You still need to check them, too many and they will keep you from circulating the lead and they will melt on the bottom. It is a balancing act.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
You still need to check them, too many and they will keep you from circulating the lead and they will melt on the bottom. It is a balancing act.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Chain saw definitely but how did he pick it up and hold it to cut it? Huge flat plate of lead laying on the driveway will be a bear to get off the ground.
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
What is guntab? Never heard of it and I have never seen it suggested as payment on any forums.
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I am in the same boat with getting money orders for payment. I am disabled and my post office is far from ADA compliant. Which means standing in line. I cannot stand for much more than 3-4 minutes...
Forum: Our Town
As much as I hate the Go-Fund me thing there are times when it actually works for the good, This seems to be one of those times. Amazing how many people will help out if the see a need.
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It is not illegal to erase codes. It IS smart to write them down for future reference to see if the same codes come back. Most dealers nowadays do not have mechanics, they have parts replacers. If...
Heat cycling is not a big deal for me since when I am casting I have several molds on the hot plate. I can just put it on and off a few times while working with other molds. The motorcycle guys are...
I went to the MP site but all I saw were molds. no information on using them. I will look again.
George, I am planning right now to fabricate a square box to do just what you said, A mold oven. I might even control it with a PID since the controls on mine are a bit iffy. I always worry it will...
I can do the preheat, I have an old, really old hot plate. This is one of the ones with the circular burner. I put a piece if 3/16 steel plate on top of the burner to spread out the heat and set my...
I have come across a MP 312-159 HP mold that I forgot I even had. It is brand new so I am looking for advice on how to start up with brass molds. I have been casting for 55 years with steel molds and...
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Motor mount or transmission mount. With a third option of the center support bearing on the driveshaft.
Forum: Cast Boolits
He is talking about adding a 200 gr mold So I would think he is shooting cast and not jacketed.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I run 14-16 gas checked in my 30-06 running around 1850-1900 FPM.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A couple years ago I bought a ton of wheel weights and also some lino pigs and a lot of unmarked blocks of lead. There is a fair amount that I believe is pure tin. Pics of all of that are on here...
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.
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 |