Re: And so it begins
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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06/24/20 09:24 PM
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tomahawker and GREENCOUNTYPETE gave good advice.
Casting your own bullets takes a gun to a whole 'nother level. I've worked up light small game loads with a 90 gr bullet all the way up to a 180 gr bullet for my Winchester 94.
A couple of my pistols have either never seen a jacketed bullet or haven't seen one in years.
I've even sent a couple of molds off and had them modified to cast hollowpoints.
“I don't know, Chief, if he's very smart or very dumb.” Capt. Quint
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Re: And so it begins
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06/24/20 11:52 PM
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great fit .001 to .002 over groove and don't drive them to fast. you might want to look into making a batch of Ben's red boolit lube https://noebulletmolds.com/smf/index.php?topic=83.0Ben is a guy on Castboolits gun loads but that forum is down today for a server migration. Yeah I'm thinking if I get the right alloy mix I'll be driving the .225s at 1800-2100 but gotta see how everything works out first. Gonna be powder coating every thing just for ease of simplicity and cost. Gonna be trying to load for .223/5.56 7.62x39 and 7.62x54r. Still need to properly slug my mosin. But thinking I'll get some decent accuracy with a .312. Got the Lyman casting book ,brass catcher and some other stuff to help out coming in tomorrow. Hoping to make a series for YouTube. Figure wrong me bible around and do a bunch of trial and error stuff would be cool
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Re: And so it begins
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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06/25/20 03:55 PM
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I can tell your not excited at all. looks like a cool skill Wolfie. Have fun and be safe.
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
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Re: And so it begins
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06/25/20 04:04 PM
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Might buy some sinker molds for practice, will help get your motions down without worrying about alloys sizes etc.
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Re: And so it begins
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10/14/20 12:58 PM
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How's the casting been going Wolfdog? I've gotten into casting for 9mm and .30-30 within the last year or so. Definitely a big learning curve! Powder-coating has been going pretty well, using Eastwood Ford Blue.
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Re: And so it begins
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10/14/20 01:41 PM
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Wolfdog, I admire your do-it-yourself go-getter attitude and enthusiasm! Be safe and have fun! Will enjoy watching your progress!
I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money! Grinners For Life-Lifetime Member, MO Chapter, Den #1 ~You Grin, You're In~
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