And how did you deal with that chunk of lead that probably weighed just over a ton?
Type: Posts; User: Rickf1985
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
And how did you deal with that chunk of lead that probably weighed just over a ton?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I simply keep the heat turned down so it is not overheating the bottom, Plus I start stirring as soon as I get enough liquid to do so. I have never melted a zinc yet, they all float to the top with...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Are you thinking of Red Lion metals? On Rt. 70 just west of the Red lion circle.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just saw this thread and all through reading it I kept thinking "He needs to go slower!" I shoot the same bullet assuming it is the 311-40 from lee and I shoot at around 1850 FPM and I keep sub MOA...
Forum: Our Town
Been a LONG time since it was that cheap!!!! it is 30.00 a gallon now but because it can be used over and over it is worth it to me. And remember that the bluing on guns IS rust!!! It will remove the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I live right on the ranges of Joint Base MDL! No way in hell can you get out there even though they pay companies hundreds of millions of dollars to do just that. And that is where the cops shoot.
The case gauge is NOT your gun. You need to do a Plunk test to actually find if it fits that particular gun.
Interesting, I had never heard of Puff-Lon. Anybody using it? All I ever hear about is dacron.
Pretty sure they are nothing special and can be made from a piece of flat bar from the hardware store. I have filed them on Lyman molds and they are not hardened.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Lead casting has gotten FAR to involved!! People want to make their own alloys and they expect them to be perfect to the last 1/2% every time. Do you realize that all of the alloy calculators out...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
At that price I would go broke buying lead. Yea, I am one of THOSE guys. You know the ones, they have more than they will ever need but simply cannot resist a good deal. I have a ton of wheel...
Forum: Our Town
You mean like 70.00 a lb. for IMR 4895 and H4895 has been off the shelf for years now. Most of the Alliant prices I have seen were much lower than Hodgdon.
Forum: Our Town
If that creed were true about it not being about the money then explain to me why their powder prices are the highest in the industry? Yea, it is ALL about the money. They may not be a conglomerate...
Forum: Our Town
You see what Hodgdon has done with their powder prices don't you? Just about the most expensive out there. So what do you think they are going to do with RCBS? It is all about the money. And I am...
Forum: Our Town
Evaporust works by Chelation. It will never harm metal like acids. Muriatic acid will eat clean metal. I left a rusty bold in pool grade muriatic acid diluted 50% and it ate the threads off of the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I was doing some casting of regular rifle and pistol bullets a while ago using pure lead since I wanted to use them for slugging the barrels and although I could have used wrinkled ones I just wanted...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Boatyards have caught on to the lead supply need. Keel lead is selling for over a dollar a pound around me and I live close to the coast and also many rivers and bays. It is out there but expensive...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
That is a pretty good average nowadays. Must have been an older bucket full. I got 8 full buckets a couple years ago from the estate of an old reloader. They were ALL lead with the exception of two...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Clip on wheel weights will not help with what you have. They will add a lot more antimony and very little tin. But they are good to use by themselves with just a little bit of tin added. Straight...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Never heard of a "burn test" on lead? White to me would be Phosphorous or magnesium and green would be copper. I would think it would melt so fast you would not get any kind of read. And remember...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
For what you are paying for that particular alloy get as much as you can and work with what you have to get your loads established and then do a bit of hammer testing and shooting testing. That alloy...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have melted down 8 FULL bucket loads of weights and I was not about to check every one of the thousands of weights. I use a converted propane tank for my pot and a turkey fryer burner for the heat....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The guns are only between 15 and 20 grand for a good one. I can't understand why a junkyard owner would not want to buy one. What I can understand is why a yard would not just run a test for you...
Forum: Our Chapel
Prayers sent. I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of prostate cancer in 2019. Prior year nothing and that year big lump. Had biopsy and they said it was cancer and a form they just do not sit...
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 |