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    Quote Originally Posted by mal paso View Post
    dude! You need to cut back on the pc, you're changing color!
    ha!
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    just loaded 50x 308 163gn lgc boolits

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    Made some .380 brass at the range and also made up a cake cutter for pan-lubing .45-70. I've used the suggestion of a member here to make several: paper patch an unsized bullet extra-thick using a receipt. Flare the case mouth enough to accept the fat paper-patched bullet, seat it, then pull it. This expands the case mouth just several thousandths. A little trial and error and I've got a cake cutter tight enough to clean the driving bands, leaving lube only in the grooves, but not so tight as to shave lead or swage the bullet down.

    Also picked up a toaster oven and some miscellaneous pans at the local salvage store, for lube, heat cycling molds, and trying out PC at some point in the future. Running some heat cycles on a new MP HP, PB "227-640 Hornet" mold tonight.

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    Today, finished the heat cycling on my first brass mold, and gave it a go.

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    They're sticking a lot on the hollow point pins, despite my efforts with a graphite pencil. Will try again tomorrow.

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    Broke in my group buy .402 HP mold!


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    Those are pretty bullets, Tripplebeards!
    I loaded some j- words for the 6.8 SPC at a "Brisk" level for testing.
    And some experimental Lee 309 230gr with gas checks in the 30-06 just for the halibut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Texas by God View Post
    Those are pretty bullets, Tripplebeards!
    I loaded some j- words for the 6.8 SPC at a "Brisk" level for testing.
    And some experimental Lee 309 230gr with gas checks in the 30-06 just for the halibut.

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    I’ll be interested in seeing how that 30-06 load preforms…

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    16/1 pure and pewter alloy always comes out shiny! Kills my to PC them.lol. I normally weigh first and then PC color seperate in 1 grain increments. Got too excited and am tumbling some in a mix of Smoke's traffic purple with black and blue mixed in. Might make some in the brown I used in my sinkers I have mixed up and left over.

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    I took my mold apart yesterday and cleaned off a little bit of tinning. I put it back together and lubed it up. Ran about 15 pounds of 16/1 alloy through it again today. I hand polished my HP pins with mothers chrome polish. My boolits fell right off the pins when I opened the mold up for the first 2/3’s of my casting session today. Towards the end I had to give the pins a slap with my glove and they would then release and fall off.


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    Wow. I found some 16:1 in a small pot with some cast bullets sitting on top. Man does that make some amazing looking bullets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tripplebeards View Post
    I took my mold apart yesterday and cleaned off a little bit of tinning. I put it back together and lubed it up. Ran about 15 pounds of 16/1 alloy through it again today. I hand polished my HP pins with mothers chrome polish. My boolits fell right off the pins when I opened the mold up for the first 2/3’s of my casting session today. Towards the end I had to give the pins a slap with my glove and they would then release and fall off.

    Beautiful boolits!

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    just loaded up some 45-70 with lee 340gn boolits

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    Really a couple of days. Cast Boolits MP 40-160-HP and did my first shake n bake going to like this PC‼️ Click image for larger version. 

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    I enlarged the gas port a bit on my 6.8 AR to cure the short stroking bolt. And loaded some 30-40 Krag/150gr corelokt to use up the last of my 4350.

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    Pan-lubed 50 MP "227-640 Hornet" 39gr boolits, sized .225, and tumble-lubed along with 50 Lee-Midsouth "Bators" (C225-55-RF: 55 gr, GC) . Lubes were Ben's Red and Ben's Liquid Lube.

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    Resized about 300 MP 359-125s. They end up weighing about 134 with a couple coast of hi-tek.
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    And loaded up a couple to see where we are at:
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    I bought an inch pound screwdriver style torque wrench a while ago and today I remounted my 6-24X50 Vortex Sight on my 18" 223 Wylde using a level and Loctite this time. I had it on the 350L and the scope slid all the way to the stops. I put 20 inch pounds on the M4 screws, will see how that does, tomorrow hopefully.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mal Paso View Post
    I bought an inch pound screwdriver style torque wrench a while ago and today I remounted my 6-24X50 Vortex Sight on my 18" 223 Wylde using a level and Loctite this time. I had it on the 350L and the scope slid all the way to the stops. I put 20 inch pounds on the M4 screws, will see how that does, tomorrow hopefully.
    Please let us know how it works. I've been entertaining the thought of buying one. Which model did you buy?

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    First pc batch with blue went well but today i ruined a 200 rd batch of red. Tried to second coat them and put them into the pwd too hot big mess need to recast the whole mess. Going to try the green tomorrow. can’t do worse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by openbook View Post
    Today, finished the heat cycling on my first brass mold, and gave it a go.

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    They're sticking a lot on the hollow point pins, despite my efforts with a graphite pencil. Will try again tomorrow.
    I have my first MP mold and found the 5 point hp releasing much better than the round ones. Just saying.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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