FORTUNECOOKIE45LC - THE HOT LEAD ZONE

Warning - nowadays, we have to inspect to not have SP brass mixed in with our regualr LP brass. This must be done to prevent mishaps with primer detonations on priming procedures. - - ArridExtraDry had a request to test wet tumbling with plain water and SS pins - no Dawn or LemiShine or Vinegar. This test bears doing as if we get good results with plain water and SS pins, this information needs to get out...Let's find out...

The 45 Auto revolver is an under appreciated round. But it turns out that instead of an afterthought platform for shooting cheap surplus hardball ammo, the mating of revolver and hardball is a significant combination...

ArridExtraDry was asking about lead alloys, and this video was unacceptable to YouTube. So let's post it here on RUMBLE so it won't be lost. Hello to LuckyShotAmmo as well. - - There was a time when Linotype lead was easily available from metal scrap yards as lead alloys were commonly used throughout the printing industry. And Linotype is a valued alloy for our casting - 84% lead, 12% antimony, and 4% tin at BHN 22 it can be used straight up for full magnum loads as well as mixed to give us other alloys we might prefer. RotoMetals still provides Linotype alloy for the world's casters.

In the full spectrum of handgun bullets, the hollow based 38 caliber wadcutter is unique. For mild pressure loadings only, target and small game hunting are the only uses. Loaded as intended, the HBWCs are superb in their assigned role. And as long as competition and range shooting are done, these bullets and loads will have their day...There are particular considerations involved with these bullets and the loading of them....

This video will not be published on YouTube. - - What is it about our milsurp rifles like the British Lee Enfield or Mosin Nagants that use rimmed cartridges? Is the headspacoing on the rim actually any advantage? Do we even have to consider headspace or can we just run our cases through the full length resize dies and be happy? Let's find out...

The Alll-American Garage Sale is especially fine during the long hot days of summer. Shooters and sportsmen can certainly find good useful stuff at inflation beating pricing...and cash is still icing for sellers and buyers alike...

45 Auto hardball has been around since its inception in 1906 as America's premiere fighting cartridge. Thanks to John Moses Browning, the 45 Auto was mated to the groundbreaking 1911 pistol. Since then, the cartridge has shown its competitive and recreational nature. Playing hardball, but first, we have to evaluate different 45 Auto hardball variants from different manufacturers by the numbers in a range evaluation....

Vinegar has been used to clean everything from showers to grills to dishes. For the past dozen years, Lemi Shine has been recommended for our wet brass tumbling with great results. In this video, we'll check out how effective 1 oz of vinegar would be in our Frenkford Arsenal Wet Tumbler instead of the use of a 3/4 teraspoon of Lemi Shine. We are replacing the citric acid in the Lemi Shine with the mild acetic acid in our common vinegar. The 1 oz dilution works well. Neither acid will weaken our brass in the 2 hour tumbling cycles we are talking about...

This is the full length version of the shortened video posted on YouTUbe. - - Russia produced roughly 17 million M91/30 Mosin Nagant rifles during its run from 1891 to the present. In the 80s and 90s, there were warehouses full of milsurp Mosin Nagant rifles and surplus ammo in crates located in Russia, China and Eastern Europe. As avenues of revenue, a steady flow of these came into the US to be sold to civilian shooters. There are many Stories Of A Gun involving the Mosin in the US. A few of them made their way to a Big 5 store in the East Bay Area, and they were pounced on by the eager throngs....

Hello to Muleskinner42 who just casted some 45ACP bullets. This is another YouTube banned video...There are many shooters out there interested in getting into bullet casting...here's a video right up their alley...

Hello to Muleskinner42 who is casting 45ACP bullets...Here is a video banned from YouTube on questions posed by viewers on bullet casting concerning bullets sticking in molds...

There's more than meets the eye when it comes to checking out a nice rifle...It's as if this rifle could speak of its times and happenings...It's like that old battle between labor and management...How do you get workers to work for dirt cheap when they are constantly fighting for more pay and benefits? Answer - you get new workers who will work for dirt cheap - yes, much more profits....

Our very popular and handy 22LR lever guns aren't known for tack driving accuracy - their construction does not allow for that. However, what level of accuracy can they meet - especially with the gamut of available 22LR ammo before us? And how useful is the level of accuracy they can provide? After all, recall that Annie Oakley amazed European royalty with her offhand shooting at 25 yards. So the trick with our 22LR guns is we have to balance 1) accuracy potential of our gun, 2) accuracy potential of our 22LR ammo, 3) cost of any particular 22LR ammo and 4) purpose and use for the system. This is the meaning of value accuracy. For example, if we have an accuracy build 10/22 or a very accurate 22 bolt gun, we won't settle for ammo that gives us flyers or half flyers with every other shot. We simply want one hole 10 shot groups at 50 yards. But for hunting, we might very well be happy with adequate size groups while having flyers every 5th - 8th round. For plinking, anything that functions while rolling tin cans will do. Let's explore all of this in this video (full version for RUMBLE and Patreon)...

This video goes into gathering various original pattern GI Hardball factory loads as well as reloading some Linotype hard cast RN bulbosity bullets in preparation for the Part 2 shooting video...

This is a YouTube video published here early as a benefit to our RUMBLE followers. - - It happened on an onramp on the 580 MacArthur Freeway in Oakland at 10:45pm - we were sideswiped by another car coming into our lane out of nowhere. No hesitation, the car sped off in a hit-and-run almost as if the hit was deliberate - perhaps a setup for robbery or carjack in lawless times. When we got back home, the damage was mostly to the paint. We counted ourselves lucky, and then our good friend came over to help reverse the damage almost as if by magic....

This is a RUMBLE video posted here early as a benefit to our 3 Circles members. - - And Part 1 gave us the science of our ammo crimps - the whys and whats on the crimping of our ammo. Thereby armed, we now go into Part 2 on the practical delivery and execution of our ammo crimps under the Art of our Ammo Crimps...

This video goes into the considerations in our ammo crimping. Part 2 will go into the execution of our ammo crimping. - - We see a lot of ammo crimps on videos - some we like, and some we don't. This video breaks down the mystic nature of crimps and distills what it is about crimps we like and conversely, what about crimps we do not like...

A shortened less detailed version of this is posted on YouTube along with a message that the Hot Lead Zone has a new home on RUMBLE. - - Changing dies would seem to be an easily accomplished task for users of the RCBS Lube-A-Matic 2 Sizer Lubricator for our cast bullets. Turns out that the retaining nut often will not catch the threads or become cross threaded requiring repeated attempts before it finally is replaced. Perhaps others have found this quick and easy method to reattach the retaining nut, but it is reported in this video to provide that information...

Before we cast our lead bullets, we need to have our raw range scrap lead made into clean antimonial lead ingots (3-4% antimony from the range). Let's go ahead and make those in this video...

This video would have had 400,000 views but for it being banned on another platform. - - Always good to have some tips on bullet casting for those longer casting sessions...

Well, our cast bullets - we want no leading, superb accuracy, hardness, malleability, expansion and penetration....Is it possible to have it all, or are our cast bullets doomed to be a whole lot of trade offs at best... Let's look at this issue...

This is a video banned on other channels - - Why not save time by mixing our wheel weights or range scrap alloys right in the casting pot and make bullets directly? We would be cutting out the middle man - and lead ingots would be the middle man. Let's check out the reasons lead ingots are beneficial to us bullet casters...

The needs of metallic silhouette shooters require accurate stabilized bullets at long ranges. 50 yards offhand is long range for many of us who have been neglecting this important discipline. If we can shoot offhand well at 50 yards, then longer ranges are eminently possible. But lots of practice will get us there - and a good cast silhouette bullet will help make all that possible. The fun awaits us...

For many of today's shooters, the 50 yards and farther offhand disciplines have been neglected. And shooting proficiency is definitely perishable. So let's get reacquainted by shooting our 44 Magnum or 45 Colt lever guns or carbines offhand at 50 yards.