Lyman used to sell a set of moulds ... #1. cast the body , with hard alloy and mould #2 cast the nose of soft alloy ... then you took epoxy glue and glued the boolit halves together after it set up...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Lyman used to sell a set of moulds ... #1. cast the body , with hard alloy and mould #2 cast the nose of soft alloy ... then you took epoxy glue and glued the boolit halves together after it set up...
Forum: Testing Area
I'm a big Wadcutter Fan ... 38 Special , 357 and 41 magnum ...
My Daughter has a 44 Special and these are the favorite loads we have worked up
with the NOE 432-226-WC PB ... a 226 grain plain...
Forum: Our Town
I inspect all my brass ... each and every case for crimped in primers , Berdan Primers and primer size (small or large) ...
... you never know what the heck is going to pop up these days ...
I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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Agree 100% ...
Loading lead in a 9mm Luger is hard enough ...
Loading Lead in a Wonky (rough machine & chatter marks ) barrel is going to be next to impossible ...
Life's too...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Why not indeed !
The mould I would look at first ... and I have this design in both 38 /357 and 41 magnum ...
Is the NOE #432-237-WC BL4 2 cavity (1 in stock ) RG2 PB .
This is based on the now...
Forum: Our Town
I'm just as prepared as I was for... Y2K ... :drinks: !
Gary
Forum: Our Town
That's just Awesome !
I know what to do ... in theory
I know when to do it ...
but actually being able to keep your head and perform the maneuver when the Chips are down is something else !...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I've been using a Lyman 450 since 1972 ... nothing has broken and it's still doing it's assigned task ... I don't have a bad word to say about it ... I Like It !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
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I Agree ...
If 8.2 grs of Unique wont get you there ... Don't Go !
Besides ... If you have plenty Unique on hand ... then it's the best place to start !
Gary
Forum: Our Town
Thanks for the Link ... I will see if i can get it printed out !
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Gary
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We have a like button ... sorta , post : then goodpost then : and LIKE ...
Tah - Dah... I has Liked Your Post !
Gary
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Pure lead , even when powder coated is too soft for loading into a 9mm Luger .
When you seat the boolit in the case it gets squeezed down and the soft nose deforms on the feed ramps .
I mix pure...
Forum: Gas Checks
I have never had a gas check make a load shoot worse .
Everytime I used a gas check (rifle loads here) things got better .
You can work up decent loads with plain based boolits but ... by and...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The gas check protects the boolit base ... Powder coating does not .
Anytime I load rifle boolits at over 900 fps ... a gas check is used .
The Gas Check can be your friend ... do not fear...
Forum: Casting Equipment
You want something like a Crawfish Boiling Rig ... 100,000 - 110,000 BTU Jet Burner and steel stand to hold a 100 quart pot , full of crawfish and water ...
forget turkey fryer ... Wimpy , wimpy ,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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The Man is as Right as Rain !
Gary
Forum: Our Town
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This is a good idea ,
We bought a 110 V. heater / fan from the Wally Mart for our green house , can be used as fan or as heater... worked so well my Son "borrowed" it for his apartment...
Forum: Our Town
Dry Purina Rabbit Chow .
Carries easily in a zip-lock and doesn't spoil ... rabbits seem to like it along with the "Trash Panda's" .
Gary
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Advice for the Future
If you have a gun that shoots good groups with anything you stuff in it ...
Do Not Sell It !
As my Daddy put it ...
" Gary , never sell a gun you like ... you will...
Let me warn you ...
Custom Moulds ... in my case NOE Moulds ... Are Habit Forming !!!
You can't live with just one ... trust me !
I am a Cajun and we are very thrifty people , but after...
What if it doesn't make sense ... will he make it anyway and not catalog it ?
I love it when things have to make sense ...
... that is just so Cool !
Gary
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you have Unique powder on hand ... I would start with a load of 6.0 or 6.5 grains Unique and work up slowly to get the desired recoil / accuracy ...
My pet / favorite load with a 185 gr. JHP...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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I don't have no PID or thermometer ... But
Get best boolits just at "frosty" ... I hear the frosty surface helps hold coatings !
Gary
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 |