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About 40 years ago I was fishing in a canal for small catfish under 12 inches (we liked to cut off the head and fry them whole in Georgia). I was doing pretty good but then caught a 2 foot carp. ...

Contender barrel prices skyrocketed in the last few years and that barrel at $350 would be a deal. SSK makes some excellent custom barrels. Not sure if the barrel the OP is cheaper but who made...

Be-86 has a slower burn rate than unique and is slower than Herco. I can assume when people say you can use Unique data it is because it is a slower powder and you are unlikely to get into trouble...

There are millions of Garands in use for over 80 years and they shot countless billions of rounds of ammo without a problem. While there are reports of hot loads with a heavy bullet bending the...

Unless you want to deal with a $500 custom barrel and unobtainium brass what is wrong with the 30-30? Used contender barrels will be much cheaper and it works great for cast. If you don't mind...

Sounds like a waste of IMR-4831. Why burn 40 grains of powder when you can use 1/2 or less of a more appropriate powder.

Last I checked IMR-4831 was out of stock everywhere and going for $70 a...

There is very little difference (if any) energy wise between a small pistol magnum and small rifle primers. I doubt substituting a rifle primer suddenly over pressured a moderate load. The only...

Do not modify your gas plug. It is probably original WWII and it goes for a premium. The adjustable gas plugs are a gimmick and not needed.

And stop worrying about ammo. These are not fragile...

Look up some Chinese recipes where it is steamed whole. It is considered a delicacy there. The Chinese have many other ways to cook it and carp is also popular in Eastern Europe so look up some...

Sold out............

I am just speculating on the calcium but whatever happened gave a thick dross when the one "contaminated" vial was added and fluxing didn't help. I believe if an alloy just has calcium it casts OK...

The dross was the calcium / antimony intermetallic. IIRC correctly once it was removed the lead behaved normally when remelted but it will be a little softer since you also removed some antimony. ...

It wasn't long ago when every powder company made their own nitrocellulose and most were located close to big plants that made nitric acid to reduce shipping hazards. Like everything else companies...

The Glock warning was because of people who thought Glocks are so perfect and reliable they don't have to be cleaned. So they would put thousands of rounds of cast followed by a jacketed bullet...

My problem with check makers is I cast for 7 different calibers so paying $700+ up front then materials, troubleshooting, and number of pulls on a die to make a 3-4 cent check doesn't make sense. ...

Like others have said.....it doesn't matter. And when loading use loads for the published weight the bullet is supposed to cast and don't try and find data for for 232 or 248 grain bullets.

I wouldn't count on any rust remover to provide protection if it is not rinsed off well, dried, then oiled. Most will corrode the metal if left on.

Naval Jelly / phosphoric acid takes off the...

Forget linotype. Buy monotype / foundry type instead for the same price. They have 2-3x the tin and antimony and are very consistent. Linotype often has blank spacer bars that can be anything so...

Do you have a picture of the dross? Is it thick and gravely even after fluxing at 700 degrees? It could be calcium contamination.

Years ago I was melting some isotope containers and...

And don't forget the OP cast the bullets out of range scrap that is ~BHN=10 if he is lucky.

Pushing a soft plain based bullet to ~2000 fps? Seems like this isn't really a head scratcher.

They are made of high quality steel and tempered correctly. While oprod breakage was rare then you have 5 million rifles under hard use it happened enough so they later studied and fixed the...

Just looked in Lyman 41st edition and for a 38-55 with a 250 grain plain base (375248) the max of 2400 was 18.7 grains and suggested was 15.0 grains. They also had a suggested load of 10.6 grains...

I still think this is due to velocity. Shooting a bullet a few thousandths under bore diameter does not make a bullet keyhole like that at 50 yards. If the velocity is too low the bullet will not...

Pure lead should only be used for muzzleloaders and shotgun slugs. Everything else need to be hardened some (or a lot). All of my alloys contain at least 2% tin but you can harden the lead a lot...

There are 2 identical threads posted minutes apart with the same title in the leverguns forum. There are similar comments in the other one.

The threads should be combined.