Chasing a Beagle

Chainsaw. · December 12, 2016, 02:57 PM

Well Ive been a busy boy. New Lee 200 grain mould showed up the other day and I got straight to casting.

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Chainsaw. · December 12, 2016, 03:19 PM

And the next day my powder coat gun showed up, couldnt let that linger for very long. Sure beats the shake-n-bake method.

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More photos to come.

Chainsaw. · December 12, 2016, 04:34 PM

Here is one of the powder coated bullets, these being lyman keith style SWC. The powder coat gun really is the difference between mediocrity and excellence in my opinion.And for $60 its hard to argue with.

Ill do a brighter color next time so the details are more easily seen.

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Chainsaw. · December 12, 2016, 04:35 PM

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Mike / Tx · December 12, 2016, 04:52 PM

Well I hope you can run fast and have a LOT of endurance, he's a hard one to keep up with...

Good job BTW.

Now then, you need to post up test targets, along with recovered bullets and such, see ol Beagle, he just makes them for his little museum so's he can look at them all nice and pretty.

Mine, well I make them all up so I can blast them into stuff like water jugs, dirt filled buckets, and hogs if I can find them.

Chainsaw. · December 12, 2016, 10:06 PM

Ok. One more cause its fun.

175 grain .309 rifle bullets. These are going to find their way into my 30-30, and eventually my 300bo.
They'll get ironed out in the sizing press with the addition of a gas check.

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Chainsaw. · December 12, 2016, 11:54 PM

Ha! No doubt Mike. Hopefully I wont get any bad suprizes with accuracy.

Wish I had some hogs to try em out on......well, maybe I dont. Perhaps a coyote then.

Beagle333 · December 13, 2016, 07:23 PM

Them's pretty good lookin' bullets! I'll have to agree with you on the spray gun being a better coat. Some of the tumbling folks do have it down to a smooth coat, but most of them still look tumbled. The ESPC gun makes them perfect every time, no matter who does it.
Good luck with that coyote! We don't have hogs around me either. (yet)
There are some in the county, but none ever come through my place.

(and I do shoot some of mine, Mike.

I just don't take pictures of those.

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lamarw · December 13, 2016, 08:16 PM

Looks like you have it down to a science. They are pretty too.

Plenty of yotes around here to include road kill evidence. In the last couple of years, there have been reports of some wild hogs on this part of Lake Martin. Hope they don't find our place. I have a Walker and a Blue Tick that keep most critters away.

Mike / Tx · December 16, 2016, 04:28 AM

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(and I do shoot some of mine, Mike. I just don't take pictures of those.)

Yeah I know, but I gotta try to get some other crashed and smashed pictures up when I can.

daniberry · September 12, 2017, 07:24 AM

I am really surprised its too old.

December 12, 2016, 02:57 PM	#1
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Chasing a Beagle Well Ive been a busy boy. New Lee 200 grain mould showed up the other day and I got straight to casting. [IMG][/IMG] __________________ Just shoot the damn thing. Last edited by Chainsaw.; December 12, 2016 at 03:17 PM. Reason: Cant get pics to load

December 12, 2016, 03:19 PM	#2
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	And the next day my powder coat gun showed up, couldnt let that linger for very long. Sure beats the shake-n-bake method. [IMG][/IMG] More photos to come. __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

December 12, 2016, 04:34 PM	#3
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Here is one of the powder coated bullets, these being lyman keith style SWC. The powder coat gun really is the difference between mediocrity and excellence in my opinion.And for $60 its hard to argue with. Ill do a brighter color next time so the details are more easily seen. [IMG][/IMG] __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

December 12, 2016, 04:35 PM	#4
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	[IMG][/IMG] __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

December 12, 2016, 04:52 PM	#5
Mike / Tx Senior Member Join Date: April 8, 2000 Posts: 2,101	Well I hope you can run fast and have a LOT of endurance, he's a hard one to keep up with... Good job BTW. Now then, you need to post up test targets, along with recovered bullets and such, see ol Beagle, he just makes them for his little museum so's he can look at them all nice and pretty. Mine, well I make them all up so I can blast them into stuff like water jugs, dirt filled buckets, and hogs if I can find them. __________________ LAter, Mike / TX

December 12, 2016, 10:06 PM	#6
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Ok. One more cause its fun. 175 grain .309 rifle bullets. These are going to find their way into my 30-30, and eventually my 300bo. They'll get ironed out in the sizing press with the addition of a gas check. [IMG][/IMG] __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

December 12, 2016, 11:54 PM	#7
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Ha! No doubt Mike. Hopefully I wont get any bad suprizes with accuracy. Wish I had some hogs to try em out on......well, maybe I dont. Perhaps a coyote then. __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

December 13, 2016, 07:23 PM	#8
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	Them's pretty good lookin' bullets! I'll have to agree with you on the spray gun being a better coat. Some of the tumbling folks do have it down to a smooth coat, but most of them still look tumbled. The ESPC gun makes them perfect every time, no matter who does it. Good luck with that coyote! We don't have hogs around me either. (yet) There are some in the county, but none ever come through my place. (and I do shoot some of mine, Mike. I just don't take pictures of those.) __________________ . . . Have a Colt and a smile.

December 13, 2016, 08:16 PM	#9
lamarw Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2010 Location: Lake Martin, AL Posts: 3,311	Looks like you have it down to a science. They are pretty too. Plenty of yotes around here to include road kill evidence. In the last couple of years, there have been reports of some wild hogs on this part of Lake Martin. Hope they don't find our place. I have a Walker and a Blue Tick that keep most critters away.

September 12, 2017, 07:24 AM	#11
daniberry Junior Member Join Date: September 1, 2017 Posts: 1	I am really surprised its too old.