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Any existing data without such a reference should be treated as suspect and not used.
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"Gas cutting, well I'm not sure about that. I've retrieved many shot cast boolits over the years, as have many others, and never seen any gas cutting especially on the base, the temperature spike is there for so short a time that it doesn't seem to melt the lead."
I have a number four spike bayonet frog (I know I should have taken it off!!) coated grey with lead after a hot load - no gas check. - Nothing reached 100x!
Poor boolit fit.
Come on Bambi get some
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The taper mandrel is taking form, loving turned from stainless steel it has only taken a cup and a half of tea so far, pictures may well follow in a while......
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Top to bottom: SincInt Mandrel die, mandrel middle and boolit hand pushed into case. The dark lines at the throat end of the case and on the mandrel are where I smoked it to check for fit.
I currently have +.002" on the diameter of the gas check which allows me to push the boolit in by hand as far as shown, then reduced to give .002" of neck tension on the boolit. Seems OK so far and I will build a couple in the morning to see how they look. I used a fairly hard stainless for the mandrel as it is still in the experimental stage.
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dromia wrote:Will I pm you my list and do you do reduced prices for bulk orders? :lol:
Next up for you are compression plugs, I need them in .577", 17mm, 12 mm, .43" for starters.
This one was made with a piece of 20mm stainless bar so it took a while, not sure I ready to give up my day job quite yet... :?
What are compression plugs, let me know and I will have a look. I am thinking of investing in a slightly more robust lathe and have a load of projects in mind so adding more to the list all helps the business case.
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Stainless steel is a tad over engineering methinks.
Compression plugs are used to compress black powder in black powder cartridges, it helps with consistency of burn and reduces fouling. Most types of BP respond to compression to some degree.
Here is a 45 cal compression plug turned out of brass to fit a Lee expander body.
Come on Bambi get some
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