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Fixxah said:
Let us know how they shoot. is the mold from Mihec?
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Hi John,

I've shot these previously and they are very accurate. They aren't the problem with location on the target (it's me!) [smile]

It's a Mihec mold. I love these molds. The only issue with them is you have to run them hot or the bullets come off
the pins a little hard. Once hot the bullets just drop off with no problem.
 
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Patriot said:
John, I will give you some of them. How many you want?
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All of them. [laugh]

I just started loading more 5.56 so I won't get into 45 for a couple of weeks.


Just saw that Miha has begun invoices for the mold I ordered. I suspect I will be the last person to receive one as I was always looking for an update on them.
 
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Fixxah said:
All of them. [laugh]

I just started loading more 5.56 so I won't get into 45 for a couple of weeks.


Just saw that Miha has begun invoices for the mold I ordered. I suspect I will be the last person to receive one as I was always looking for an update on them.
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The longest I had to wait for a mold after I got invoiced was three weeks and it had nothing to do with Miha. Our
wonderful PO sat on them for a bit. Once you pay, those go out asap. Send me a PM and let me know how many
you want or I'll just bring you over a bunch.
 
Patriot said:
Just whipped up around fifty pounds of 452-200 hollowpoints so I thought I would post a pic. [smile]
Left container is WW w/2% pewter, right one is 50/50 WW and MIT range scrap w/2% pewter.

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I just saw this post on castboolits and thought I would post a link here. These are the results of some of the members shooting this boolit.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?p=1083206#post1083206
 
Why, on God's green earth, would anyone want to buy that crap??? I mean..... to risk contaminating the lead with zinc?

I was tempted to write that guy selling those, and complain..... but took two deep breaths, and decided against it.
 
Hopefully the people buying gas checks are aware enough as casters not to use these. There is a learning curve though and one has to figure those will be mined and melted into bullets which can be the beginning of a horrible cycle for bullet casters using range lead. Other than trying to stop the seller casters need to be educated not to use zinc gas checks. It should be a warning in reloading manuals.
DukeInMaine said:
Why, on God's green earth, would anyone want to buy that crap??? I mean..... to risk contaminating the lead with zinc?

I was tempted to write that guy selling those, and complain..... but took two deep breaths, and decided against it.
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Technically, the actual USE of a zinc gas check isn't that big a deal as far as performance and the gun itself are concerned. And, a lot o people don't bother to mine the lead, so they don't usually care. So, a warning in a reloading data book wouldn't ever get inserted. The book publishers don't care what the gas check is made from (copper, zinc, aluminum).
 
Just wait until you pay the invoice and the fun starts. Six weeks and counting.[crying]

While the molds are incredible, the waiting game has me pulling my hair out. Well, maybe not my hair. Hopefully Miha can find a better way to get the product to the U.S. but I seem to think it is what it is.

Update: A mold has reached Iowa and is the first to make it. I hope to be casting within the next day or so.[pot]


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No, not spoiled at all. I also have a bunch of NOE molds on order, some for as long as you.

I keep checking Swede's schedule page to see if they get moved along any. I'm still waiting like you are......

At least when a NOE mold ships, you get it a couple of days later. The slow boat from Slovenia is killing me....................
 
Just ordered a Tumbler's Model B so I don't have to deal with all the lead dust. I will use the vibe to finish my completed rounds.

Thanks for the SS media BobJ.
 
My pleasure John..... You are going to love the way your brass is going to look..... Comes out looking like new....[smile]

Fixxah said:
Just ordered a Tumbler's Model B so I don't have to deal with all the lead dust. I will use the vibe to finish my completed rounds.

Thanks for the SS media BobJ.
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Because it's a WET system, using rock tumbler type tumbler, water and some kind of detergent (with some Citri-Shine?), to clean the brass.

You dump the soapy/dirty water when you're done. No dust. You DO have to carefully DRY the brass when you are done.
 
Duke nailed it..... I use mine after decapping when I want my brass really clean..... Does a great job on the interior surface and the primer pocket.... I load my tumbler with warm water, a 1/4 cup or so of dawn and a teaspoon or so of Lemishine.... After two hours or so I rinse, pour off most of the water and dump the Brass/SS media into a RCBS media separator which is almost full of water.... When dumping I don't worry about any SS pins left in the tumbler as long as I have all the brass.... A couple of turns and the SS media is on the bottom and the clean brass is in the separator.... The clean brass then goes in a standard vibratory tumbler for about 10 minutes to dry and the media goes back in the tumbler..... Brass comes out looking like new!

I started a thread on the process here:

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/110426-Tumbling-with-SS-Media?highlight=lemishine

DukeInMaine said:
Because it's a WET system, using rock tumbler type tumbler, water and some kind of detergent (with some Citri-Shine?), to clean the brass.

You dump the soapy/dirty water when you're done. No dust. You DO have to carefully DRY the brass when you are done.
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Going to put a sink in the basement for dumping the waste water. The Mrs. would kill me if she caught me using her new kitchen sink.
 
Fixxah said:
Going to put a sink in the basement for dumping the waste water. The Mrs. would kill me if she caught me using her new kitchen sink.
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Great idea! After tumbling the water looks like ink.... Not sure if it will stain but why take the chance....[wink]
 

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