Midsouth Shooters Supply has Bator & Soup Can Molds in stock

[frkelly74]

I got mine washed but not heated up and tried out yet. It looks like it has a definite smaller nose than my older one.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Well, the GC fit kind of loose,
but did crimp on tight using a .226 die.
That turned out to be a good thing.

Possibly the easiest way to install a
loose check onto a small boolit,
is to put it in the die, before the boolit.

I felt like taking some photos,
so here is photo essay of
what I'm talking about.





I really like the old Ideal #1 lubesizer for
these small boolits, there is more finger
room for grasping the small boolits than a 45.



I am using randyrat's Tak #1 lube



does this salmon can look familiar ?
Thats alot of small boolits.





300+ New Bators cast and lubed this afternoon.
Also lubed this evening... 100+ more older Bators
that were cast last Feb. from an old style
Bator mold, with the fat nose. I recalled they were fater,
I measured them at .223 today...I thought they were .225 ???

[AlaskanGuy]

Wow... Good thing you diddnt use the Big salmon can.... I bet that sucker would hold over 1000.... But you might be on to something.... Maybe there is a market for sealed cans of ammo??? Bet they would store nice for a long time in one of them cans... Sell them to the preppers....

By the way Jon... Did you weight sort yours???? What did you get for weights??? And what weight are you gunna start with in your trials??? Things are soo crazy with AlaskanGurls dad dieing and christmas, i cant wait for things to settle down again.... Get back to a winter time routine...

AG

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Wow... Good thing you diddnt use the Big salmon can.... I bet that sucker would hold over 1000.... But you might be on to something.... Maybe there is a market for sealed cans of ammo??? Bet they would store nice for a long time in one of them cans... Sell them to the preppers....

By the way Jon... Did you weight sort yours???? What did you get for weights??? And what weight are you gunna start with in your trials??? Things are soo crazy with AlaskanGurls dad dieing and christmas, i cant wait for things to settle down again.... Get back to a winter time routine...

AG

AG,
see post 119 for weights and other specs.
I just did a sampling. I WILL weigh them all and group them into weight groups and load accordingly. Besides 22 hornet, I picked up a 222 boltgun this summer, and will start with that...along with the NOE and the HM², to see what fits the throat the best. I use Lilgun in Hornet, and I'll probably start with red dot for the 222

I hope the rest of the Christmas season is less eventful for you.
Jon

[.429]

some Goofball (me) made a video about the Bator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgO1zwJaTMM

[AlaskanGuy]

Very nice .429....... Good work... I do have a couple of comments that i will pm ya about...

AG

[.429]

here is what the Bator did for me today at 50yrds. this was a ladder test so each of these 5 groups had a slightly different charge. the conditions were good and I was bench resting

[AlaskanGuy]

Tell us about your loads sir... I promise not to tell a soul...

[.429]

LOL! they are light charges of i4198 ranging from about 1600-1900fps. when i make it out to the reloading bench tomorrow, i'll look em up and be able to give a better description

[.429]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn1ey...ature=youtu.be here's a video of me chronographing my 22 Bator load

[KLR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn1ey...ature=youtu.be here's a video of me chronographing my 22 Bator load

Interesting. Did you chrono any of the powder coated Bators?

[.429]

Not yet but I will. I should add that I'm not having leading or tumbling issues with the lubed boolits

[.429]

what boolit seater are u guys using for the Bator? i'm using RCBS and the regular seater puts some ugly marks on the nose. i'm searching the net for a different seater with no luck

[leadman]

Call RCBS and ask if they have a different seater. I have done this several times and was always sent one that would work.

[AlaskanGuy]

I am using the lee seating die that came with the set.... No marks at all, seats fine on both these and the smaller 45 gr from Noe.....

[.429]

it was gonna cost me $23 shipped for a custom one, but they would send me a standard one free for me to modify so that's what i did

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

THE BATORS ARE SOLD OUT

I wonder how long it'll take for the next batch ?

[AlaskanGuy]

I kinda wish i would have bought 2.... Prolly could have sold the other on evil bay and ended up with enough to cover my initial investment....lol

[Leadmelter]

I made a mistake and bought 2, six cavities molds when they were available. OOPs!
Leadmelter
MI

[Dancing Bear]

I kinda wish i would have bought 2.... Prolly could have sold the other on evil bay and ended up with enough to cover my initial investment....lol

I had the same thought but being the Christmas and tax season I decided to spend my funds on other supplies first.