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    CVA Bobcat .36 for my wife ?

    retract my last post the bull gear jumped the heffer shaft in the lock of the crockett. looks like there will be some rebuilding. :cursing:
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    CVA Bobcat .36 for my wife ?

    I also love my traditions Crockett!! :grin:
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    Investarm Hawken Nipple

    It seems just as well you lost the original! Love my Lymans but they put junky nipples on them. I switched mine to Hot Shots and they work awesome. Chucked the orig. in a drill and filed it to a smaller dia. so the caps will seat all the way down, it was taking 2 hammer strikes. :cursing: WI Smoke
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    Something bigger for hunting?

    Have the matching Lymans GPR and Plains Pistol. They are both in .54 and I REALLY want to take a Doe w/ the pistol if the oppertunity arises within 30 yards is there any pistol that would be better suited for this? WI Smoke
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    Smelting Out Alloys?

    My Freind says you can smelt and skim your alloyed lead enough to make it it "Soft Lead" again. Say turning wheelweight into good round ball material. I don't think you can get enough out to make much of a difference. Who is correct? WI Smoke
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    Health Concerns

    It is the same lead that was mentioneed in the topic before this one that kept giving off some gold colored film as I was tring to flux it. The stuff was coming off faster than I could skimm. WI Smoke
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    Health Concerns

    I feel that I may have been able to do a little better in both regards but this casting expeince is only a week old to me, and I felt I was actual doing quite well. I had a nice cross wind but may have had my head over the pot too much, and I did breath in some smoke that was created when I put...
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    Health Concerns

    After messing w/ smelting my new dirty lead for a few hours I felt fine, until about 2 am when I woke up and throat was swollen shut. Not my breathing tube but the swallering one. Thought it was just a giant goober and went back to sleep. By mourning I could get alittle water down but really had...
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    Gold scimmings from my lead?

    Got some lead this weekend from my club. When I melted it to make it smaller ingots and to flux is a few times, a gold colored layer kept forming. this stuff was coming up as fast as I could scimm it. One guy told my the lead originally came from a fork lift counter weight. Thanks WI Smoke...
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    Changing Nipples?

    I had a problem w/ My GPR And Lyman Plains Pistol. (same company Investarms) The nipples they put on are to large in diameter, so the cap doesn't seat all the way down. You can do 2 things. 1. buy a new higher end nipple. Hot Shot is what I bought works great. 2. Chuck your original nipple in...
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    No more wrinkly balls

    I took 2nd in my meat shoot Sunday overall. 1st place pistol, and that was the first batch I ever made ( Of the non wrinkley ones ) The very first time (minutes after I recieved my new mould) nothing would go right for me. Good thing I have a great wife to keep me from pitching it out the...
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    No more wrinkly balls

    I am sure that this topic will also be locked in a little while. But thank you to everyone who everyone for helping me figure out my casting problem. I didn't clean the mold well and the lead and mold were not hot enough. Gotta go Barney is on then its Tella Tubby time. WI Smoke
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    MY BALLS ARE WRINKLY

    Just tried making RB's from a Lee mould I recieved today and they almost all turned out bad. Is the lead to hot/cold Is it the mould temp? And I realized If I am going to keep doing this an electric lead pot will come in handy!! Thanks Wi Smoke
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    Best way to lube conicals?

    This darn spatula just doesn't cut it. Any Ideas? I am shooting a .54 Wi Smoke
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    Ulitmate Cleanout Screw

    That gun is a Traditions Mountaineer .54. It is alot bigger hole for the cleanout than on my GPR. WISmoke
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