This is what I use to melt down lead pipe and wheel weights, It's a diesel trucks air tank, I cut one end off for the pot and put a hole on the back top and welded the pot with a gap for flame heat...
Type: Posts; User: Huck Berry
Forum: Casting Equipment
This is what I use to melt down lead pipe and wheel weights, It's a diesel trucks air tank, I cut one end off for the pot and put a hole on the back top and welded the pot with a gap for flame heat...
Ezcess has it right.... drill and tap for set screws. Way better than peening or punching. Tap & allen head set screws at your local hardware store.
This is true but most single and double cavity Lee molds are steel sprue plates.
Tho I havn't had any trouble with rust on my steel molds anyways as I do as many do and keep them in tupperware type...
My friend Dick is the designer and seller of the Lee mold called the Big Lube bullet mold that is designed to hold lotsa SPG lube to be shot using Black Powder. They are Lee made alloy molds basicly...
Forum: Leverguns
I did vote Marlin as I have had one in different bbl lengths and calibers and they are great.... but my favorite lever rifle is a slicked ,short stroked, tuned Uberti 1873 short rifle in 357.
I have had good luck with the 6cav Lee molds by first washing all chemicals off with hot water and dish washing soap. then dry, I do lightly smoke them by using my butane torch to start a clean paint...
Thank you very much, I am looking for a non gas check bullet and will check there molds out. Also thanks for the pictures.
Huck
I am looking for a 357/358cal 180grn Round Nose mold.
I have found some truncated cone flat point but can't find a RN.
Thanks, Huck
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 |