Is anyone else casting for this? I am using a Lee 459-500 R3 mold, and would like suggestions for other molds for subsonic use. Thanks!
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Is anyone else casting for this? I am using a Lee 459-500 R3 mold, and would like suggestions for other molds for subsonic use. Thanks!
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I like how you made it a combo unit. Need to figure out something similar for the 50 cal box rig I built.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks guys. I already have 10 loaded, and wasn't able to get any trigger time in today. Shooting out of a Glock, and will keep an eye on the primers. Will drill them out next time.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just got lucky using 3 of the #4's in my mold. There is a little play in it, but not too bad. Using several makes it very difficult to have them seated evenly. After further inspection, one of the...
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Cool! The gold mica coating is interesting. Info?
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Thanks for the tips, Jim! Thought I'd get laughed off the site. What size bit for the flash holes? I won't reuse the brass, and all I have is 800X, so no idea how much to use, if any. I used the...
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I'm spending too much time here!
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Powder is hard to come by, and hot glue sticks and buckshot are pretty...
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Thanks for the help, guys. And I did clean the pot before pouring boolits. Took like 5 minutes .
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That's pretty kick-***! Now I have a new project to do.
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I was smelting mine on the back deck yesterday and getting strange looks from the neighbors on the end. Then the grandfather yells over, you melting lead?:redneck:
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Well, all is good fellas. Poured off over 400, and no issues, other than tripping the breaker and getting a few finned. Used almost pure lead before, and these came out so much better. Only had to...
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I did. No other choice. It's a new pot, only 700 boolits poured through, and then all this. Looks pretty clean.
ETA: I did flux with gulf wax on a full pot, as well as before and after adding more...
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I was hoping to get them all cast today, but not if they're ruined. Is there a reliable way to test them without wasting time? Thanks. I should add that I used a 4x2 muffin pan, and 2 of the molds...
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I saw a few pics of ingots ruined by zinc, and there are no brown/orange stains or any foreign-looking objects in them. I used my PID to control the temp, and can't imagine it being 100* off. I need...
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I did my first smelting yesterday, and had some concerns. I set my pot (Lee 4-20) to 680*F, and ran off the rest of the clean lead I had. In the following pictures, they are the 3 ingots on the left....
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Grafs had some 2 weeks ago. I didn't think twice!
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Thanks, Randy! I did have a few issues seating some of them. While I had plenty of case flaring, a few of them shaved. I have the Lee boolit sizer kit, but all it does is smear the driving bands, so...
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Looks like I will require more manuals. I have the Lyman 49, and it only lists 2 loads for that size, without converting data for jacketed 180gr bullets. I still have much to learn.
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As a new loader, it is the first powder I could get. In 10mm, I hand weighed every charge, and it's a serious PITA. I wish I could find some AA7 or AA9.
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Thank you. They were round, layered scrap ingots from the recycling center. No telling what's in it. Seems fairly soft.
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Good evening, everyone. New loader here, and I cast several hundred boolits awhile back, and finally started loading them today. They are .401, 175gr Lee tumble lubed with straight alox (with the...
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I have about $150 in mine, minus the ammo box. Not exactly a logical business venture. The experience of building it means more than it's actual usage. It'll be months before it gets fired up again.
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I just started casting recently, and went with the Lee 20. Built a nice PID also, and am looking forward to a lifetime of casting. I will no longer be buying Lee products, however.
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 |