Anybody cast bullets? (Read 65656 times)

rklapp

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #60 on: January 10, 2017, 07:46:01 PM »
I ordered cast rifle boolits from Beartooth but they take about two months to fulfill orders.
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #61 on: January 14, 2017, 06:40:56 AM »
Tomorrow 1/15 afternoon
I'm willing to host a brief bullet casting session as an educational activity for anyone interested.
If you are interested and have some time let me know.
This would be at my place in Waipahu.
Send a pm if you are seriously interested.

Here is my plan....
Take some scrap metal and melt it.
Cast them into 45auto semiwadcutters.
Then take them and lubrisize as soon as they cool down.
Then load those  bullets into a medium velocity target load.
Then shoot them at khsc on Monday morning.

In other words, it would be a complete recycling activity.
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OldMose

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #62 on: January 14, 2017, 09:09:51 AM »
Then post the pictures!   :thumbsup:

oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #63 on: January 14, 2017, 09:22:09 AM »
Then post the pictures!   :thumbsup:
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You really think people would be interested in seeing pictures of a bunch of guys drinking beer and watching dancing girls at my house?
 :rofl:
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Inspector

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #64 on: January 14, 2017, 09:28:02 AM »
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You really think people would be interested in seeing pictures of a bunch of guys drinking beer and watching dancing girls at my house?
 :rofl:
Coconut bras? Grass skirts?  ;D ;D ;D
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #65 on: January 14, 2017, 10:02:35 AM »
Coconut bras? Grass skirts?  ;D ;D ;D
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Please don't wear that to my house
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Inspector

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #66 on: January 14, 2017, 10:12:29 AM »
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Please don't wear that to my house
Party pooper!!!
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macsak

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #67 on: January 14, 2017, 10:15:44 AM »
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Please don't wear that to my house

what if that's his normal day off attire?

Inspector

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #68 on: January 14, 2017, 10:17:07 AM »
what if that's his normal day off attire?
Yeah! What he said. Wait!!!
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #69 on: January 14, 2017, 10:23:03 AM »
what if that's his normal day off attire?
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oh well, ok then.
as long as he wears bvds under the grass skirt
 :stopjack:


Tomorrow 1/15 afternoon
I'm willing to host a brief bullet casting session as an educational activity for anyone interested.
If you are interested and have some time let me know.
This would be at my place in Waipahu.
Send a pm if you are seriously interested.

Here is my plan....
Take some scrap metal and melt it.
Cast them into 45auto semiwadcutters.
Then take them and lubrisize as soon as they cool down.
Then load those  bullets into a medium velocity target load.
Then shoot them at khsc on Monday morning.

In other words, it would be a complete recycling activity.

What, Me Worry?

rklapp

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #70 on: January 14, 2017, 10:46:47 AM »
Boolit porn!

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You really think people would be interested in seeing pictures of a bunch of guys drinking beer and watching dancing girls at my house?
 :rofl:
Yahh! Freedom and justice shall always prevail over tyranny, Babysitter Girl!
https://ronsreloading.wordpress.com/

OldMose

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #71 on: January 14, 2017, 01:29:13 PM »
 :D

oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #72 on: January 14, 2017, 01:31:39 PM »
Outstanding :thumbsup:
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mikenkapolei

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #73 on: January 15, 2017, 12:07:27 PM »
Oldfart and inspector, it was great meeting you today. Thanks for the invite but apparently I have a honey do list waiting at home......


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Inspector

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #74 on: January 15, 2017, 05:01:45 PM »
Oldfart and inspector, it was great meeting you today. Thanks for the invite but apparently I have a honey do list waiting at home......


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No worries. Mama always has priority. Until you have been married as long as I have. Then she is happy to be rid of you for the day.  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

It was nice meeting you as well. Hope to see you again.
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #75 on: January 15, 2017, 06:08:40 PM »
Oldfart and inspector, it was great meeting you today. Thanks for the invite but apparently I have a honey do list waiting at home......


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Always good to meet a fellow shooter.
Inspector and eric808 just left.
Kalen is dropping soon by for that gauge I had for sale.
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rklapp

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #76 on: January 15, 2017, 06:21:39 PM »
Ask kalen how his rifle rounds went.
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #77 on: January 15, 2017, 06:26:55 PM »
Ask kalen how his rifle rounds went.
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I did.
He they said were ok
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #78 on: February 06, 2018, 07:45:01 AM »
Hardcore bullet casters make their own lube.
I used to sell my lube at the gun shows 20 years ago.

Here is what I did yesterday for a fellow bullet maker in Georgia.
He had obtained a broken Lyman bullet lubersizer and invested quite a bit of time in repairing and rejuvenating it.
His rebuild is nearly complete so I told him I would send him a stick of my custom blend lube.
Lyman machines use a 1x4 stick of lube with a hole down the center.
I did not have any old stock so I had to make one.

The formula is a variation of the classic NRA formula,50% Beeswax 50% ALOX 2138F.

The classic formula works great, but it's very soft and messy to handle.
My custom blend increases the percentage of wax to make the lube harder.
As an extra added touch, I blended in a small amount of pork fat, just in case.

The molds are made from 1 inch emt conduit.
They are set into a wooden block and filled with lube.
As the lube hardens, you may insert a rod into the soft center to form a hole for some lubrasizers.

If you are a hardcore survivalist, you can substitute beef, pork, sheep or chicken fat instead of ALOX.
During the old days muzzle loaders used beeswax-tallow lube. Also pork lard or sheep fat.
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oldfart

Re: Anybody cast bullets?
« Reply #79 on: January 16, 2021, 08:49:03 AM »
Need more 45 boolits. Will cast some today.
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