Took out today's deliveries. 5 pounds of WW231, 3 mould handles and 5 sizing dies. Now I can size and powder coat the bullets I have.
Took out today's deliveries. 5 pounds of WW231, 3 mould handles and 5 sizing dies. Now I can size and powder coat the bullets I have.
Got some 9mm brass ready to load, and sized and lubed some boolits for it.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
casted some MiHec 308 HP & FP boolits. Gosh, these are sweet molds.
Loaded some 44 special rounds to try in a new gun and a few hunting rounds for one of my flattops.
Cast a couple hundred 44 cal 250 grain LFN from my new LBT 4 cav mold. And then set up a star sizer for it.
The very young do not always do as they are told.
Boiled an old Star sizer that had an unknown lube inside and lots of lube all over the outside. I know I'm going to regret doing it this way. The paint was already coming off and I know most of it will be gone by the time the pot cools enough to remove it. Made the mistake of removing a LAM1 before the lube hardened and it led to a sticky mess all over it. All this work for a sizer I plan to resell. Bought it for the sizing dies that came w/ it.
If you bought it for the dies that are in it; then I'll swap you a set of dies for the sizer.
I bought it for the multiple dies that came w/ it. Thought it would have top punches for all of them but for what I paid I'm not complaining.
Pulled out my 41Colt brass, inventoried my boolits and got out my mold. I've got a almost two boxes of brass to load, and need to cast most of the boolits.
Wayne the Shrink
There is no 'right' that requires me to work for you or you to work for me!
As seems to be too much of a habit, I walked by on the way to work.
Cussed my LEE dripomatic, Lyman 30 caliber mold and 4500 sizer. Finally decided I'd better quit before something really bad happened.
P.S. I don't cast a lot and haven't had a lot of problems with that LEE pot, but I'm just about ready to drop the money on an RCBS, it would be cheaper than a heart attack.
Last edited by RKJ; 01-14-2015 at 04:17 PM. Reason: additional text
LOL, NO HEART ATTACK. I DO ALL MY CASTING WITH A LADLE AND C.I. POT. IF IT DRIPS, ITS BECAUSE I MISSED.
Ran about DCC of the Lyman 225462 bullets through the Star , mounted a couple of scopes and zeroed another rifle .
RKJ , feel free to weld the hole on the bottom of that pot closed and use it for dipping , then buy the RCBS it worked out for me that way .
Jack
Buy it cheap and stack it deep , you may need it !
Black Rifles Matter
Scraped lube off the entire exterior of a Star. Tried to figure out how to disassemble it to repaint it. That doesn't seem to be happening. Oh well, I will finish cleaning it up this weekend.
Picked up some more storage containers with lids for brass, etc. while shopping today and took them out to the cave.
Finally got a bit more than 100 9mm rounds loaded, and a bunch more brass cleaned and sized..Now to get a .357 sizing die.... I can see that the single stage press is gonna be a slow go for the 9......
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
Jack, That was something I hadn't thought of, but I may have to do that. Most likely if I do get the RCBS I'll try to sell the Dripomatic to some new (unsuspecting) caster that doesn't cast that much and doesn't want to spend a bunch of money. (Tongue in cheek)
triggerhappy243, If I tried Ladle casting, I'd probably drip the lead onto my hand.
Seriously, most times I can time the drips and slow them down, but the condiment cup I use for the drips would lets the drip hit and then splatter out at me. Having molten lead come whizzing at your head is a tad unnerving.
id be more afraid of dripping on my who-whos. i always wear leather gloves.
Loaded a few more rounds trying to find the right load for a new gun. Loaded some yesterday and was not real impressed with the results I got today.
Loaded 400 rounds of .45acp. Wife and I fired 200 of them this evening at an indoor range......I'm certainly shooting more now that I'm 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 |