May 23, 2019, 08:52 AM | #1 |
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A blast from the past....
Just posting a few pictures to keep the board moving along. Here's a few of the Mihec 45-70 160gr bullet that I got 5 years ago.
The MiHec .460 Collar Button mold. Cast up with some soft alloy. Enjoying a hot soak in beeswax, olive oil, and 1/4 of a red crayon. Ready for a quick trip down the .45-70 tube.
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May 23, 2019, 06:05 PM | #2 |
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How on earth do you get such nice pan lubed bullets... sheesh.... very nice !
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May 23, 2019, 07:57 PM | #3 |
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Everything Beagle makes is beautiful!
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May 23, 2019, 08:46 PM | #4 |
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I lubed em before I sized em. I put the whole pan of lube in the freezer until it was a little stiffer than room temp. Not solid frozen, but hard like ice cream. Then I just pushed on the nose of em and they popped out the back. Pretty clean too! But then after a trip through the sizer, of course they ended up very clean then.
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May 24, 2019, 06:40 AM | #5 |
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Yep tha man is truly an artist when it comes to working with the Pb medium.
One of these days if I keep practicing I might get the hang of it.
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May 25, 2019, 07:00 PM | #6 |
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Lolol I love casting.... but man i do not cast anywhere near as good as some of you here.
But I still have fun and shoot them anyway |
May 28, 2019, 05:21 PM | #7 |
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I never could master pan lubing....neatly anyways .
I managed to spill hot melted bullet lube on the kitchen floor, table , my pants , shirt and the dog ( a beagle named Elmo ) he even got his ears in it . The wife gave me money and made me go buy a Lyman 450 lube sizer. She was just a bit upset at the mess me and Elmo had made trying to pan lube bullets ! It wasn't pretty ! Gary |
May 30, 2019, 05:08 PM | #8 |
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Yea I am ready to chuck all my alloyed ingots... something just isnt right.
Gonna go with straight lead and tin... and maybe a sliver of super hard Was thinking 16lbs lead to 1 lb tin and maybe half pound of super hard... trying for about 12 to 13 bhn |
May 30, 2019, 11:56 PM | #9 |
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More tin fixes most issues. In my experience.
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June 1, 2019, 09:13 PM | #10 |
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I've not ever understood the appeal of the button projectile. Are they just for very short range plinking rounds or do they have another design purpose in mind?
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June 2, 2019, 12:20 AM | #11 |
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Gwpercle has the perfect process to get spousal buy in for reloading. Minor modification should work for most everything.
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That incident happened in 1972 and she still gives me the "look" if I talk about bullet lube in the kitchen.... you know that "stink eye " look they give you ? Gary |
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