PDA

View Full Version : Casting and Swaging

  1. Star sizer in operation
  2. My 45 Auto slugged out at .448"
  3. case weight question
  4. Examples of bullet blemishes and their causes.
  5. Yo 'Slick: Casting 500s
  6. Casting videos?
  7. Make your own mould?
  8. Star Sizing die marked RS
  9. What do I need to get started in casting?
  10. Guy on CB pimping out two Stars, molds, casting machines.
  11. Getting started in smelting
  12. Inane Lead Thread
  13. WTF? not the powder...
  14. Warning !!!!!!!!!!!
  15. If you have a lead hardness tester please get in touch with me.
  16. Can decent cast bullets be made from smelted hard magnum shot?
  17. waste oil instead of propane? CRB's ?
  18. I wrote a song about you guys:
  19. My Official Casting Tip
  20. Crap! Thats ugly!
  21. A picture thread: Smelting Bermining Ore
  22. Need lotsa lead
  23. Can lead be "found" at a railroad yard?
  24. Cool smelting setup
  25. Dont try this at home kids
  26. Marking ingots
  27. What lube really says you are in love with
  28. How well do these shoot?
  29. Any CBA members use the alloy calculator with success?
  30. Additives
  31. Up grading your smelting set up
  32. Flat-Rate Box prank?
  33. How should I open the sprue plate on a Saeco
  34. Probably retarded but...
  35. 243 Win lead?
  36. Where do you go to find free or really cheap lead?
  37. Is hard lube good lead flux?
  38. Cabine tree tester cross reference graph.
  39. Add CH4D to the list of hottie phone chicks
  40. Telling me more about swaging bullets
  41. Anybody want a 9mm 115 grain lee 6 cavity mold
  42. Swaging review.
  43. Costs
  44. Wierd stuff...
  45. Hey Freak!
  46. Interest in a jacket or lead wire GB?
  47. Lead on ar15.com
  48. My official casting tip.... - ouch
  49. Lead thermometer
  50. Are there just some bbls that don't like cast
  51. Who's got a .41 Mag?
  52. Who wants to be first?
  53. OK here is my reloading tip.
  54. Tell me how to slug my barrel
  55. How many rounds can you shoot?
  56. Longshot...not the powder...
  57. Co-worker offered me 10,000 pounds of wheel weights.
  58. ?'s about sizing .40 cal from a 6 cavity Lee mold
  59. sizeing and lubeing a bullet video
  60. DIY Ingot molds
  61. Lee tumble lube
  62. If I went to the scrapyard........
  63. One example of smelting setup.
  64. Lee art thread.
  65. How deep is a typical LEE melting pot?
  66. Turkey fryer mod- haven't blown anything up yet.
  67. Trade Fry bread for lead......or......Tell me about plumber's lead sheets?
  68. Lee melt pot clogged?
  69. The meat of Cohutt's bermining thread
  70. Gas checks ,,,, do they make 40 cal. ?
  71. My new .40 140gr Lee mold bullets.
  72. Bulk lead initiative
  73. Muffin pan ingot mold ?
  74. I've read the smelting but need help
  75. how many cast bullets per lb of lead Link
  76. So I break two Ruger guns and now two Lee molds
  77. Would this work
  78. These threads just die at TAX TIME .
  79. 1 ogive, 2 or other
  80. 300lb block of lead
  81. Showing off a bit.
  82. Dutch Oven
  83. Re-arranging the sock drawer
  84. Recent find
  85. Just got 45lbs lead $49 ,,, online
  86. Crimp cast boolits for auto cartridges?
  87. Ingot molds
  88. Books on Casting
  89. I was tempted today
  90. Got my Lam II from Freak Show Bullets today
  91. Is this a bad sign?
  92. Smelting
  93. keeping blood lead levels down
  94. Lee molds , sold out - back ordered everywhere
  95. What the HELL is happening to me?
  96. Speed casting 101
  97. How much does.....
  98. Lead casting furnace recomendation
  99. What temp should I be using.
  100. Is this OK?
  101. FreakShow, what are the steps?
  102. Is this the wheel weight we don't want?
  103. What lube to use for a Lee mold on the sprue bushing & alignment pins
  104. Any commercial bullet companies that will take your WWs and discount their bullets?
  105. internal ballistics software
  106. Why cast iron?
  107. Bull Shop Speed Green Lube - this stuff any good?
  108. Tumble lube vs lubersizers
  109. I scored my first free lead today.
  110. Damn it revisited
  111. All the brass I could tote
  112. Need direction on making my own bottom pour smelting pot.
  113. Cant find any ww locally Rant
  114. First smelt
  115. The lead WW gods were god to me ,today
  116. Got my first WW
  117. Score!
  118. Lead just like gas?
  119. Damn weather
  120. Tin?
  121. Magma Engineering Master Pot
  122. First one done
  123. Policing and wheel weights
  124. F & M Reloading & Casting Equipment
  125. Lube
  126. 2 or 4
  127. High dollah $$ lead pots
  128. Car batteries?
  129. And a good Saturday it was
  130. How fast can lead fly?
  131. I'm a millionaire!!!!
  132. Melting wheel weights
  133. Wheel weights for ingots exchange program.
  134. Lee 6 cav .40 cal mold casting out of rd bullets
  135. Anchors Lead
  136. How much lead you gotta have on hand ???
  137. Almost ready
  138. The Blue Hustle
  139. Would you smelt these into smaller ingots?
  140. I'm buying a Star, what do I need?
  141. Got the cast iron pot
  142. Damn that was fun.
  143. Size and lube
  144. Aneat, How about a handle / ball combo for a STAR
  145. Lead collection day: only 1 Stinkin ww
  146. This is a first for me.
  147. Bullet whiskers
  148. Started in on the lead stash -> smelting
  149. My guys scored two more buckets of WWs
  150. Worth what?
  151. Alox casserole
  152. Wall LEAD?
  153. How do these look?
  154. Easy way ta sort stick ons an clip ons
  155. Productive day, but bad day for camera battery to die.
  156. Fluxing casting pot
  157. Where is the best place to get a six cavity mold and handle?
  158. Junk in my ingots
  159. Pictures of this weekend's progress
  160. Lyman 450
  161. Does this look right?
  162. Picked up some lead today
  163. Broke my virginity, I scored...
  164. Which top punch?
  165. First casting session....got questions!
  166. Shot my own boolits last night!
  167. 357 four banger problem
  168. Ingot moulds
  169. Broke My Wheel Weight Cherry.....
  170. Why is everybody out of the mold I want?
  171. Is it a good idea to season one's cast iron dutch oven pot?
  172. Idea for making my first smelting pot the CRB way
  173. Did a little smelting today.
  174. How much is enough?
  175. Lube on my bevel base bullet
  176. civil war bullets
  177. Best molds, second to none?
  178. cohutts Rival
  179. Anybody cast for 7.62x39mm?
  180. Lead Falls on Speculation Magellan Restart Will Add to Supplies
  181. Star vs. this thing
  182. Experts, lets talk H&G 68 vs. Saeco 068
  183. another lead source
  184. 205 grain 45 swc hanging up- Lube issue?
  185. More stupid Star questions
  186. Wil E Coyote SUPER GENIOUS lead smelter
  187. What am I doing wrong? (sorry, big pictures)
  188. How long do you keep the mols shut?
  189. wheel weights- $60.00/ 5 gallon bucket?
  190. Aight, no more...
  191. Is surface temperature accurate enough?
  192. ok- I got a lee production pot iv....
  193. Bevel base
  194. Nee advice on casting sinkers for the tire store guys
  195. I ran out of four letter words tonight
  196. Which one of you lead grabbers is from OH?
  197. New ingot molds
  198. Ranch Dog molds
  199. 110 lbs
  200. LEE Costermer service
  201. How do you get lube out of a sizer?
  202. Indoor Ranges
  203. Got my Star today
  204. 9mm tactical training bullets
  205. new to the site
  206. I got a line on a bunch of cheap or free Beeswax
  207. Check out this bullet mold
  208. Star sizing dies
  209. First Casting today
  210. Question to the experts on Lar's red
  211. What I have been doing with my time
  212. How many of you water drop your boolits?
  213. Star?
  214. Scrap metal FYI
  215. The Fouling Shot
  216. Lee Tumble Lube Bullets
  217. melting factory bullets?
  218. Convince me to Cast
  219. Good deal on linotype?
  220. Burn ointment.
  221. Cheap Star on ebay
  222. Add the Star sizer to the equipment I can break.
  223. What is the right size die?
  224. gun show grabs..
  225. Went to the junkyard today.
  226. wheel weight markings....
  227. BBs to bullet jackets
  228. 56,000gr CocaCola JHP
  229. Noticed something today...
  230. What does a stick of Lar's Red weigh?
  231. Heads up.
  232. Setting up a LAM 2
  233. Anyone got a?
  234. Lead score
  235. Coming soon to TMA
  236. Apparently I need to go through my molds - guesses on boolit weight?
  237. Wheelweight Question
  238. WTF Mould yardsale find
  239. Linear particle accelerator?
  240. I take back everything I said about the Star
  241. Found some lead & ?
  242. .40 S&W with 200gr lee TC bullets ,,, like Slicks load
  243. Lead at the dump...
  244. Need help- who here uses ballisticast lube
  245. I think have one of those famous out of spec LEE moulds
  246. Cast Bullet Association?
  247. You ever have a friend that knows exactly what to get you as a gift?
  248. Good news
  249. Yammer
  250. Bullet Casting Need?
  251. Up date on fishing sinkers for WW's & a new lead source
  252. [How To] Yo Slick- Smelting how to- ??
  253. I just thought
  254. Understanding Bullet profiles
  255. I'm getting out of the smelting business
  256. Smelting/Barbeque
  257. How Much lino to mix in.
  258. Enough lead
  259. What is the wierdest thing you have found in a bucket of lead
  260. Is BHN of 17 or 18 considered hardcast?
  261. Curious: How long will a ton last you?
  262. A beautiful must see lead thread
  263. Free lead
  264. Got a free bucket today
  265. Swagers?
  266. Anyone want Pb in the St. Louis area?
  267. Machinists / Star sizing dies /home made
  268. This should amaze even Cohutt
  269. Cast some more
  270. I don't know how this guy sleeps at night....
  271. Scroungin'
  272. Bored + Molten Lead =
  273. New Casting Bench
  274. .44 Full Wadcutter
  275. Selling some Lead on TMA
  276. Sometime ya have a good day
  277. Finally
  278. To help you all avoid screwing up as bad as i did........
  279. Linotype is in and ready to ship
  280. Any of you poured any.... ?
  281. Beveled base???
  282. Lar's Red on TMA???
  283. Melting recovered bullets
  284. Free Lead in Memphis
  285. Extra holes in die
  286. If you bought some of Dans Lino read this!!!
  287. 'IAW' wheelweight
  288. Cohutt I have a question for you.
  289. Mold guide under casting pot.
  290. Wheelwights or Linotype
  291. Lead LEad LEAd LEAD, oh never mind.
  292. Sprue plate lube???
  293. 100% lead alloy AP pistol rounds?
  294. Herters Swaging Die - Free
  295. ? for hot guns and anybody else for some input on .308
  296. Some Casting noob questions
  297. LBT moulds
  298. top punches ?
  299. First Cast!
  300. The dreaded lube question!
  301. Fun with hollow points
  302. Melting shot
  303. Halloween Lead "Gould"
  304. Damn
  305. Question on Lee sizer
  306. Do you use two pots/melters or one?
  307. Scores!
  308. How much talc/mica do you use on TL
  309. Kick a banjo!
  310. Is this any good
  311. Anybody know the current price of lead?
  312. .41 Mag mould recommendation ?
  313. Anyone have any .41 gas checks ?
  314. Current Lead Price
  315. Wheelweight prices
  316. Easiest way to lift buckets of ww's ?
  317. Casting bullets
  318. What mould maker?
  319. I'm going outside to cast bullets, I hope I don't Cohutt myself
  320. How much can I mix up?
  321. Checking my math
  322. Anybody see this Mastercaster?
  323. New guy here
  324. And I thought Lino was expensive...
  325. Stick on weights
  326. Makin lube sticks
  327. How big a ladle
  328. WW showdown, mix or sperate, which is best ?
  329. Wheel weight stimulus sale
  330. Would this work?
  331. BLO for flux?
  332. Bermining the (sort of) easy way...
  333. top punch for .452 RN
  334. Any of you guys ever used these folks as a source ?
  335. Thems some expensive molds
  336. SHMELTING
  337. Hardening soft lead alloy
  338. Lyman Dev. molds
  339. Stupid question warning
  340. CRB Jedis...show me the way....
  341. Need a 9mm mold recommendation
  342. Interesting Web Site
  343. 00 shot mold
  344. Jawja about this mold
  345. Indoor casting and ventilation
  346. Show us your bullet casting rejects
  347. Ladle versus bottom pour
  348. scrap lead & WW price check
  349. What Kind of casting pots do you use ?
  350. Bullet Lube?
  351. Most Excellent Christmas gift from Mrs Cohutt
  352. Lee furnaces?
  353. 44 Devastator
  354. Lead weakness
  355. Anyone hear abut the "other" lead ban in CA?
  356. Mold guide for lee pro-20 furnace
  357. My First Smelt turned into my First Casting Session...
  358. getting closer to my first casting
  359. Have a ? about the Lee Pro 4-20 melter
  360. Brass alloy for turned bullets
  361. CRB right of passage
  362. finally got to mess around, need some input
  363. Aero Dag
  364. cerrosafe
  365. ideal lead temp?
  366. TEOTWAWKI
  367. Bermining...
  368. According to the post office, BGGB and I are committing felonies
  369. Drip-o-matic
  370. ATTN: Cohutt
  371. Bermine smelt - one more box checked
  372. Water dropping question
  373. Brad from Missouri bullet you out there?
  374. Anyone seen these?
  375. scrapindex.com
  376. Has anyone found a better lube than Lar's?
  377. Revolver sizing questions.
  378. Interesting bullet design (discuss)
  379. Casting for 7mm Mauser
  380. Ever seen anything like these???
  381. Any of you guys still pan lube?
  382. Which top punch
  383. The Homeboy 5 Cavity Bullet Mold
  384. Can you cast for .223?
  385. What do I do with these?
  386. Is this lead any good?
  387. How deep a bucket to quench
  388. The homeboy Moly Coated bullets
  389. Cast Bullets NRA handbook
  390. I just scored a Star Lubesizer for $100 shipped
  391. Type metal still in letter or end printing use form
  392. Paper Patch Mould
  393. Bull Shop Sprue Plate Lube
  394. My stash has grown
  395. Bayou Classic 30 qt turkey fryer
  396. Boolit casting links
  397. Damn
  398. The Ongoing Whisper Bullet Project
  399. Aluminum smelting pot?
  400. What's the going rate for linotype?
  401. cast HP
  402. Lead For $100 lb.!!
  403. Equipment suggestions, please.
  404. .223- Possible to swag solid copper bullets?
  405. Tell me how to swage .223 with 22lr cases.
  406. A near cohutt (and jw)
  407. How I spent part of my President's Day holiday, by Cohutt
  408. I finaly freakin did it...
  409. Buying Lead
  410. Just got da call
  411. HotGuns
  412. A bandwidth wasting back on the smelting train thread
  413. RCBS or Lee
  414. What caliber require gas checks
  415. Interesting group buy on custom 45 HP at Cast Boolits
  416. I might pour ingots this evening....
  417. I think I know the answer, but...
  418. I can't believe my friend.
  419. Scored 25lb today
  420. What a day!
  421. Anyone know what these are?
  422. Yes or No?
  423. Star / Magma Star Lube Sizer ?
  424. Is this guy a GP member?
  425. Possible lead sources
  426. Lead/solder mix question
  427. Pan lube and Lee size?
  428. I might attempt ingots again, maybe....
  429. FREE lead at AR15.com
  430. Lead alloy mix for 38/357 ?
  431. I made lead muffins today.
  432. What is this lead worth?
  433. Shooting cast bullets questoin...
  434. What the heck???
  435. Cast boolits in the Garand ?
  436. Lead Bullet Bases Melting/Vaporizing
  437. How hazardous is smelting/casting?
  438. What temp does lead vaporize ?
  439. Ordered Veral Smith's booklet
  440. Lead thermometer?
  441. Lucky Lead Find
  442. How much lead do you have?
  443. NEI
  444. Remind me again
  445. Starsizer questions
  446. Rainy weekend = casting 44 productivity
  447. Lee 230gr TC 6 cav mold, any good?
  448. Grease Groove
  449. Oddest thing you've found in a bucket of WWs?
  450. 9mm question
  451. Anyone here cast for their Makarov?
  452. Melted WW question
  453. Lyman 4500 lube-sizer o-rings
  454. Should be the other way around...
  455. Got some more solder
  456. Thinking about making my own
  457. Gonna pour ingots today.
  458. Cast bullet hardness question
  459. Dirt on top
  460. Equipment I was given
  461. Fishing weights good for bullets?
  462. How much would you pay for...
  463. Lube/sizer die question
  464. A new Star is on the way...
  465. Lyman luber/sizer?
  466. What is this?
  467. Barrel Leading
  468. Swaging die material
  469. Which mould?
  470. Bullet swaging.
  471. How to clean a ladle???
  472. Which lube?
  473. You own lead HP
  474. Sizing and lubing gas checked boolits.
  475. Yammer.........
  476. Moulds that are not on backorder
  477. No more WWs for you and me....
  478. Anyone have a RCBS LAM (original version) handy ?
  479. Dutch oven: Lid, yes or no?
  480. Getting into swaging
  481. So who's buying this?
  482. Rooster or Lee liquid lube ?
  483. Group Buy on Ingot Moulds
  484. 45 Cast Hollow Point "performance"
  485. Stick-on WWs...
  486. The Star rolled in today.
  487. Basic bullet mould maintenance...
  488. BruceB Softpoint Casting Goes Mainstream
  489. Hey Montegod7ss...
  490. Couple questions
  491. Got my moulds, now a few questions.
  492. Anyone need a lee 6 cav. handles?
  493. how much lead in a lead x-ray door
  494. 38 LWC lube grooves
  495. Attaching handles
  496. Monotype?
  497. Warm heart
  498. Lyman casting thermometer
  499. Getting old lube out of a bullet sizer and luber
  500. Star baseplate question
  501. Are Saeco molds relly worth the money?
  502. I suck at casting.
  503. Waage Furnace
  504. [How To] Wheelweight hoarding primer
  505. Bulk Lead Rates
  506. Just spent $300 on new casting equipment
  507. My lead pot's stopped up...
  508. I should have listened.
  509. Side pour smelting pot made from 8" pipe
  510. Casting tomorrow. Tips?
  511. Pics of my cast boolits...
  512. Scored some free Wheel Weights today
  513. Ruined mould?
  514. Herter's Super Model 9 Swaging Press
  515. [Lee] Lee moulds?
  516. Anybody shooting straight WWs?
  517. [Reference Info] Exellent book/Free download
  518. Glock Post Ingot Mould Group Buy
  519. How long will your lead stash last ?
  520. Just picked up 2 more buckets
  521. Thinking of starting casting
  522. Roof flashing
  523. Lee Precision lead times ?
  524. Making bullets this morning....
  525. .45-70 mould recommendations?
  526. [Lee] Problem with lee 6 cav
  527. [CRB Deal] Casting machine for sale
  528. [CRB Deal] Automatic lube sizer
  529. Who has Lyman single cavity mould handles in stock?
  530. Is this a WW?
  531. Tutored By The Master Caster
  532. Casting goodness...
  533. Difference in lubes and smokiness...
  534. Pan lubing.
  535. Swaging: I want to make my own Copper-jacketed FMJ bullets
  536. Homebrewed panlube recipes
  537. Out of round cast bullets?
  538. Good casting weekend!!
  539. I really like this neighbor
  540. It's official: I'm a caster!
  541. sizer/ luber
  542. Is it just me or...
  543. Anyone add a lube feeder to a 450?
  544. Came across a little more linotype and don't want to waste it
  545. 230RN or 225 TC?
  546. [Where can I find ?] I'm looking for a couple of things
  547. My lead level was 4.6
  548. [CRB Deal] 1000 pounds of lead in MI, $600.00
  549. Molds for Magam Caster
  550. My mould needs help.
  551. Got some new tires and some freebies
  552. I hate sizing!
  553. Best place to buy lube?
  554. 44 HP
  555. Mould temp?
  556. Improved Casting
  557. Whatever happened to the casting videos?
  558. Rant
  559. Happiness is a fresh stack of ingots....
  560. Thanks Dewayne!
  561. Indoor Range Lead or Wheel Weights?
  562. Cast bullet weight variation and load data?
  563. Ideas on how I can get into casting for maybe $300
  564. Modern Marvels
  565. Bullet lube differences and BHN rating ?
  566. Today was my first try at smelting and making an ingot (or two)
  567. This may be a really stupid question... Casting on stovetop thoughts
  568. Got a pretty good one here...
  569. Another question about smelting - should I ladle from the pot or pour?
  570. Another casting session
  571. [How Do I ?] Finding a source for tin and antimony
  572. [How Do I ?] Fix This Problem
  573. [How To] PID electronic temperature control
  574. which Lube sizer ????
  575. Lyman 429421
  576. Would this be a good start for a .358" LSWC TL mould?
  577. Tin score!
  578. Ingot moulds - what have you used ?
  579. easy way to store or move ingots ?
  580. Ballisti Cast mold finally delivers the goods
  581. Too cold to cast
  582. Help
  583. Local deal
  584. Yeeeehaaaaaaaw, free lead!!!
  585. ...is that blood?
  586. gas checks
  587. Can I use acid core solder for the tin content?
  588. I'm one week away from making boolits!
  589. Who uses SAWDUST for first or final smelt before casting?
  590. Bullshot Sprue Lube is like, WHAT? Permatex Anti-Seize?
  591. Going to mix up some lube
  592. Casting in a COLD garage ~ bottom pour or dipper?
  593. Missed a 5 gallon bucket of...
  594. [Lee] I'm a be makin' my own cast boolits today! (pics)
  595. .411 Moulds... which are essential ?
  596. I need a luber sizer.
  597. LBTs
  598. .358
  599. Natural Gas Smelting Setup.
  600. 2nd Best Lube Sizer vs Tumble Lube?
  601. Roll your own JHPs
  602. Finally hustled a few wheel weights
  603. New guy In Houston Area
  604. boolit sizing question
  605. Ingot mould
  606. DIY Lube Heater Questions.
  607. Walmart WWs
  608. 22 Caliber Casting--Version 3.0
  609. What lube?
  610. How do YOU slug a barrel?
  611. AAAHHHHHHH, Spring has sprung
  612. Casting/Smelting ratios ?
  613. How come?.
  614. Ready to Smelt
  615. Reloading and Casting Supplies in Houston Area
  616. Gotta Find Some Unalloyed Lead
  617. Smeltdown
  618. Free wheel weights
  619. About to start casting, question about lead hardness
  620. pro setup
  621. Lead Hardness ?
  622. Rowell ladles
  623. Infrared Thermometers
  624. Pewter primer?
  625. Perfect weather today, I think I'll smelt...
  626. Lee mold and 30-06 question
  627. LP gas
  628. More WW
  629. How concerned are you
  630. Someone explain to me bottom pour ladles
  631. Ignorance is bliss
  632. Bought two new tires
  633. Looking for lead
  634. Bullet traps
  635. Bullet fill out problems
  636. Happy Fathers Day
  637. LEE Smelter bottom pourer thingy.
  638. Size and lube "tumble-lube" boolits?
  639. Easier to cast for 9mm or 40 SW?
  640. Slug Mold ?
  641. What say you?