Guess I kinda lube. After citric acid cleaning & rinsing & drying, they're put in my Thumlers tumbler w/cAse polish. That makes a nice difference w/45 Colt & 45ACP brass.
Type: Posts; User: Walstr
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Guess I kinda lube. After citric acid cleaning & rinsing & drying, they're put in my Thumlers tumbler w/cAse polish. That makes a nice difference w/45 Colt & 45ACP brass.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Happy for ya. I'm ladder testing 45-70 hardcast, using IMR4198. The "nodes" are very narrow. You think 5744 is more forgiving re: loads?
Gr. Grp in.
33.6 1.85
33.9 2.2
34.2 4.0...
Forum: Cast Boolits
WOW...I fellow gun show vendor found a beautiful $10K 38-70 Winchester to buy for a song.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yeah but, don't they sell it for smelting $$ income?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Our annual fall sightin is a good fund raiser for the club. One RSO/customer + an RSO dedicated for "check-in" to verify ammo is correct. Amazing how little native curiosity concerns some folks. I...
Forum: Our Town
Sad but TRUE. 2 yrs ago I just needed 2 Lee pilots for the power trimmer, had a sample & 2 fired cartridges to measure ID. $85 & they'll "fit it in", about 4-5 weeks. Really?
I made my own...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yeah, I also final tumble mine in powdered mica for storage to prevent "globbing". Wally
Forum: Cast Boolits
gwpercle: Very nice summary. Thank you for the time.
Forum: Cast Boolits
mnewcomb59: Wow, that's some research there. Thanks. I'll try'er.
You & the others responding to my conundrum is what really makes this an educational, not a BS forum! Wally
Forum: Cast Boolits
John in WYO; Thnks much for your time spent on my "problem"? Wally
Forum: Testing Area
OK, thanks. Just didn't know of any other 'rules'... Wally
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey Pard; I like your idear of "...cut off a nose & melt it in a case, then..." yeah, then trim it to the "nose volume". Very creative. Thanks. I mean to try that approach and mixing a small...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Greetings Pard; Not to put too fine a point on it, but the newbies should be aware that "tempering" is a POST quench, heat treating process to relieve internal stresses from casting/forging process....
Forum: Cast Boolits
And therein lies the definition between a 'hobby' and its relative 'amateur scientific study'. For me, there's a little of both in my wheelhouse & that what keeps me up late - with a smile on my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My custom .461" x 405gr Mountain Mold does a great job using COWW+additional 2% Tin, then water quenched out of the mold. Very nice indeed, but not suitable for deer hunting as the nose is very...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Quite true. My COWW + additional 2% tin produces a 'water quenched hardness' that 'age hardens' in a month. Smack with a 16oz hammer and it barely moves. Too hard for hunting Wisconsin, so I'm...
Forum: Testing Area
Some advice please to offer an item for Auction? Will I be prompted for "How many weeks", etc? Thanks.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Thanks again for all your 'reports from experience', much appreciated & will forward many comments to my Illinisian friend.
Play safe & regards,
Wally
M-Tecs: Thanks much for assistance. Although it's mounted, I cannot find anything like a S/N, only model #. I removed the sun hood and thought the bezel would be stamped, but nay nay. Thanks...
Greetings 'glass' experts;
For comparison, the above titled scope is going for about $550 new.
My [used] scope is a "Leupold Vari-X III 6.5X20 50mm" and is listed in some places for twice...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
rintinglen: Thanks. All 8+ cans available are unopened, and they ARE cans owner reports! I too, loaded some old pistol powder back when & worked fine; just not familiar with rifle stuff nor how...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
"Helping" an acquaintance downsize his hobby and has more than a few "cans" of powder. Always stored in bsmt. cabinets.
1-Unopened powder cans from 1974 prolly OK?
2-Opened powder cans from...
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 |