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05 December 2010, 05:16
Skipper488First cast bullets ever.
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jerry.baldwin06@comcast.net
05 December 2010, 07:02
James KainNice job
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05 December 2010, 07:47
Skipper488tyvm, now if the weather will cooperate I'll make enough to reload. It was kind of cold and windy tonight, made keeping the lead a steady temperature difficult.
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jerry.baldwin06@comcast.net
05 December 2010, 08:37
Idaho SharpshooterWe're proud of you man!
Rich
Cast away...
05 December 2010, 08:51
James Kainquote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
tyvm, now if the weather will cooperate I'll make enough to reload. It was kind of cold and windy tonight, made keeping the lead a steady temperature difficult.
Cast outside? I know of people who cast on there stove with the ventilation fan running.
I bought one of those fans and installed it into my shop over a propane camp stove.
I would send photos but I don't have any and my shop is gutted. My milling machine(new-to-me) crushed my floor. Slight over site on my end.
Just be safe about it and you will be fine. Let us know how they shoot! I wanna see targets!!
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05 December 2010, 09:07
swheelerSkipper; looks good! Now show us some targets of how they shoot, U R HOOKED!
05 December 2010, 20:39
Skipper488quote:
Originally posted by James Kain:
quote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
tyvm, now if the weather will cooperate I'll make enough to reload. It was kind of cold and windy tonight, made keeping the lead a steady temperature difficult.
Cast outside? I know of people who cast on there stove with the ventilation fan running.
I bought one of those fans and installed it into my shop over a propane camp stove.
I would send photos but I don't have any and my shop is gutted. My milling machine(new-to-me) crushed my floor. Slight over site on my end.
Just be safe about it and you will be fine. Let us know how they shoot! I wanna see targets!!
The turkey fryer and cast iron dutch oven I have right now I bought to melt down wheel weights. I intend on getting an electric furnace as my reloading room has a window directly over my bench and I plan on putting a window fan there to blow out the fumes while I sit in comfort at my normal reloading bench.
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jerry.baldwin06@comcast.net
06 December 2010, 02:19
Von GruffWelcome to the madhouse. Dont worry about addiction, it comes with the teritory.
Now go shoot those wee lovlies, show us the results and go cast some more.
Von Gruff.
06 December 2010, 02:31
Idaho SharpshooterI set my cold weather casting plan with 390cfm exhaust fans, one directly over each pot inside my shop. My electrician wired the switches to automatically turn the fans on when I flipped each switch on to provide power to that outlet.
Takes an extra $20 per.
Good Luck with our casting addiction
Rich
06 December 2010, 02:56
Skipper488Fortunately Idaho, I am an electrical engineer specializing in industrial controls. In fact my reloading room was a storage shed when I moved in that the previous owner had strung a piece of romax through a tree to provide a light and a couple of outlets. I installed a Circuit breaker panel to provide me with some power options. Unfortunately this house was built in the mid 70's so the electrical drop is completely inadequate for what I'd like to do and we plan on moving back to northern Idaho so this set up will never be completely correct.
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jerry.baldwin06@comcast.net
06 December 2010, 05:16
James Kainquote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
Fortunately Idaho, I am an electrical engineer specializing in industrial controls. In fact my reloading room was a storage shed when I moved in that the previous owner had strung a piece of romax through a tree to provide a light and a couple of outlets. I installed a Circuit breaker panel to provide me with some power options. Unfortunately this house was built in the mid 70's so the electrical drop is completely inadequate for what I'd like to do and we plan on moving back to northern Idaho so this set up will never be completely correct.
Now only if you lived in central Maine I'd be one happy person! I have to start with a fresh slate in wiring up my shop. Machining equipment uses more then a 110V! But, one of my brothers from the lodge said he'd do it.
Now you never said what type of rifle you'll be using this sweets in? Are this for muzzle loading?
What caliber are they? Do you have any new molds your thinking of buying?
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06 December 2010, 07:39
onefunzr2 will be informative reading if your budget or preference is towards Lee Precision electric casters. I see you're already using one of Lee's tumble lube molds. I like them and Lee's liquid alox too. Most of the time the boolits come out the correct diameter so I don't bother running them through Lee's nifty lube/sizer...but need to to seat gas checks.
Next you'll have to weld up a bullet trap to recycle all those boolits. Talk about economy, talk about bang for the buck...if you recycle both the boolits and the brass umteen times and the powder costs being only about 1.1 cents per shot if you load 4.0gr, the major expense will be the primers and electricity to keep remelting the same lead over and over.
Another plus is if you add tin to your basic wheelweights, it's always in the same proportion in the scrap. Win win!
06 December 2010, 08:16
Skipper488These are .45acp I will be firing them in my carry gun a Ruger P345. I'll be working my load op with HP38 and WLP primers in assorted brass. My next mold will be for my SKS. Lee makes a mold for it but I want to slug my barrel first as I know SKS barrels tend to vary so I want to make sure I get the proper diameter for the gun. After that I'm looking for a single shot (thinking Rossi Wizard) in 45-70.
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06 December 2010, 08:21
Skipper488James can I ask which lodge?
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06 December 2010, 19:18
James Kainquote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
James can I ask which lodge?
Free Mason - Siloam lodge.
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06 December 2010, 19:26
James Kainquote:
Originally posted by onefunzr2:
This link will be informative reading if your budget or preference is towards Lee Precision electric casters. I see you're already using one of Lee's tumble lube molds. I like them and Lee's liquid alox too. Most of the time the boolits come out the correct diameter so I don't bother running them through Lee's nifty lube/sizer...but need to to seat gas checks.
Next you'll have to weld up a bullet trap to recycle all those boolits. Talk about economy, talk about bang for the buck...if you recycle both the boolits and the brass umteen times and the powder costs being only about 1.1 cents per shot if you load 4.0gr, the major expense will be the primers and electricity to keep remelting the same lead over and over.
Another plus is if you add tin to your basic wheelweights, it's always in the same proportion in the scrap. Win win!
Love the bullet trap! Was this something you picked up or something you made your self?
If you dont mind I may make something like it myself.
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06 December 2010, 20:48
Skipper488quote:
Originally posted by James Kain:
quote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
James can I ask which lodge?
Free Mason - Siloam lodge.
Fairview 776
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jerry.baldwin06@comcast.net
06 December 2010, 23:52
James Kainquote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
quote:
Originally posted by James Kain:
quote:
Originally posted by Skipper488:
James can I ask which lodge?
Free Mason - Siloam lodge.
Fairview 776
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07 December 2010, 19:36
onefunzr2[/QUOTE]
Was this something you picked up or something you made your self?
If you dont mind I may make something like it myself.[/QUOTE]
I constructed it myself from an idea at
Snail Traps.There's are way too expensive for my budget.
Why would I mind?
12 December 2010, 07:49
Skipper488Well I cast some more today. I've got about 200 that look like the ones in the picture. I've got about 50 that look a little frosty. I broke out the calipers and scale to get a few measurements. These were cast with straight wheel weights in a Lee TL452-230-2R 2-cavity mold. The bullets I measured with calipers all measured at .452 the weight ranged from 233.4 to 235.1 grains
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jerry.baldwin06@comcast.net
12 December 2010, 07:57
James KainI havent found much difference between the ones that are frosty and not. Then again I may not have hand enough shooting with them to tell yet.
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