Author Topic: I got blisters on my fingers!!!! (Read 1425 times)

Land_Owner · « **on:** April 26, 2011, 11:33:27 AM »

From pressing .357 boolits out of a "cookie cutter" during pan lubing...about 15 pounds of them. I became a "Casting Fool" this past weekend, moulding ~600 x 158 grain WC's, then pan lubing them, then cutting them out, then wiping the excess wax off, then sprinkling with Mica, then loading them into powdered and primed cases, and now I am ready to SHOOT THEM...

BBF · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2011, 02:45:56 PM »

That is called getting into a frenzy

My dog can do that at times

mechanic · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2011, 05:18:11 PM »

Yep, thats why I try and break it up. I will take a day, (or two or three) and try and cast everything I need for a while.

Later I lube and size and gas check as required.

Last I load.

If I try it all at once it becomes work and takes all the fun out of it......

Ben

Land_Owner · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2011, 08:47:40 AM »

I apologize if I made it sound like "work".

I just got into that "frenzy" thing and went for it.

I may do it again tonight!

BBF · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2011, 12:55:53 PM »

When the frenzy is over you will feel calm,relaxed and serene

mdi · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2011, 09:55:04 AM »

Yep, once you get on a roll it's hard to stop. I usually cast a bunch then don't lube until just before I load 'em. No good reason, but I might want to try somrthing different, or a different lube with a different powder. I don't have a "standard" load that I can load up a few hundred, yet, although my Puma likes a 265 gr. Ranchdog over some Bluedot...

ratdog · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2011, 01:29:41 AM »

cast a bunch of 45 cal lee bullets the other night sized them in lee sizing die came out 450 dia .die is one thousandths small should be 451 dia. they have been shooting great. after sizeing i put them in a sip lock bag then ad enough alox bullet lube to coat the bullets then i poor them all out on a sheet of wax paper to drie on a table.this is the most easy way for me.

Land_Owner · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2011, 08:33:26 AM »

Following this "event" I purchased the RCBS Lube-A-Matic 2. Never going back to pan lube again...

hornady · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2011, 09:24:23 AM »

Now all you need is to get your order into white Label, can’t beat his prices.
I have been using his BAC special blend for about 4 or 5 years its worked pretty good on all my pistol and a couple rifle loads I worked up.
http://www.lsstuff.com/lube/

greenrivers · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2011, 10:53:54 AM »

Can't beat the RCBS, it is the way to go. I built a series of shelves, raided Wally World and bout a bunch of tupper ware that I have raw cast and sized/lubed in. Whenever the "craze" hits me I cast. But not in that kind of quantity.
So what did you do with your spare time this weekend?

Land_Owner · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2011, 06:20:28 PM »

Sat out a dose of Pink Eye brought to me by my grandson. Never had PE before, then my youngest son got it from the grandson, then I got it from my youngest son, ergo I got it from my grandson by proxy. Danged annoying malady that sucked the momentum out of me over the 4th.

ratdog · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2011, 12:03:09 AM »

i sure wouldn't like to get that pink eye my sheep got it once had to put a antibiotic powder in there eyes for about a week. very contagious.

D Crockett · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2011, 02:55:22 AM »

Land_owner it was not all that long ago you were sitting on that fence wondering if you could do this thing now look at you you are doing it like I told you it not all that hard to do keep up the good work happy shooting those bullets you made D Crockett

kbstenberg · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2011, 03:10:40 AM »

For anyone interested. Its really easy to add a piece of wood to a cartridge case to make a more hand fitting cake cutter. I will try to get the wife to take some pictures tonight a post them.
Kevin

ratdog · « **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:09:29 AM »

has any of you tried johnson past wax thinned out with mineral sprits for bullet lube not quit as messy as alox .got this idea off the web very easy to do bullets aren't as sticky can put a little mica on them to make them less sticky did some 357 mag bullets saturday.

Land_Owner · « **Reply #15 on:** July 14, 2011, 02:46:54 PM »

Quote from: D Crockett on July 09, 2011, 02:55:22 AM

Land_owner it was not all that long ago you were sitting on that fence wondering if you could do this thing...D Crockett

don't remind me Woody. I am into this and having a very good time thanks to you, 45-70.gov, and the host of casters that preceded me and wrote stuff down.

45-70.gov · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2011, 04:54:50 PM »

it was my privilege

seeing others take up this hobby drives me to to get out and cast some more

Jal5 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:45:38 AM »

I made a couple of different cake cutters out of brass cases with one side of the case cut off by the case head, that gets inserted into a rubber stopper and glued. Makes a handy place to hold onto and the boolits come right out the open top. Two are like that and one other one used a nail, spring, and simple cork from a wine bottle so its a spring loaded tool that when pressed on the cork releases the boolit. They all work pretty well.

Joe

greenrivers · « **Reply #18 on:** July 20, 2011, 01:38:31 AM »

kbstenberg, any ideas for a cutter for a .54 maxi? I made up a batch of lube for black powder revover wads and maxi bullets yesterday using crisco, olive oil, carnuba and parafin. The only thing I can find to make a cutter out of is a brass fitting that I drilled out, but the outside is going to take a lot of filing. Wish I had a lathe.

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:35:43 AM »

now go get some blisters on your trigger finger. thats when you know your really an addict!!

greenrivers · « **Reply #20 on:** July 20, 2011, 03:11:15 AM »

I wonder how many rounds THAT would take?

bulletstuffer · « **Reply #21 on:** July 20, 2011, 03:14:20 AM »

Land_owner,

I have only been casting for a few years but learned it from a buddy that has been doing it for decades. I use Verals lbt blue soft in my rcbs lubesizer and it works great. Use it for rifle and pistol bullets. I ordered a lifetime supply of lube from Veral all at once and that made it more affordable. I like to cast in mass quantities also

Good luck,

Bulletstuffer