tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post4833498851977815618..comments2023-11-02T02:18:09.710-07:00Comments on Giraffe in a compact car: Hot Lead.Giraffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-27875729365983313732014-04-16T08:03:04.060-07:002014-04-16T08:03:04.060-07:00So, are there any new/old blackpowder guns still o...<i>So, are there any new/old blackpowder guns still on the market, that are functional, and of reasonable cost. Oh, I've been looking. But it's difficult to get through the filters of "buy new" on almost any product.</i><br /><br />I've seen them. They tend to cost more to the extent I've paid attention. I think I'd go with a 209 ignition system (uses a shotgun primer) and buy a case or two of primers. By the time you have used them all up, civilization should have recovered somewhat so that they would be available again. Or look at percussion cap with an eye towards being able to make your own. That is two hundred year old technology, we should be able to figure that out. Not that we can't make primers either. Giraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-68940589047535202262014-04-15T18:23:27.174-07:002014-04-15T18:23:27.174-07:00Okay, here is a question I'll ask you and El B...Okay, here is a question I'll ask you and El Borak, and anyone else who might have a notion, of course.<br /><br />I am looking for a blackpowder rifle, one that doesn't use caps. Caps will go away just like the rest of it. I suppose the choices are flintlocks or powder pans, if I don't know which would be best. From what I can mine in these mountains, and burn, I can make a crude blackpowder. I can't make caps. I suppose there is archery, but that is a very limited weapon, and unless you learn how to make those, and arrows, again... great limits, more so for what can actually be manufactured by most people.<br /><br />So, are there any new/old blackpowder guns still on the market, that are functional, and of reasonable cost. Oh, I've been looking. But it's difficult to get through the filters of "buy new" on almost any product.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392444624210801173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-84724273997639351222014-04-15T11:44:34.470-07:002014-04-15T11:44:34.470-07:00I had no idea tinsel was lead.
Cast bullets are m...I had no idea tinsel was lead.<br /><br />Cast bullets are more at home in handguns and old leverguns. Modern Bolt actions will work, but any gas operated semiauto probably won't work because of issues with plugging the port and not being able to generate enough pressure to operate the gun.Giraffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-14046070210028455382014-04-15T10:22:37.360-07:002014-04-15T10:22:37.360-07:00Also, my Lee dies automatically expand the opening...Also, my Lee dies automatically expand the opening with the powder filler die, but I still manage to shave off some lead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-15638905488603733202014-04-15T10:21:04.621-07:002014-04-15T10:21:04.621-07:00I buy cast lead for my 1911. They do leave quite ...I buy cast lead for my 1911. They do leave quite a bit of fouling which I remove with Hoppes #9. I have heard that pure ammonia works even better and I intend to try that some day. I can just keep an old spaghetti sauce jar full of ammonia in the shop and drop the barrels in them overnight.<br /><br />I would never want to use unjacketed ammo in an AR platform since the lead fouling will certainly plug the gas hole and be impossible to clean out without removing the gas block (not a skill level 1 task).<br /><br />I remember when tinsel was lead. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-12499712552620166612014-04-15T08:24:59.726-07:002014-04-15T08:24:59.726-07:00The Lee mold is also a good choice. I wanted the a...The Lee mold is also a good choice. I wanted the ability to cast two sizes with one mold. $90-100 for two molds, versus $45 for one mold.<br /><br />Buckshot is not something I'll use a lot of, until the laws change or become less relevant. <br /><br />Perhaps a shotgun slug mold will be my next purchaseGiraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-10592019046656833432014-04-14T13:43:42.318-07:002014-04-14T13:43:42.318-07:00Good read. I'm... thinking on it. Been think...Good read. I'm... thinking on it. Been thinking for a while, but I have actually been doing much of what else I hoped to do, so... there is hope. :p It's a very long, rather heavy, list I have been chewing and eating.<br /><br />Oh, I looked at the mold you were discussing, buckshot, sharp shooter, right? A little research and I found a comparison (I compare everything, which women folk hate by the way. Something about kissing and telling and jealousy, even over pie... urhm... real pie.) Never the mind. <br /><br />Here is a link. Done by a nerdy Mor Rine, but... some of my favorite folk at one time. Anyway, here is the YouTube link to the <a href="http://youtu.be/vTW20kwSPkI" rel="nofollow">comparison</a>.<br /><br />If/when I eventually get to lead, I may have questions. Good to have a pair... of resources. :) *schawing?* Just in a... funny mood.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392444624210801173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195031.post-29735065704088965072014-04-14T12:22:24.979-07:002014-04-14T12:22:24.979-07:00Keep your temp right, and I believe zinc wheelweig...<i>Keep your temp right, and I believe zinc wheelweights will float and can be removed..</i><br /><br />This is correct. Lead melts at 600-700 depending on the alloy, while zinc melts at 800, so you CAN just leave them together and count on scooping out the baddies before they melt. <br /><br />I'm paranoid, so I always do a pre-sort. Only missed one so far...<br /><br />Thanks for this, I'll excerpt and link it for Wednesday's post.El Borakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442800943924317604noreply@blogger.com