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Powder Coating Lead Bullets
unfy:
I'm really digging the brass / aluminum tubing idea. Really am.
Anyway...
Went shopping today. Picked up tiny lil brush and dust pan from walmart to attempt powder recovery (rolls eyes) ... it'll be worth a laugh at least :).
Grabbed a small jug of plaster of paris for some mold making down the line.
Also, I've been picking up materials to build a box to throw the compressor in. I just hate noise. 6 sheets of 2x2 cheap not-quite-plywood. Some 1x3's, some corner braces, some 1/4 bolts/nuts/washers/lock-washers, a tiny sheet of clear plastic for a picture frame (so can view gauges), and some chest handles. Haven't laid out the design just yet, it'll be something like 12-16 inches wide, 18 inches long, and 22 inches tall or so. Plan on having a side 'pocket' on it for holding power chord and air hose.
Also grabbed a cheap 3 conductor extension chord to chop up, a light switch, a 2 outlet .... outlet, a couple electrical boxes for outlet and switch. Extension chord wires into switch which we be mounted facing the outside of the box... wires from switch will run to the outlets which will be mounted inside the box. Planning on plugging air compressor and a small AC fan into the outlet.
After it's built, if it's necessary... I also picked up a $10 twin sized foam liner thing and some spray on adhesive to act as additional sound absorption.
Finding a local & cheap fan has been hard. Radioshack has some for $20-$30. No thanks. Cheap bathroom exhaust fans are kinda large but only cost $15 and are relatively quiet (it may end up being this, i dunno). We've prolly got some 'proper' AC fans (designed like computer fans) at work ... and I can prolly steal one. We prolly only pay $3 each heh.
This weekend I'll prolly order a HP mold, or maybe next weekend, we'll see.
unfy:
Ordered a mold from:
http://www.hollowpointmold.com/
Looks to be high quality, "home made" (akin to the Sharp Shooter USA mold I bought)... so I'm really looking forward to giving it a shot.
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Gonna be fiddling with air compressor container over next few days (been getting days/nights straightened out so haven't done much work on anything). Basically building a box for it to live in to reduce it's noise output and make my life a little simpler. Only missing a few things, but it should turn out nice.
unfy:
Swept up powder from lazy susan and paint hood.... looks like it should recycle just fine.
Waiting on the mold to arrive.
Do have plenty of bullets to load and test in the mean time. Maybe tomorrow.
unfy:
I hope to get to play with the hollow point mold this weekend. Certain things have come up that have made it difficult for me to do so at home heh.
Anyhoo....
BKOENIG ... have you gotten to fiddle with this yet ? Surely tax season is over by now ?
The CB thread has had a lot of success heard from those shooting big bore and AAC and slower 30cal stuff. Including some posts from DangerousDrummer.
A few folks have had even had good luck with 223.
DangerousDrummer:
--- Quote from: unfy on May 10, 2013, 04:21:42 PM ---I hope to get to play with the hollow point mold this weekend. Certain things have come up that have made it difficult for me to do so at home heh.
Anyhoo....
BKOENIG ... have you gotten to fiddle with this yet ? Surely tax season is over by now ?
The CB thread has had a lot of success heard from those shooting big bore and AAC and slower 30cal stuff. Including some posts from DangerousDrummer.
A few folks have had even had good luck with 223.
--- End quote ---
The high speed are going to have to be pretty precise for accuracy. My 285 gn came out sideways at higher speeds.
I think we should not call these bullets "powder coated" anymore. Instead let's call them "Jihadi Lipsticks" just to piss everyone off. Just sayin... After all it is not illegal to be politically incorrect... yet.
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