Cast Lead Thread ?

[akaroa1]

What variety of powder are you using for powder coating? It looks good.

Eastwood from Resto Supplies in Auckland

[Squirrel]

Bugger so close but at least not a total loss! Holding upside down you should be able to flick it around and get hold of it with the needle nose pliers. An extercise in patience!

Ive checked against quick load but found speeds were 150-200fps different, pressure who knows.
I guess it's no substitute for real world testing but is a pretty decent starting point especially if you compare with other known recipes

[Micky Duck]

them .44s look awesome thankyou again bud...I refer to them as piggy viagra....small blue pill that makes em go stiff

[akaroa1]

And here's a good tip for bullet casters
I mainly powder coat my bullets and use pass through sizers
Haven't used my Lyman lube sizer in a few years

So I made these dies bodies to take the lube sizer dies

An 1 1/4" dies body for my big press



And a 7/8" one for the normal press



I made a couple of push rods for the various calibers I wanted too size

[T.FOYE]

Looks a bit funny but it does work. Much easier than pulling the 1-4 scope off in the field. These are 352gn NOE mould coated in clear. 45.15gns of 2207 and med crimp

[T.FOYE]

Had a trip to Waiuku to test a new magnifier 3x with my red dot. Gotta say I really like it. Never budged and the dot was easy to use at 100m

[rambo-6mmrem]

Been doing a little bit of work to try and powder coat bullets without making them look silly
I shoot vintage rifles for the most part and there’s something about red and blue or any other colour that doesn’t sit well with me
So I bought some eastwood cast aluminium powder to try and I think they are almost invisible from a distance
It coats nice but you can’t tell when putting it on lol
More obvious once cooked
coated left uncoated right

[akaroa1]

Been doing a little bit of work to try and powder coat bullets without making them look silly
I shoot vintage rifles for the most part and there’s something about red and blue or any other colour that doesn’t sit well with me
So I bought some eastwood cast aluminium powder to try and I think they are almost invisible from a distance
It coats nice but you can’t tell when putting it on lol
More obvious once cooked Attachment 234656
Attachment 234657Attachment 234658 coated left uncoated right

Oh sure that's fine for those little lumps of lead you throw around.
But the big bright ones go faster and are easier to see in flight !



They get there faster because they start out closer to the target

[rambo-6mmrem]

Those are only .510’s ive got a .600

[akaroa1]

Those are only .510’s ive got a .600

I will raise your .600 to a .710 musket ball
And I have a 1" cannon ball on my desk

[akaroa1]

See camouflaged as lead is catching ( for small bullets )

[rambo-6mmrem]

See camouflaged as lead is catching ( for small bullets )

Attachment 234677

Seriously looks alot less out of place especially to camouflage experiments
Like the 458 groveless 542gn

[akaroa1]

Seriously looks alot less out of place Attachment 234678 especially to camouflage experiments
Like the 458 groveless 542gn

Bullets in drag

[rambo-6mmrem]

I have 2 pound fishing sinkers in the shed

[rambo-6mmrem]

45-90 with the experimental 542gn groveless