I cast for just over three hours today. Given it was 57-58 degrees here in January it was a great day to cast. Thursday is supposed to be as nice. So I might just try to cast Thursday to.
Type: Posts; User: renoce
Forum: Cast Boolits
I cast for just over three hours today. Given it was 57-58 degrees here in January it was a great day to cast. Thursday is supposed to be as nice. So I might just try to cast Thursday to.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Anyone have any results from handgun bullets with a good HP, coated, then shot and recovered? I wondering how is expansion after powder coating?
thanks,
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I will look after the initial shaking and coating. If not completely covered, I shake again and that nearly always give a complete coating.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I nearly always wait at least a day before coating and baking after casting. I just like the bullets to completely cool before moving forward. I seem to have good results. Sometimes it is more...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have used the trays in the toaster oven and they do well. I then made a tray out of hardware cloth, that stiff 1/4 weave wire, folded the edges to fit the toaster oven. It works really well. It...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have to say that I was surprised when I broke the decapping pin of a dillion sizing die recently. I did not notice any extra pressure. I tried to find replacement pins on the website and found...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have always set the oven at 400 degrees but I don't know how accurate that really is. I have always used the 20 mins as a time. Now sometimes I do go over by a min or two, but have never noticed...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I place mine on a small pan that fits in the toaster oven that I dedicated to cooking my coated bullets. The bottoms coat well and it seems to stay on very well. I also made a wire basket out of...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Great guns, And a good caliber, Great woods rifle. I love them
Forum: Vintage Reloading Manuals
I have three copies, one with the paper dust cover, There is great information in there, IN todays world that book would run into the hundreds of dollars. Great story on the development of the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
It has been said, but I also use Rotometals for casting materials. Very reliable fast shipping, and excellent quality. You get what you want from them.
Forum: Gas Checks
I’m still new at PCing. I use a blue and the boolits it’s are looking better now than what my first batch looked like.
Forum: Gas Checks
That is what I’ve been doing. Just wondered after seeing many pictures. I took your hint of a tap before the sizer die.
I’m just curious what everyone does.
Forum: Gas Checks
I put the GC on after PCing, any issues with that?
Thanks,
Forum: Cast Boolits
sized some .452 boolits, sized some 44 spl. brass
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Do you all worry about your bullets touching when they are in the oven? I use a wire basket that I made for placing the bullets in the oven with, It works it is crude but it works.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Forgot about humidity, I'm in Indiana so humidity is a constant factor in everything.
Thanks,
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
For my first try I used a Lee mold and poured a 125 gr, .356 RN, then a .452 200 grain TC,, I did size after the coating and no I did not try to size wo any lube on them.
I do appreciate all the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I just became a member of the forum. Thanks for letting me in here. I am retired and have always reloaded and have cast my own bullets for several years but just did my first batch of powder...
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 |