Caster

The first two rules of casting is: 1> You do not talk about fight club *Doh!* Number 1 - Fit is king. Without a perfect seal, you WILL NOT keep leading out and accuracy will suck. Therefore, an oversize bullet is mandatory. If his bore turns out to be say .3085 A .309 bullet WILL NOT seal. It's a waste of time and materials not to mention the hassle of cleaning out lead. A properly fitted cast bullet load need never be cleaned [barrel] save a dry patch to remove a little soot. You don't have ot clean lead out of .22's right? That's because they fit. Number 2 - Lube It's not what some might think either. Yes it has lubricant qualities but just as importantly, it acts like a wax ring on a toilet. It takes up any imperfections and acts as a fluid seal. More on cleaning, first off, you need a seriously good copper solvent. Get all that mess out. I recommend MOntana Extreme .50BMG formula. It's POTENT. Getting that copper out will help you. Second, DO NOT clean a cast bullet barrel. THe lead will fill any microscopic imperfections and you will discover that your first dozen shots may not group very well. Keep going, provided you are not leading up the bore. THe bore will settle and groups will tighten. When this happens DO NOT put a brush or solvent down it again until accuracy starts suckin'. Some people have to find out the hard way, I did, so take my advice and just dry patch it a few times when you get home, clean the action as per normal and put it away.

I say don't melt them back down because, IF you decide to use a different mold and IF you want to part with the mold, I will take it and send you a fair amount of WW lead for the ones' you've already cast IF they are big enough. Put a micrometer on the bullets and see what size they are. If they are too small, I'd still be interested in the mold as I can lap it open to a larger size. This is all dependent on IF you even want to part with it. There's to many IF's here. You need to slug that bore or, if you REALLY wanna do it right, order some cerrosafe and take a chamber/throat casting. There's several variables here that need addressing. Throat diameter and length will dictate seating depth. If you don't have enough room you will have to seat the bullet too deep just to be able to chamber it. You DO NOT want to seat the base of a cast bullet below the neck. Bad things happen. It's going to be a little work but I promise it'll be worth it.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/48253-getting-started-casting/ Same basic principle applies. Remember, it's pretty much IMPOSSIBLE to get a cast bullet too big. Not saying you can't, but it's darn difficult. If it will fit the throat, it will shoot. Also, do NOT melt those bullets down. Isn't that a round nose flat point mold you are using? If you decide not to use it, let me know. I need another mold fr .30WCF. The mold Red mentioned works excellent in 308 provided the throat will accept it. I have found domestically made chambers are too tight for it though. Surplus guns generally have no issues at all. I don't have any surplus guns in that caliber anymore so i just gave that mold to Red this morning as a matter of fact. I meant to write a better tutorial on rifle bullets. I need to do that. I may dig into that this week. It's a bit more tedious to get fit than pistol but I'm tellin ya, if I can do it, any genetically modified chimpanzee can do it.

A society like what? One with balls and a spine. An attitude of "I will fight my enemies to the death, I will defend my family and loved ones with my life"? A society that hasn't been neutered by political correctness and not only accept but embrace survival of the fittest. To secure the peace, you must prepare for war. Apathy is death. Raise a family with love and understanding but defend them with a fist of iron and a heart of stone??? I could go on but I won't. It's beautiful to me. Unlike the spineless castrated cowardly pissants being perpetuated [not by us here at TGO] in this once great country.

Can you imagine a lady getting ready for a day at work teaching? Gets up, fixes her hair and make up, grabs her keys, her purse and her rifle heads off to school. How cool is that? Not only, but the kids are numb to the sight of a gun. Kids here in the states would go crazy. The kids there are probably like " Meh, whatever. " No different than a car or a blackboard or any other inanimate object. Just a normal day and these are the tools we need to get by in life.

I know some of you do not support Israel as vehemently as I do. A few here may just be downright anti semitic about it. I don't wanna debate that. Just think about some of the things they do over there. Their logic is undeniable. They have stores of outdated but perfectly serviceable weapons. Instead of disposing or selling them, what do they do? Put them to use by God! Looks like a teacher on a field trip or something sporting a M1 Carbine. Hmph, and you wonder why you've never heard of school shooting [like ours] in Israel. I would LOVE to know I had a child in school where the teacher has served, been trained and qualified with a rifle he/she carries everywhere they go. It's beautiful.

Red's got it right. I don't have to outrun the zombies, I just have to outrun YOU.

When you stop to consider how many friggin inbred, white trash, ghetto scum, non English speaking retards they have to deal with in a days time, you realize you'd probably be an Ahole too. No way I could do that job, I'd kill me three or four before the cops showed up. People are stupid and putting up with it will drive you barking mad. It's not a reason to treat others like crap, but at least consider that before you label someone a jerk. Me, I'm both. I was a jerk before and now that I have to deal with the public, I'm a super jerk.

Yep. Borrow a handi cap tag and you don't have to pay to park. BUT, don't actually park in a handi cap spot that'd be low down.

I'm gonna show you a correct handed Browning. Bring your piggy bank or a reservation form cuz you're gonna want it when you see it.

Spots beat me to it.

Only the cool kids get that option. In the upper right of the screen where your name is, click on It and open "my settings". Under that, go to profile settings. Scroll down to "profile information". Enter text under member title. Click "save changes". It is entirely possible that that option is available to benefactors only. I don't know.

Gonna Be there early Sunday morning when the doors open.

It seems to be that spring fatigue from a loaded magazine is mostly due to poor springs in the first place. Start with crap, end with crap. A quality spring will not give issues in any timeframe that should cause alarm.

After all this time of waiting, I can't believe you don't have that money locked away and waiting for the day. Better start shaking down the couch for change. You're closer than you've ever been!

I'd just tell them the truth, "I'm not interested. I'm married, armed, broke and in a very bad mood so piss off. Time and time again man proves his own stupidity in the face of a woman. We wouldn't have half as many problems as a people if men would keep the blood in the north head where it belongs. I can't see this scenario working on me but I can certainly see how it would work quite well on those who are afflicted by the plight of attraction and libido.

Nice. Trust comes in a plastic package. Does for me anywho. Couldn't do any better if you tried.

watch your substitutes, some of them are NASTY. Pyrodex is pretty funky. Triple 7 is marginally better. If you can't find what you're looking for, you should try some Blackhorn 209. It's made by Western Powders and is very clean burning.

SEE? I was right. Here I am watching something exponentially more exciting; All the while hitting refresh on my iPad and getting a blow by blow update of something I don't give a rats hind end about. Win, Win!

I bet Aftershock or Goldschlager would be REALLY rough!

Hmmm, the bingo could be fun. Be better if you did a shot every time he blames someone else for the last four years of FAIL. "course, you'd be too drunk to stand and shout when you won the Bingo game.

You should be able to reserve the private range at Charlie Haffner Memorial Range outside of Franklin. Obviously, you'd have to talk to Charlie first.

Why waste my time when I can read about it on here later and get a condensed load of BS instead of the whole shebang.

Whoa, .264? Sweet! I just bought the stuff to get started casting for my 6.5x55 Norwegian Krag. What are you loading in 6.5mm????

I use both. I tumble a lot for things and I have my own recipe for standard lube. If you're not gonna use that Lyman Clod Stomper you oughta send it to me. I'll put it to good use. I sold mine cause it had serious problems. Never got around to buying another. I just pan lube. I need to get me another lubrisizer.