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I don't find testing hardness of ingots is a reliable method to predict the hardness of bullets cast from those ingots. Close but not dead on. Maybe close enough. I test bullets for hardness not...

You talking the time it takes to cast them or the time it takes to shoot them......:kidding:

At $0.50 a pound, he sold it for what a scrap yard would pay if you brought it to them. You both got a deal, you got a good price and he did not have to move it. I have to pay twice that at my scrap...

Same here but that only seats them to flush with the case head. If the primer pockets are deep, the primers are not properly seated.

Tim

I have a Korean clipper that seems top notch.

Tim

I prime 50/70 and 450 BPE on my reloading press

Tim

Well, hum. Maxed out could be you hanging on a lever twice as long. I wonder how they rate these jacks.

I am imagining you are getting more than 12 tons on your ram but who knows.

Since the...

How do you tell your press/jack is maxed out?

Tim

You are correct, I was putting the ammo away and that one would not drop into the cartridge tray. It is a 41 short so maybe there is no .38 extra short after all. I see now in the picture it is...

Put a ball bearing in between ingots in the vice squish hard for a better test.

I was just making a new 2" die and ram and now I am totally rethinking it to make it much taller. I need to go measure how much stroke my jack has.

Tim

I guess I should have known it was a thing but I didn't until today when I got a package that was susposed to be 29 rounds of 38 RF long that turned out to be 27 rounds of 38 RF short, one round of...

Sounds great, questions, are you using a 20 ton jack? Does it have plenty of stroke, I think you would need at least 6" of stroke? last question, how do you get those disks out of your pipe?

Tim

Almost all silica gel pack descants can be rejuvenated in a dehydrator, or oven. I did not know about using a microwave. We used to used them at work and we had a dehydrator that used heat lamps to...

I don't plan as far ahead as you seem to be. I don't alloy until I am getting ready to cast bullets. I keep my ingredients is their acquired state except to clean up dirty lead like range lead. That...

Are you convinced the fired brass was fired in that gun? When you checked the fired brass in the Wilson gage, I am guessing that the case did not go into the gage far enough for the shoulder to...

If you use LPP in 45-70 and it does not work you can't complain to the distributor or the manufacturer, you are not using them as intended. For off label use the user assumes all responsibility and...

You have to wonder what the factories do, is new brass pulled from the factory at a different place in the process than new brass that the factory loads. Why is not factory new brass not the same as...

I don't think your Mauser is an 8x57 (8mm Mauser) anymore, I think it has been modified to be a 8mm -06, this was a not so uncommon modification so that it could be reloaded with much cheaper (at the...

Three options, DIY, send out for repair, or sell and replace. I am thinking you might need to sell and replace; you don't seem to understand what is required to repair.
Tim

Has anyone tried making pellets of black powder like they do with subs?
Tim

Yep, brand new guns cost less than a new replacement barrel.

U.S. Revolver, Iver Johnson, H&R or even Colt New Line or Remington Smoot. The Colts or Remingtons are kind of pricey like the S&W but carry top names the others are less prestigious but are fine if...

Isn't a reline going to cost as much as two barrels, the barrel to be reworked and the liner plus labor for the rework?

Tim

I say get an antique 38 S&W. If you are shooting black powder you can pick any number if different makes and models, don't limit yourself to top breaks and maybe go with a single action or even spur...