| fastman |
| (member) |
| 03/22/20 01:53 AM |
Glad
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I got the ammo I have.
Peeps paying big bucks for loaded ammo.
Saw I was bout out of 9mm bullits so I got a couple thousand ordered.
Pal had given a old single stage press last year.
Got some dies for 9mm and 38spl off e bay and been havin fun since.
| 67Firebird |
| (Former political advocate) |
| 03/22/20 03:28 PM |
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Re: Glad
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That's good. I've some guns 'n ammo prices going up, so we may have panic prices going on again.
A friend of mine reloads a lot, and he's been trying to find certain bullets. He said that if he doesn't find them soon, he's going to get his melting pot out, and drag the buckets of wheel weights out of the garage. He mixes something else with that lead, but I don't remember what. He sits out in his driveway, melting lead and pouring it into bullet molds.
| FowlMouth |
| (King Deano) |
| 05/26/20 04:41 PM |
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Re: Glad
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My bet is that he put tin (usually from high SN solder or even scrap pewter) in the lead. It makes it fill out the molds better so you don't have voids in the bullets. Wheel weights are just about the right mix of lead alloy, with just enough antimony to get it hard enough not to lead up the barrel. A good mixture is 92% lead, 2% antimony and 6% tin.
If he doesn't powder coat his cast bullets, he should at least check it out. It's low cost, easy to do, clean, safer and beats the crap out of that nasty Alox or greasing them.
| FowlMouth |
| (King Deano) |
| 05/26/20 04:58 PM |
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Re: Glad
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Blade - reloading is a great way to pass the time...damned relaxing too once you get your rhythm going. I started off with a single stage Lyman about 35 years ago. Still have it set up with a collet bullet puller.
I have a Hornady LNL AP set up for loading 9 as that is what I shoot the most. I have about 25 gallons of brass that I got for free, working on cleaning it a little at a time with a Harbor Freight rock polisher and steel pins. Been setting in the recliner watching the tube while I use a Frankford Arsenal hand deprimer to knock out primers before cleaning it. On that press, I have a afro engineered bullet feeder that speeds up the process. The last station of the 5 on that press is a Lee Factory Crimp die. Since I went to that, I eliminated all of my jamming issues.
Also have a Lee Classic Turret I got in a box of stuff a guy sold me for $20 that works good for .45acp. Took a little while to get it cleaned up and adjusted right, but it works fine and can easily be made into a single stage and back to kind of automatic. The priming system on that one sucks, so I just prime those by hand since I don't shoot that much of it.
| fastman |
| (member) |
| 05/26/20 11:54 PM |
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Re: Glad
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Lee factory crimp dies are the chits.
Got one for 38 meself.