* I follow PC Mfgr's directions for temp. & time.
* I pre-heat the oven
* I don't preheat the oven
* I bake longer than recommended time
* I bake shorter than recommended time
* I use higher temp. than recommended
* I use lower temp. than recommended
* I have verified my oven's temperature w/separate thermometer
* I use a PID Controller on my oven
* I use a convection oven
* I use a toaster oven
* I use a full size kitchen oven
* I use a recommended #5 tub
* I don't use #5 tub but I use a tub
* I ESPC with the casts on a jig
* I ESPC w/out a jig
* I put them in a container, place it in the vibratory cleaner bowl...let it shake them
* I put them in a rock polisher type drum and coat them
* I shake them less than a minute
* I shake them more than a minute
* I slurry coat
* I use recommended Black air-soft BB's
* I use any color BB's
* I don't use BB's
* I stand casts individually to bake
* I use a jig and bake
* I dump and bake
* I shake/tap off excess PC
* I don't shake/tap off excess PC
* I bake on non-stick Aluminum foil
* I bake on Parchment
* I bake on silicone mat
* I dump and bake on wire or mat and oven cool
* I dump and bake on wire or mat and air cool
* I dump and bake on wire or mat and water drop
* I stand or jig and bake and oven cool
* I stand or jig and bake and air cool
* I stand or jig and bake and water drop
* I use Harbor Freight PC
* I don't use Harbor Freight PC
* I use Smokes PC
* I use Powder by the Pound PC
* I use Eastwood PC
* I use Prismatic PC
* I use Sherman Williams PC
* I use ___________________PC (give a name of your brand in comments below)
* I use hi-tec or other than PC coating
* I get good coverage in hi-humidity
* I don't coat in high-humidity
* I get good coverage only in low-humidity
* I get good coverage rain or shine makes no difference
* I am satisfied with my coating results
* I am not satisfied with my coating results
* I want perfect looking coatings
* I don't care about perfect, I want quantity
* I put more effort into coating high velocity casts than lo-vel pistol casts
* I treat them all the same...hi or lo velocity
* I PC only the drive bands of my cast
* I gas check before I PC
* I gas check after I PC
* I leave the base of the cast bare of PC
* I coat the base of my casts with PC
* I have trouble with the PC flashing, making a skirt at the base
* I PC as it is my only option
* I PC as choice over a Lube-sizer
* I still do both
* I lube size or tumble or pan lube, to heck with this PC business...gerrrrr!
* I cast, size, PC and size again before loading
* I cast, PC and size before loading
* I cast, size and PC before loading
* I cast, PC and don't size before loading
* I nose size also
* After PC I wait some time before sizing
* After PC and-/or not- sizing, I wait some time before loading
* To heck with waiting for anything...I load them immediately or whenever I'm ready to use them
* I do a smash test for every batch
* My method has already passed the smash test long before and now, I don't bother
* I smash test only if I think something is wrong
* I never smash test
* I am satisfied with the accuracy of pistol casts and PC
* I am not satisfied with the accuracy of pistol casts and PC
* I am satisfied with the accuracy of rifle casts with PC
* I am not satisfied with the accuracy of rifle casts with PC
* I am not decided yet about accuracy
* Most of my problems are attributed to the quality of the PC powder I use
* Most of my problems are attributed to my oven temp. control
* Most of my problems are attributed to unclean casts
* I use nitrite gloves to handle my PC'd casts
* I use tweezers or some other tool to handle my PC'd casts
* I wear a respirator when I do PC coatings
I myself just did a couple hundred 40 cal with smokes carolina blue. It really does lay down a nice coat with shake and bake.
well before noon is after midnight
I do face North too hmmm [pursing lips] but the door to the oven is facing south.
Hmm reading through what I tagged on here it appears I need to go buy some more nitrile gloves. I'd forgotten how much easier that was than using tweezers.
I guess one of the downsides of bulk processing everything is by the time I need more I've forgotten my own techniques again.
My feedback page if you feel inclined to add:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-Shooter
Thanks Yall!
My feedback page if you feel inclined to add:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-Shooter
Thanks Yall!
I gotta agree that HF powder is not as good as what Smoke sold me. It works OK but does not cover as well as Smoke's PC. I made up some of both and I expect not to see much difference in the accuracy department between the two. In either case I expect to spring for at least two pounds of Smoke's Carolina Blue. I had a '52 Desoto in that color which I loved. It was a beast of a car with the original Hemi V-8 and built like a tank.
My Dad bought it new in '51 and sold it to me in '63. It came with 275K miles on it and I ran it around for another 50K miles before I sold it to a friend who modified it into a dirt track racer. It won quite a few races but was finally sacrificed during a mammoth demolition derby. Then he saved the engine and modified it for use as a farm tractor engine and it is still alive and working on the farm to this day. Talk about getting bang for a buck!
Pax Nobiscum Dan (Crash) Corrigan
Currently casting, reloading and shooting: 223 Rem, 6.5x55 Sweede, 30 Carbine, 30-06 Springfield, 30-30 WCF, 303 Brit., 7.62x39, 7.92x57 Mauser, .32 Long, 32 H&R Mag, 327 Fed Mag, 380 ACP. 9x19, 38 Spcl, 357 Mag, 38-55 Win, 41 Mag, 44 Spcl., 44 Mag, 45 Colt, 45 ACP, 454 Casull, 457 RB for ROA and 50-90 Sharps. Shooting .22 LR & 12 Gauge seldom and buying ammo for same.
As for gas checks, it depends on the mold. A small shank get PC before and a proper sized shank gets the gas check first.
Acronyms should be identified at the first part of the story, then everyone knows what it is when used throughout the rest of the story. (According to my English Teacher.) LOL
ACRONYMS a PROBLEM ? . . . try this . . . This may help...still some are missing though...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?107406-Abbreviations-Acronyms-As-Used-on-This-Forum
a m e r i c a n p r a v d a
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“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” G. Orwell
I've read shorter tax codes than that poll! think of how many boolits you could of cast,sized, powdercoated,sized loaded and shot. I better plan a shooting day for us to get your mind on SHOOTING!
Good lord! There are some complications to this whole thing... I'm just gonna keep it simple and make pretty boolits.
This poll just saved me a lot of reading!!!
PC it is!!!
Just one question,,,well, for now,,,When sizing the bullet after PC does it have to be done in a push thru style sizer? Can I just use the lubrisizer I have without the lube?
Short,Fat,and Slow,,,Yup I love the .45
YEPPERS...You sure can!
And...if anyone mentions an 'Upside down sizing press'...don't believe them! . . .
a m e r i c a n p r a v d a
Be a Patriot . . . expose their lies!
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” G. Orwell
I use my lyman sizer and removed the center and the levers arm what ever you want to call them so the bullets fall out the bottom. I like the ideal of the lee push threw dies mainly because I want some of the punches for other projects lol.
Reloading to save money I am sure the saving is going to start soon
Thanks for the poll. Did my first casting in 20 years last week. Have a few questions but this helps a lot with PC.
There were no questions about whether and when I heat treat. I do. Before tumbling and baking. I tested a bunch heat treated after coating, and found no measurable difference. My coating process does not seem to lose BHN due to annealing. If I were sizing a bullet substantially, I would heat treat due to work softening after the sizing.
Also, I size, IF NECESSARY. So generally, .312 rifle bullets become .309. Pistol bullets may be loaded as cast, or sized depending on the repeatability of diameter, and fit to the particular purpose.
In the market for a multicavity Mi-Hec 9mm HP mold.
I presently cast for .380 ACP, 9mm, .38/.357, 30 cal and .45 and 12 Ga slug.
I am particularly grateful for the help I have gotten from members Red333 and MSRdiver, and OLD Para (who made a crazy mold on my design!!!!!) as well as excellent guides by Recluse for his ideal lube process. I have been experimenting with poly coating too.
PM me if you know of a very cheap source of birdshot, or an efficient way to make #4 Buck.
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 |