Looking at a Facebook Marketplace ad for lead for casting Boolits. Is there too much antimony in this alloy? 2% tin, 6% antimony, 92% lead.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Looking at a Facebook Marketplace ad for lead for casting Boolits. Is there too much antimony in this alloy? 2% tin, 6% antimony, 92% lead.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I had a two station similar to that, I got it from my uncle along with a rifle when he stopped shooting competitively. That one was only two stage. Loaded a lot of ammo on that one. Zero issues...
Forum: Our Town
Welcome back! Regarding "Old Guys", I resemble that remark!
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Ten pound balls are the lightest allowed in sanctioned leagues. My wife rolls with a sixteen pound ball. So yes, it's one tough wax!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Also, at 67 years of age: ask for a senior discount! Nothing ventured, nothing gained???
Forum: Cast Boolits
A number of years ago, a fellow High Power shooter was commenting about the handgun accuracy of a mutual friend, shooting a handgun. He could put shots in the black on the 200 yard NRA High Power...
Forum: Cast Boolits
They way of IT pros: One step forward, two steps back. They're almost as bad as weather forecasters in Michigan. On any given day, any time of the year: It could rain, it could be sunny, it could...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Isn't it scary how that sneaks up on us?
Forum: Cast Boolits
You are sooo correct about that. Just follow the I94 / I69 corridor.
Forum: Casting Equipment
You don't have to be Cajun to have had a frugal Daddy! He would tip the drained oil cans (remember the cardboard oil cans with the metal tops/bottoms?) into a quart mason jar until he had a quart...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
For ME! It's the 9mm. Why? Between my wife and I, we have three firearms in that caliber. Two semi auto hand guns and one carbine rifle. I've always been one to prefer to have a setup where I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Agreed! If a rifle won't shoot minute of angle, it's down the road. I own a rifle that my Uncle built on a Mauser action in .308. It was capable of half minute of angle a 600 yards. Sadly, I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What??? A round ball has no ballistic coefficient worth a hoot? Hood have thought!
Forum: Casting Equipment
I'll never forget the first time that I got bi-focals,,, "wholly Cow! there is a serial number on this printed circuit board that the parts department has been after me to record on the work...
dverna... I used to shoot High Power Rifle competition at Cadillac Sportsman's Club. Our paths may have crossed. I was extremely anal about my loading techniques and the components that I used. 25...
I'm curious as well...Anything to back up your statement? It's been over a month, I'm sure that by now you could have found the forum post discussing this.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Interesting... I purchased a Lee Loadmaster in the early nineties. It took some tweaking, as all processes do. Result: I was producing 500 round of ammo a week to feed my kids' shooting habit. ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Lee "Whack a Mole" in 1972. Over the years I've had a number of their moulds, powder measures and other sundry items. I've never come to grips with their powder scale. I have two, new in the box. ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I believe that they are standard Acro Bins. You can get them everywhere, even Harbor Freight.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
dverna, I haven't read through the entire thread. BUT, have you checked out the forum dedicated to the Lee products? Specifically this sub forum dedicated to progressive presses? They are as great...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Back in the day, I didn't have the luxury of a dedicated reloading bench. Everything was bolted to a 2x12 of appropriate length and c-clamped to the bench. UNTIL I got a progressive! Then, a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Regarding the hopper: get the adapter for the older style hopper rather than the newer "powder bottle ready" hopper. I don't worry too much about what the measuring tube is at, as long as it throws...
Sorry, I haven't taken the time to read through each and every post. You've been given some great advise here, as is the usual.
Regarding dry firing: My son's high school wrestling coach was on...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I let Lars at White Label Lube mold my lube. Easy Peasy!
Forum: Muzzleloading.
When I was shooting M1 Garand HP CMP competition, I used a white paint pen to paint the top of the front blade and just down to the first serration so that I had definition between the front sight...
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 |