Just popped up in one of the casting groups I'm I'm pretty neat
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Just popped up in one of the casting groups I'm I'm pretty neat
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A wise man will try to learn as much from a fool as he will from a master, for all have something to teach- Uncle Iroh
MS Army Guard 2016-2021
thats really neat. the people that were here before us sure did know how to craft everyday useful objects out of stone. they had excellent working knowledge of what rocks were good for what purposes.
Can you tell if the stone molds are made of soapstone or some other?
I used to live in Knoxville, and visited that museum a few times. It is well worth a side trip if in the area. The University of Tennessee in Knoxville also has a museum that shows artifacts from local native tribes (I almost said Indian).
Wayne
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - or else it gives you a bad rash.
Venison is free-range, organic, non-GMO and gluten-free
I have read of the old folks using soapstone for molds. Seem I read about wood being used, can't remember what kind bit laurel comes to mind. Some of that generation could be rather resourceful.
I have one for my 20 bore fowler made of soap stone. It doesn't cast a perfect ball, but would kill a deer.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
Clay pottery material could be used for bullet molds. A round ball could be used to make the cavity impression in the soft clay before it is fired.
DRB #2276 President's Hundred 2021
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 |