I melt 49-lbs of molten WW with 49-lbs of base-metal lead and that result is further melted with 2-lbs (a weighted percentage) of tin to achieve a 49-49-2 percent Pb-WW-Sn mix, which projectiles work...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I melt 49-lbs of molten WW with 49-lbs of base-metal lead and that result is further melted with 2-lbs (a weighted percentage) of tin to achieve a 49-49-2 percent Pb-WW-Sn mix, which projectiles work...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Then come back here and give us their answer. It may help others get over their inertia,,,
Forum: Our Town
Why advertise? Glad you bought ammo. Tough if you also had to pay HAZMAT fee or other "tax" on it though...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I got my lead and wheel weights for free - by scrounging - so much so that I switched to cast for all but long-distance hunting bullets. Now, "most of the fun" is close range and lead-alloy, which I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You spend your life reloading to "save money". Then pouring lead boolits from steel and aluminum molds dawns on your reloading experience. After a while, loading cast takes over. The "cost" of fun...
Forum: Casting Equipment
There is nothing so beautiful, and easy to use, as a well-made brass mold - after the struggle of using decent aluminum and steel molds, which you will continue to do if you have those. ...
Forum: Our Town
FWIW - the use of a photo server (not Castboolits) is recommended as you are able to size your format (which is not done by the software here). Check out https://postimages.org/.
At Postimages,...
I have an outdoor range that demands payment in brass. I spend more time scrounging than shooting at times and loath losing brass at about 5%. I have a poly-tarp that is wrought with heat-made...
Forum: Casting Equipment
IDK if "lube-slop" on the base of a boolit renders the powder that is captured there inert - or not. My thinking is "not" as the lube is also burned, but if you can see any "slop" it's too much....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I went to CA (by PCS in the USCG) from FL. First time I saw the sign (La Jolla) I called it "La Joe-la". The CA driver almost wrecked his truck - laughing. La HOY-ya he said. I pronounce it like...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Not always...I "ham-handed" a mold, striking it while hot with a wooden mallet, trying to get it to drop the boolits. I wrecked it completely (and satisfyingly) with a hammer after that and tossed...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pre-heat mold on a hot plate. Set mold bottom in liquid alloy - maybe 20 +/- seconds. Turn it over. Set the spru plate in liquid alloy. Then cast.
I use a bottom pour pot. Wrinkled boolits...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Read, read, and read some more, especially Fryxell's Ingot to Target. His suggestion of 49-49-2 percent PB-WW-Sn has served me well, though I am neither chasing speed nor hyper-accuracy.
Hits on...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Ditto.
PACT electronic scale ==> always ON. Double checked several times over a decade (when it was raining, and I had nothing else to do) and it is right in line with two balance beam scales.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Shoot hogs in the "X" between ears and eyes for a DRT experience.
Forum: Our Town
I bought my property to hunt deer and have been killing them (well over 500 myself) for nearly 40-years. They wander the forest in packs, eat acorns, snakes, tender shoots of palmetto, my planted...
Forum: Our Town
Not going to "talk bad" about attorneys. When you "need" one, pick a Good one, because there are a LOT of mediocre attorneys - good for turning your money into theirs. ASK a lot of questions. You...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you have it available to you, the "The Complete Reloading Manual for the .357 Magnum" is a decent resource for viewing quite a few recipes in one place from a multitude of Mfg's, including Lyman.
Forum: Our Town
"The way" to watch Yellowstone is to have a distant family member loan you their set of all seasons on DVD. Then binge watch episode by episode.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Regardless of which "inexpensive" electronic scale you purchase, it is "nice-to-know" how it performs in relation to your beam scale(s). Whether you are sorting cases, sorting boolits, double...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Nothing, and I mean nothing, beats a solid rest, a 45LC projectile within its deadly-impact velocity, and a well-placed shot no matter which profile is shot. Practice, practice, practice. KNOW...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It is a visceral preference to load and shoot HP's (for home and self-defense) as it is to shoot WC's, SWC's, and every other profile. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to make a bit of...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The constituents of a WW are questionable (though a reasonable composition can be found). There are no "contents" stamped on their side. Unless you know for a fact, lead too may not be pure. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My one (1) and only one, stalking with a handgun hog kill (150# sow), came at 21 yards from a 7.5"-barrel, Ruger Blackhawk, 45 Colt, loaded "Blackhawk-hot" with Unique (iaw a published load manual),...
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 |