skypilot39b
36 Cal.
OK, that title sounds a little suspect. What I'm wondering is if anyone puts cast balls into a tumbler to smooth them out and knock the spru off. Any thoughts?
I put mine in a metal coffee can and shake them around. All this does is smooth the little protrusion where the sprue once was...OK, that title sounds a little suspect. What I'm wondering is if anyone puts cast balls into a tumbler to smooth them out and knock the spru off. Any thoughts?
Yeah I tried it. Threw a handful in the Thumlers tumbler and let'm rock for a few hours.Any thoughts?
Yeah I tried it. Threw a handful in the Thumlers tumbler and let'm rock for a few hours.
It didn't change the location of the sprue or truly eliminate it, it just made it harder to find.
Like a couple of others here have said I usually just load the sprue up with my cast ball and haven't had a problem.
But I did try it,
NO ONE WITH A RIFLE SHOOTS ROUND BALLS BECAUSE WHEN SHORT STARTING OR THUMB STARTING THE BALL MUST BE FORCED, ALONG WITH ITD PATCHING INTO THE LANDS AND GROVES OF THE RIFLING, THE FACE OF THE BALL BE BE A TAD FLATTENED BY THE BALL STARTING PROCEDURE AND THE ONLY PART OF THE BALL THAT RETAINS THE MUCH DESIRED ROUNDNESS IS THE BACK END OF THE PATCHED BALL THAT IS SEATED ON THE POWDER.
Where do you find metal coffee cans these days?I put mine in a metal coffee can and shake them around. All this does is smooth the little protrusion where the sprue once was...
Italian, ground espresso coffee (Bustelo, Lavazza, Medaglia D'Oro). A plastic coffee "can" or some other container should also work.Where do you find metal coffee cans these days?
I made a tumber that uses the large coffee cans. I put the ball into it with about ten 3/4 inch diameter steel ball bearings to round off sprues. They look very good but the sprues are hard to find so as to orientate it to the top at loading. I just shoot them as cast now as it is easier to load them sprue up.OK, that title sounds a little suspect. What I'm wondering is if anyone puts cast balls into a tumbler to smooth them out and knock the spru off. Any thoughts?
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