoint Lee single mold. Can anyone tell me if that mold is a gas check base?
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JB Mn- I was looking up powder coat data to see what other folks were doing for max velocity and ran across this old thread. Thought I’d throw some of my new data about it in case anyone was thinking...
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I am relatively new to all this and by no means an expert. HereÂ’s my 44 experience:
I cast and powder coat relatively soft scrap range lead at various weight for the 44mag: 143, 165, 240gc, and...
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New to this forum. Been casting for couple years now, and I tend to do larger batches, usually drop between 1000 and 2000 in sitting using Lee six cavity and Accurate five cavity molds. I push them...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
An update. I am learning as I go.
The slightly "wrinkled" bullets I thought might be polluted with zinc were sized and then weighed and are right on spec. And they are relatively soft, virtually...
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 |