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How well does this work? Is it worth the $104.00? I have been just using my thumb nail to see how hard the bullets are. Not very scientific I know But I have never had any problems. But now I have been casting a lot more bullets and have a large supply of wheel weights that I want to turn into ingots with as close to the same hardness. Of course this thing only works on bullets so I won't know if I have the mixture correct until I have cast some bullets. Steve

Yes I drop them straight from the mold into a bucket of water. I have been useing wheel weights. I want to start adding some Linotype to the mix. The plan is to get all my wheel weights melted down into ingots. Then put like 8o lbs into a large pot and 20 lb of linotype then make ingots again. I also have some tin I could add. Right now I have 500 lb. of straight wheel weights in ingots and about 700 more to melt. I just have to find time to do it. I have a theomometer I keep in the Lyman pot as I cast. What temp do you try to keep it at? Steve

Well this is what a match report looked like back in 92. It is USPSA but it was the last match I shot in. So I really don't know what they look like now! I have big plans to start shooting again. Hope I can get to it! You will notice I high lighted some things for some reason I can't remember now. Does anyone remember any of the names on the report? Steve

I have some questions. First you said something about ageing. What does that do? Second I am a little confused about the water hardning. What do you mean? Steve

You know the cost of the room wasn’t that much different than the cost of 2 good large fireproof safes. It was the rest of the construction that almost broke the bank! If you are going to add on to your home and wanted to add a basement to the project anyway. You might want to check into doing this. I also know a couple guys that built new houses and had the space under their front porch made into a gun vault. That is an excuse to make a very large front porch! It is just a little harder to control the moisture in this case. But I would think it would make it a little better as a fire proof room. Steve

I have been casting bullets for years. When I use to cast .44 mag. for silhouette shooting. I’d look at each base for a defect. then I’d look all of them over before I added the gas check, sized and lubed. Now I am casting .45’s for short range fast shooting at relative large targets. I am not so picky. I usually cast a few different bullets and drop them into water. I will cast as fast as I can and sort out the bullets when I finish. While sorting I will toss a few that catch my eye as being bad. Then as I size I will cull out some more. I am sure there are some that I would not want to use for bullseye shooting or any long range shooting. But I haven’t really had any problems that I know of shooting a 12” circle at 50 ft. How picky do you get when sorting your cast bullets? Steve

It could be used in the .45 acp couldn't it? Or is there a better one? I really wanted to stay at 200gr. so it would shoot (for the most part) like the lyman 200 gr SWC. But at the distances we are shooting I really don't think the 20 or so grains will make a difference. What do you think? Steve

It is a 200 grain round nose flat point. Lee 200 gr RNFP at Midway

I have always shot the SWC cast bullets. I have a Ideal 4 cavity 452-460. I want get another 4 cavity Lyman 542-460 to speed up the production. While looking at Midway I could get 3 Lee 6 cavity moulds with handles for the same price as 1-4 cavity Lyman with handles. I am not a fan of aluminum mould blocks but the cost and production rate would be so much greater I am tempted to give them a try. If so I have been thinking about going with a 200 gr. round nose instead of the SWC. The only reason is the round nose would be just a little more reliable in feeding. Not that I have had any problems with the SWC. Just thinking it may be one less thing to worry about. Steve

Thanks I have been looking all morning for this. Couldn't find it. Steve

Just placed my order with Brownells. Thanks for the help. 775-000-014 42" RESCOMP WSM HI TORQUE BELT 791-104-145 45ACP TIT. FIRING PIN I had my Springfield 1911 out shooting last week. I had several rounds not go off. Some of them fired when I hit them again. These were old reloads with CCI primers. I thought a Titanium firing pin may help. Plus I am using Winchester primers now. I have read that CCI have a harder primer. Is that true? Steve

Thank for your replys. Where can I get the CR Speed belt? Ths only place I have found is in Africa. I think??? Steve RHT - CR Speed

I just ordered a 010 holster and the 771 Mag pouches? I was reading on here about belts the other day. I can’t find it now. They were advising the person to get a belt by some other manufacture than Safariland. I think it was a CR-Speed belt. They were saying it is stiffer than the Safariland. Is this a good one to get? Is this one a one-piece belt? What is your recommendation for a belt to go with the holster and mag holders that I am getting? Where can I get the belt you recommend? Thanks Steve

In the layout drawings Pendulum is the only one that gives the target height. What is the height of the targets in all the other layouts? I have been working on some target frames to hold cardboard discs to practice. Here is picture of what I have so far. They are cardboard discs I cut out. They are held in place by alligator clips attached to the corner of the frame with 1/8” bungy cords. I welded the frames up using ½” re-rod. They are reinforced in the corners with 1/8” flat steel. I drilled a 1/8” hole for the bungy cord and just tied a knot on the backside. I suppose I will be replacing a few of the alligator clips but that is OK. Steve

When? Where? Can I get the DVD? Steve

The gun vault! Here is the story about that! We were going to move into the home my wife grew up in after both her parents had past away. One problem it was only a 2-bedroom house and we have 3 kids. So we wanted to add two bedrooms a bath and utility room onto the house. At this time I had been collecting guns for 25+ years. I didn’t really have a safe to keep them in so we started pricing safes. I figured I’d need 2 for all the guns. We would set them in the new basement before the floor was put in and have it made. Then a friend suggested checking into safe doors then pouring walls and a ceiling. This was actually cheaper than buying two safes would have been! I couldn’t believe I talked my wife into doing this! I think I got away with it because I agreed to move away from the house I had built and we lived in for 16 years. I am blessed with a great wife and 3 great kids. My only problem is I work a full time job and have a part time job to pay for my hobbies. This doesn’t leave much time to go shooting. Steve

I am a member of the Lima Sabers Gun Club. I was a member back in the 80’s when we had what we called the combat shoots. The morning of the match Mike, Rob, Jim, Lloyd and I all would meet at Bob Evan’s Restaurant, have breakfast and design the days match. Then we would go to the club and set it up. When finished we would walk the course and decide if it would work. About that time people would start showing up for the shoot. We had a ball running those matches! Then people started complaining that we were cheating somehow, because we were winning all the matches. They didn’t realize that after running a bunch of people through the match we had the advantage of knowing each step to take to finish the fastest. All we had to do was hit the targets and run through the course. Every now and then I would see someone do something that would turn a light on. I’d think, I got to remember that when it is my turn to shoot. We use to shoot revolver, auto major and minor. Then there was the holstered and unholstered. I never had the money to buy the holster, belt and mag holders so I had to shoot the unholstered. One whole season I won the unholstered major match every month. I still have all the match reports! I got mad with everything when two months in a row everybody that was suppose to be running the match would leave and go shoot silhouette at the other end of the club and I had to clean up all the targets and props by my self. I just quit shooting the combat matches. Then a couple years later I met a guy that was in the YMCA Indian Guides with my son and I. He was going to the club shooting in the USPSA matches. This got me interested again so I got out my S & W 686 and started practicing with the speed loaders. By this time I had a decent holster. ( Safariland H88) I went out and shot it with my 686! I thought they treated me kind of bad because I had quit the club. They said I had to join USPSA if I wanted to shoot any more. This was the one and only match I shot. It was in April of 1992. I have the match report in front of me. There were 31 shooters in that match. I was the only revolver shooter so there was no separate class for revolver. So I had to shoot against all the autos with their high cap mags. I came in 8th out of 31! That was after a 4-year lay off from any kind of competition! There was 1 stage in this match that it took 31 rounds to complete. The 31st round was fired at the stop clock. I had my gun loaded and 4 speed loaders. This left me one round short so I don’t know what kind of penalty I received for that. It wasn’t a revolver friendly course! Now they have IDPA matches their and other guys are running it. They have been trying to get me to shoot again. These guys are the ones that I use to run through the course when I was helping run the matches. They also put on classes on Tuesday nights that I think I will start attending. It has been 13 years since I have shot any kind of competition so I think I need to get caught up on the sport. All I know is I use to love to hear the klank of the steel targets! I want to start doing it again. I will need to go to a few matches and find out what kind of holster, belt and mag holders that will work for me. Will any of them adapt from a standard 1911 to the comped 2011 or will I have to have separate a holster and mag holders for each? Got a little long winded this time didn’t I! Steve

It's not that I am that large. It is my knees are bad. If I could loose around 20 lbs. I think I'd be good to go. Lima us 1/2 way between Toledo And Dayton right on I 75. Are there any maps to these clubs? Thanks for all the invites. Steve

Thanks NewRacer The clubs are what I really wanted to find. I see you are very close to me. I am in Lima, OH. Have you started shooting steel challanges yet? If so where? Thanks Steve

I have been reading this sight for a few weeks now. I have come up with some questions. I have come to the conclusion that I don’t think I would be able to do the running and gunning. At least until I loose some weight and get in shape! I loved to shoot steel the most at the combat matches we use to put on. 1. Is there a club or origination that I can join that is all about shooting steel, like the steel challenge? If so would it give the match dates and locations of official shoots? 2. Do you have to be a member of any club to get a ranking in the steel shoots? 3. Are there any steel shoots within a couple hours of Lima Ohio? 4. What different classes are there at steel shoots? I only have a couple standard Govt. model 1911’s. 5. How far can you go with your modifications on a pistol for the steel shooting game? I have fallen in love with those 2011’s. I can’t wait until I can save enough to get one. Which is the best to go with? I don’t know if they would be called factory or custom. It seems like they are all custom then you can send them to other builders to get them customized! I have been looking at the STI guns. My keyboard is always wet from my drooling over these guns. I hope I can get started this summer with my 1911’s. I will need to start practicing soon. Time to fire up the lead pot and start casting bullets. Sorry for all the new-be questions. I just haven’t been able to find the answers yet on the sight. Steve

The contractor put barn siding in for the celing in the room. Then he built walls that ran the length of the room and about 16 inches apart. They held it up until the concrete cured. We put light boxes in the siding and little stubs of conduit sticking up. I ran the wiring before we framed the rest of the addition because it is only about 4 inches between the floor joists and the concrete. I was happy when I got everything wired up and flipped the lights on and they all came on! I would have been a little to thick in the middle to crawl around in 4" to fix the problem. Steve

Here it is under construction. Steve

I am new here and have been reading until I think my eyes are bleeding! So much to read and so little time. Thought I show my gun room off. The first picture is of my Browning safe door from the outside of my room. The rest are inside the room. It is 12'x26' and has 4 inches of concrete on top of the room. There is heat ducts and a cold air return that have fire dampers on them. There is a drain in the floor that I have a dehumidifer draining into during the summer. So far no moisture problems. Steve

Thanks I have been wanting to get a new chronograph. So the MKIV looks like the way to go. There is so much new equipment and different shooting games. Are there any magazines that would be good to subscribe to? I get Guns & Ammo and have switched from the NRA hunting to American Rifleman. I also get some other hunting magazines. I am SO behind the times on this. Steve

I use to shoot matches at a local club back in the late 80’s. Then family and life put a hold on most of my shooting. Now that my kids are getting a little older I am starting to renew my old interest! I have been reading a lot of the posts on this sight and am amazed at the look of the guns! Wow I like them! One of my favorites was shooting steel. I have a few questions, and more to come. 1.Are there any clubs around north west Ohio that shoot steel plates? 2. What is the popular timer that everyone is using during practice sessions? 3. Did any of you guys ever shoot at the club in Lima OH. back then? Thanks Steve