What'cha doing air gun related today?

[pan60]

I only do hard heavey and black coffee and multiple pots a day every day.
: )

 

[FL22]

50y
Airacuda
Standing, bags
Winds 13-24

 

[FL22]

Yesterday
20ish yards? Didn’t measure it.
Scarface
Sitting, bags
Winds 12-21?

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Clean a tin of .22


.22 being twice the size of .177 it takes twice the effort to get cleaned up .. lol.

Now if I could only actually hit something with them ..

 

[Chief55]

I molded some .30 caliber Noe 55 grain airgun slugs and had to try one out. It chambered perfectly in the custom G30 like a pellet and fired with no problems. Can't wait to see how they group. I was pretty excited. I have not molded anything myself for about 60 years since making lead soldiers with my brother as a kid. I have done a lot of sizing slugs I bought but not molding my own yet. This was my first time and I had to do it the hard way with a hot plate, little cast iron skillet and a ladle. I was not doing very well at first but got better as I went along and had fun. I had this mold given to me about a year ago when I purchased a gun but had no handles for it or any other gear for molding so just got the handles and a mallet yesterday. I got a small ladle a while back. The hot plate was given to me and the little cast iron skillet my wife got at a yard sale for about a dollar. I had a candle to smoke the mold. I have been wanting to give this a try ever since I got the mold. This was my first step in making my own ammo. I had some of these slugs given to me with the mold but they were so hard I had to size them to .298 to chamber them but they shot a 1-inch group at 35 yards. I was careful to try to use pure lead and get out any impurities so these slugs would be soft and they were and needed no sizing at all. I have about 60 pounds of lead just waiting to be molded so this is a start.

 

[Chief55]

Yep there is a lot messed up ones in the bucket I was struggling but learning at the same time. Maybe some day I will get one of the nice Lee furnaces with the handle and spout for pouring but for now this is a start. In the end there was about 3 times as many in the bucket have not counted the good ones.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Yep there is a lot messed up ones in the bucket I was struggling but learning at the same time. Maybe some day I will get one of the nice Lee furnaces with the handle and spout for pouring but for now this is a start. In the end there was about 3 times as many in the bucket have not counted the good ones.
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Well your doing not talking that got merit to me messed up or not ..lol.

Man all my pellet trap pellets need melting to something like maybe .,22 slug . Lot of good waste canned up here.

 

[pan60]

I cast uplots of bullets
lead is commodity around here.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Id never thought that electric burner would get things hot enough ..

 

[Chief55]

Id never thought that electric burner would get things hot enough ..

I have read that a 1000-watt hot plate will work and some kind of cast iron pot. They really hold the heat. This one is a 1100 watt one.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I have read that a 1000-watt hot plate will work and some kind of cast iron pot. They really hold the heat. This one is a 1100 watt one.

What temp do you shoot for and hold on the hot plate ? 650-750° ?

Sadly that .22 mold(s) kinda way inflated vs larger cal like 357 or .30 can be had for .

 

[Grunt64]

Went to my range to try BARS 140gr and Kcslugs 214gr and horeshoe Mtncastings 172gr. Target was 70 yards, Aea 357 big bore. 3rd pic target at 140 yards with BARS 140gr HP CB.

 

[Chief55]

What temp do you shoot for and hold on the hot plate ? 650-750° ?

Sadly that .22 mold(s) kinda way inflated vs larger cal like 357 or .30 can be had for .

Well, this was my first time and I was not sure it would work so I just turned it all the way up and had no way to take the temp but I believe lead melts at 630 and based on how long it took to melt and how fast the lead cooled in the mold I will keep using it turned all the way up. It seemed to be what I would expect, from what I remembered as a kid. Yes, the mold prices are very high and pellet molds can be hard to get.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I got a infrared temp thing from harbor that does well and small front pocket sized years ago for gearbox temp taking on jobs.

Noncontact , nice, worked, and small and handy

Guess not sold anymore ..lol...but..

https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-...les/121-infrared-laser-thermometer-63985.html

I guess somethings good to get best temp to get best pour/ cast.. ( even check on mold temp as well)

 

[Chief55]

Shot the 30 and finished pumpkin with Notos.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

So goofing this morning I dug up my ol tumbler so I brushed it off found a oring gasket for a drive belt , put a dish soap and water and pellets in to see if it will do any good job ..


Tumbling some cphp.177

Time will tell if it does the job or not .

 

[Hateful McNasty]

While tumbling I Figured being 75y was going on id give the R9 a go on irons .

R9 , irons ,cphp .177, 75y , click adjustment trys


From 10m -20y had to go up 10 to insure to get on then 3 more got me just under it so 2 more got me on line and in ( 3" bull)

Of course the usual one that got away (?) ..lol

 

[Hateful McNasty]

So goofing this morning I dug up my ol tumbler so I brushed it off found a oring gasket for a drive belt , put a dish soap and water and pellets in to see if it will do any good job ..


Tumbling some cphp.177
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Time will tell if it does the job or not .

Not bad tumble washed/rinsed,lubed

At least my arms ain't tired doing by hand as I was ..

 

[Chief55]

Shot the 25 cal eagle claw carbine and adjusted the 2x7 scope. Mosquitoes drove me back into the house.

 

[pan60]

Not bad tumble washed/rinsed,lubed
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At least my arms ain't tired doing by hand as I was ..

how much of an improvement do you get from washing and lubing those?