This would make a great sticky!
I actually searched for this topic when i first started buying used molds.
This would make a great sticky!
I actually searched for this topic when i first started buying used molds.
it's in there, there is a lot of linked stuff like this in that sticky thread.
I am compiling stuff that will help there, the thread itself wanders around a bit with tips and a lube discussion.
and then on page 5 the links to stuff like this start.
very worthy of a sticky! nice work!
Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena,the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.
Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
http://www.cafepress.com/castboolits
castboolits@gmail.com
Dale53---you answered my question before I even asked it--
These Scovill ferrules were used on Saeco mould handles. Your handles appear to be Saeco handles that have had the wood portion shortened.
Best regards,
What Cheer
Fair winds and a fast ship.
I recently purchased a 4-cavity H&G mould which came with nutcracker handles. Holding said mould towards light, there was no way to totally close it. I thought of putting bushings in the handle holes to pick up ~0.002", and then wedged a piece of bent paper-clip in to get them to work. However, obviously not the brightest lamp in the fixture, thanks to a post on this site I later learned that these are LYMAN -- not H&G -- handles. I am/have been looking for H&G handles: I only tried these in one casting session and can sum up my feelings re them in but two words: "Don't like!" All my other moulds (save a few for making fishing-weights) are plier type handles, and this seems the only way to go.... at least for me.
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 |