Just saw it today at 6pm. I found it a little boring at first, but then it got really good! Glad I went.
Type: Posts; User: CastingFool
Forum: Our Chapel
Just saw it today at 6pm. I found it a little boring at first, but then it got really good! Glad I went.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
My main spices are flaked onions, garlic and basil. Buy them through Amazon.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Check your local scrap yard to see if they have an xrf gun and whether they'll test your sample (for free, of course)
Forum: Special Projects
I've used my daughter's roller skates on two separate occasions and they worked great and provided 2 great bonding opportunities for us. She was about 4 at the time. One was to move a 4x12 sheet of...
Forum: Our Town
I'm a chocoholic, too! Once a guy was selling those chocolate bars fir a fund raiser. Apparently they over bought, so they began to sell them for 2 bars for $1, then went to 4 bars for a $1. I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The scrap yard I use, won't sell you lead, but one day the guy that does the weighing of your scrap, gave me 6 lbs of linotype. Go figure.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Just make sure the first line you cut is straight, cause every other line you cut afterwards, will match it.
When I bought my first powder funnel, the intruction sheet advised to wash the funnel with dishwater, and not to rinse it, just set it out to dry. must have worked, cause, I can't recall ever...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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This is a pic of my first checkering job. Practiced a bit on some scrap wood, before attempting checkering the pistol grip. Intented to do the fore end, but never got around to it.
Forum: Rimfire Area
My 512 is the sportmaster 512-×. The front sight is a blade front sight, reminds me of a front sight on a high power rifle. The rear sight was fully adjustable, but I removed when I installed a...
Forum: AirGuns
I remember going through that instinctive shooting while in basic training. After a while, I tried shooting at a quarter being thrown up in the air. Actually hit it a few times, which surprised...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use the side burner on my propane grill to render my lead, but I don't do 50 lbs at a time. My pot is a 30 lb. helium tank, cut in half.
Forum: Processing wild game
Slow cooker works well for cut up woodchucks.
Forum: Cast Boolits
get some muriatic acid (used on pools) Put a few drops on your metal. If it bubbles, there is zinc present
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I use 50% coww, 50%soww, 2% pewter for my 45 colt hunting load. Not much expansion but I don't push them hard. Been thinking of using 40% cows, 60% soww, 2 % pewter
Forum: Lets talk trapping!
I've set a conibear 220 with a rope. Never did use it, though. I tripped it with a stick, and that was a scary event. There are videos on YouTube how to set up the trap with a rope
Forum: Military Rifles
when I slugged my 30 cal barrels, I used a sharp 5/16" drill bit (.312") to drill a series of holes 3/4" deep into a piece of fine grained oak. (maple would probably work, too) then poured molten...
Just had a transaction with Steve. Great communication,, shipped the item before he received payment. Great guy to deal with
Forum: Completed Deals
I'll take the 452 sizing die. Pm to follow
Forum: Completed Deals
I'll take the 452 sizing die, pm to follow
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Ha,ha, reminds me when I made a cannon at work. About 8" long, .562" bore. First time I fired it, I used about 6" of fuse. Almost died waiting for it to go off.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't remember all the details, but I watched a video where a guy shot a handgun at a target on what looked like a solid wood backstop. The ball bounced off and struck the shooter on the forehead...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
All I have ever used for 308 was 748. 1-3/8" at 100 yds with a 150gr hornady spirepoint
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 |