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He is talking about adding a 200 gr mold So I would think he is shooting cast and not jacketed.

I run 14-16 gas checked in my 30-06 running around 1850-1900 FPM.

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...

And how did you deal with that chunk of lead that probably weighed just over a ton?

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...

Are you thinking of Red Lion metals? On Rt. 70 just west of the Red lion circle.

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...

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...

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.

Lead casting has gotten FAR to involved!! People want to make their own alloys and they expect them to be perfect to the last 1/2% every time. Do you realize that all of the alloy calculators out...

At that price I would go broke buying lead. Yea, I am one of THOSE guys. You know the ones, they have more than they will ever need but simply cannot resist a good deal. I have a ton of wheel...

You mean like 70.00 a lb. for IMR 4895 and H4895 has been off the shelf for years now. Most of the Alliant prices I have seen were much lower than Hodgdon.

Amen to that!!

If that creed were true about it not being about the money then explain to me why their powder prices are the highest in the industry? Yea, it is ALL about the money. They may not be a conglomerate...

You see what Hodgdon has done with their powder prices don't you? Just about the most expensive out there. So what do you think they are going to do with RCBS? It is all about the money. And I am...

Evaporust works by Chelation. It will never harm metal like acids. Muriatic acid will eat clean metal. I left a rusty bold in pool grade muriatic acid diluted 50% and it ate the threads off of the...

I was doing some casting of regular rifle and pistol bullets a while ago using pure lead since I wanted to use them for slugging the barrels and although I could have used wrinkled ones I just wanted...

Boatyards have caught on to the lead supply need. Keel lead is selling for over a dollar a pound around me and I live close to the coast and also many rivers and bays. It is out there but expensive...

That is a pretty good average nowadays. Must have been an older bucket full. I got 8 full buckets a couple years ago from the estate of an old reloader. They were ALL lead with the exception of two...

Clip on wheel weights will not help with what you have. They will add a lot more antimony and very little tin. But they are good to use by themselves with just a little bit of tin added. Straight...

Never heard of a "burn test" on lead? White to me would be Phosphorous or magnesium and green would be copper. I would think it would melt so fast you would not get any kind of read. And remember...

For what you are paying for that particular alloy get as much as you can and work with what you have to get your loads established and then do a bit of hammer testing and shooting testing. That alloy...