Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Begs the question, do you like cleaning guns that much?
Waht did you cast today?
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Not to bad to clean the Remington Rolling Block 32/20. 25/20? It would be a one time experience, most likely.
L Ross
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I think I will too in a Low-Wall for starters.
L Ross
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Ya know, it just isn't that bad. My wife and I used to shoot cowboy matches and had to clean 4 belt revolvers, two rifles, two double barrel shotguns. In some more complex matches throw in two pocket revolvers and a long range rifle or two. Then the brass, lots of brass. And yet, we survived.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Living in the desert, boiling water, patches and drying. Then oily patches and wiping seems to work OK here.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Hot water, patches, Ballistol mixed with water and straight Ballistol is our system.
The brass gets dropped in a jug with water and Dawn. Later decapped and SS pin tumbled.
Lots of things in life are a nuisance to us modern people. We have short attention spans, love convenience, expect instantaneous results, and dislike a mess. Wait, what the hell did I just post? That reads as the antithesis of sex, good cooking, fine carpentry, art, gun stocking, bullet casting, and a lot of other fine endeavors. No wonder humans are conflicted.
I don't mind cleaning firearms, just not always after firing them. Life gets in the way.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Sounds like a lot of unnecessary work Lynn. I like doing a little shooting and putting the gun away, cleaning it later, maybe, probably doesn’t need it anyway, well run a patch of Ed’s Red, yup shiny, no corrosion. Modern life is good.
Holy Black could be fun, I understand, but I have enough work to do so I choose not to make more.
Holy Black could be fun, I understand, but I have enough work to do so I choose not to make more.
Michael
Active Member. Uh/What
I don't find black that much effort in a BPCR. Usually 4, maybe 5 patches using 5:1 water/Balistol mix and barrel all clean. A patch of my favorite rust preventative and all done until the next time it gets shot. Cases- decap, rinse with water in a jug to get out any loose BP residue, dump in the tumbler with ceramic media with my fovorite water based solution, tumble 2-3 hours, drain, seperate from media, rinse, spread out to dry.
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imashooter2
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SAECO #353 for the 1894C. My technique was lacking tonight. A dozen rejects in only 210 castings. When I made 2 pours in a row with obviously round bases, I hung it up. Some days you just don't have the touch. The small pile of keepers…
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CWLONGSHOT
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LEE 120g 32 cal, Lyman 311008 and that big LEE 240g .323 bullet.
GRMPS
Active Member
I would strongly suggest putting a piece of metal (a saw blade will help 1/4 in thick is better) on top of your hotplate to get more even heating.
I like to set mine at 400°, you need to find what works best for you. Many put a coffee can on top of the hotplate with a clot cut out for the mold handle
Cadillac Jeff
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Noi 360 180 in the box,lyman 311 334 for my bench rifle ,the rest are 7 mm lyman 
Must have lost my alloy formula for BO 145gr PB. Shot some yesterday, CVA SS, all over the place. Shot a 110 vmax to make sure scope was OK. then some hard PCd with too much neck tension (15 gr 4227, ~30k psi). Then some new cast (soft??) with BLL, same load but a thous. in the neck. Still all over! Like a FOOT off. Cleaned this morning, tight spot about 3/4 down the bore but removed with a few nylon brush strokes. No lumpy lead spots seen with the B.S. One case had the fragile lead ring stuck to the mouth but cases weren't sooty. Add more Sb and recast that 10# of alloy. Checked the carbine IR zero with the vmax. 2 shot 1" @ 50 just with front bag - decent for my 'field' shooting.
Rick H
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I have been hunting with 300gr. JHPs at 1880 fps. out of my 45/70 Marlin Guide Gun. I had a few old cast Ranch Dog 300 FPs and decided to try them and Lee 340 with a more sedate loading. 25 grains of 2400 should have me in the 1450-1500 fps realm and I see no reason why they wouldn't get the attention of any whitetail deer I happen to shoot with either of them. Target was shot at 50 yds. The Ranch Dogs are showing promise. I broke out the mould and got to work making more.
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GRMPS
Active Member
I cast 2 pots full of pure lead creating cores fo 223 and 40 S&W for 44 mag cores,
Yes the 223 cores are a bit long, I wanted them to work on all weights of 223 bullets and they are easy to swage down creating a pile of worms.
I ended up casting almost 57 pounds of cores
Yes the 223 cores are a bit long, I wanted them to work on all weights of 223 bullets and they are easy to swage down creating a pile of worms.
I ended up casting almost 57 pounds of cores
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