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After reading so many posts about zinc contamination in lead, how can you tell if you have zinc in any ingots that you buy? Is there a chemical that they can be tested with to show if they contain...

i'm sorry if i'm asking a question that has been already asked, but what affect does the oven temperature (400 degrees) used to cure the pc coating, have on alloy hardness?
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hey country gent,
i think don rorschach died about 7 years ago. i had a set of his 30cal carbide die for many years and they were truly a work of machinists art.

where can i buy some of this "smoke's powder" that is being talked about on this thread? i want to start powder coating bullets and i don't want to start with any thing that is going to waste my...

I have noted that Richard Corbin does not stock very many jackets any more and an e-mail to him told me he does not plan to handle them anymore. The price on jackets from Dave Corbin is higher than I...

how have you been taking the plastic coating off that is applied to these cases?

has anyone tried these coated bullets with the glock polygon barrels and checked for any leading. i know that there is a warning about shooting cast in a glock and i was wondering if this coating...

to beladran,
Is this a one-off press or is the person that made it going to make any more? If he is, what would be the cost for one? Oh by the way, I think it is a thing of beauty.
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to treysoucie,
are you planning to build and sell some of those beautiful three post presses? if so, what do you figure the price will be? I'm not scared of the price, i've been swaging for 30 years...

has anyone had any dealings with mic mcpherson and his marlin work. i would like to know what his turnaround time is and his quality, but most of all what is his shipping address?
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to: bt
great looking bullets in 357. i have a couple of questions about sizing down the 9mm cases for this bullet. what length did you trim the cases to, to make the 146g bullets? i've found that...

to: bt sniper
i know that you have many project going at this time, but have you given a time line on when you could open up the meplat on my long ojive CH dies. i need to have the internal hardware...

to: BT
i am glad to hear that you will be making some swage dies. will the dies be heat treated?

to: xfire68
i would like to try the stainless steel tumbling media and i need to know what size to buy (there are many listed) for rifle and pistol cases?

to: bt sniper
i have been fighting this long-nosed ogive problem on a set of CH 40cal dies that i bought. my only cure for the problem was to trim the noses of the finished bullets (.075") after...

Does anyone know if this company is still in business? I have not been able to get a phone number that works to their company. I left an e-mail message but I don't feel good about getting an answer....

to: bt sniper
the 416 bullets are beautiful, but i have two questions about their construction. how and what are you using to draw the 40 cal cases down to .400 to make these bullets? how are you...

to: BT

what type of press are you using? did you make the handle for it? have you had any problems with the press cracking or warping? are the cast bullets made of pure lead or scrap?
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i just came back from the mountain molds site and had some questions about mold design. what difference does it make to have many lube grooves or only one groove when you are designing a bullet...

i see that there are two manufacturers of sharps rifles in the usa. both are in montana. whats the diference in the rifles they produce? they both seem to be in the same price range and i was...

if you are annealing pistol cases to be used as bullet jackets in an oven, when you remove the tray of hot cases from the oven do you dump them in a bucket of water or let them air cool to soften...

most of the reloading manuals list 3 different strengths of reloads for the 45-70 cartridge. where does the h&r buffalo rifle fit, as far as strength goes in these 3 catagories? or to put it a...

to: elk hunter
who made the dies that you are using to make these bullets? thanks

to ceramic media users:

how do you get the ceramic media out of the cases after you tumble them? do you uses a rotating basket like the dillon setup or possibly a shaker screen? what type of soap...

to: kawalekm

are the lead cores that you are using cast in a mold or are they lead wire and swaged in a core forming die? i am also interested in how you folded the brass nose of that center...