I've always considered anything I measure after casting that's above 12 brinell
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I've always considered anything I measure after casting that's above 12 brinell
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With grooves and you're wanting nice fill at the base, I'd be casting at 740f. Yes I know, it will heat up the mold faster, but it's the price to pay.
Get a small desk fan and after each fill,...
Forum: Gas Checks
$98 Canadian??? That's like $50 USD before inflation....
Thanks Jon! I'll be giving them a call on Monday.
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Very interesting thoughts.
1) How are you confirming the PC gets harder from another swage?
From all my experience, swagging is only ever going to press foreign matter out of the lead, it...
Forum: Special Projects
I'm impressed and interested. I love my lever in 44m, so why not an AR!
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Forum: Swaging
That looks like a hydraulic setup for swage.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I size at least. 001" over, sometimes. 0015 over for 9mm
My process on GC has always been snap the check on first and then nose first through the die.
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Maybe site what it was that you read and how it's different from the way you're doing it.
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Smokes Eastwood really is awesome stuff! I've been trying to get hi-tech dialed in for years. Gave up hi-tech last month and I'm a covert, great stuff!
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Wish I could join you, enjoy Texas!
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All 3 of those are good depending on your game.
I've been calling this one my absolute favorite:
https://www.mp-molds.com/product/359-135-swc-round-nose-6-cavity-mold/
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Forum: Swaging
We only use brass for the reason you're asking about.
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Forum: Our Town
I subscribed years ago and enjoy his content, wish I could subscribe multiple times, or I would!
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296 is same as H110, and is a great magnum load. I have used extensively for 44mag, you will like. Just make sure you are with min-max. It's a flashy powder.
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So far it seems to fit together well. I printed the lower on 1mm nozzle with left over spools and the upper (green) at 0.3mm nozzle. I'm waiting for motor and controller parts to come in tomorrow. ...
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Thanks for responding MSUICE! I reset one of my printers with a 0.3mm nozzle, and Painfully waiting through a 7.5hr print to see if the fine resolution can be met... If nothing else I will report...
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Has anyone printed Mike's primer tube filler device? I just found on TV and I'm working through the latest version, but its 2019 and wondering if they are old, or still useful...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
From what you are saying, I would treat the 3% expansion the same as how we cast oversize and the size down.
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Tyler, I've been getting onto your GH site the last few days and I'm absolutely astonished with all the work you have done!
I printed several of the versions from 4+ years back and was finally...
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Holy smokes, that's a he'll of an admission... I've got a apex with autodrive sitting on my bench from a good buddy and I've been wondering if it could even live up to the hype...
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Forum: Our Town
Congrats Tin, and Merry Christmas [emoji318]
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I have one of these molds coming my way and I'd like to see if anyone has already done the work to calculate ballistic coefficient of this?
All help appreciated,
Thanks,
Chris
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Thanks Tyler!
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Popping in again, hi guys!
Have any of the collaters been used for 9mm brass? If yes can someone point me the the files please?
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Lol
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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 |