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I had a customer drop off two identical guns for service. They both had live rounds jammed in them. Both were chambered in .380 Auto and both were loaded with 9mm. That's stupid time two. DA Tax of $80 assessed.
"...they live among us..."I had a customer drop off two identical guns for service. They both had live rounds jammed in them. Both were chambered in .380 Auto and both were loaded with 9mm. That's stupid time two. DA Tax of $80 assessed.
Thanks. I have all the equipment. I've been casting round balls and sinkers for years, and have made many ingots. I want to make my alloy and cast a bunch of ingots while the weather is still nice so I'll be able to have plenty of reloading sessions this winter.1,000 pounds of lead these days is a gold mine. The price has gone up so much lately.
I have a friend who casts his own, but it's sort of a dangerous proposition. You have to be outdoors and even so, you should probably be wearing a respirator while you're doing it. Breathing in those fumes will build up lead levels in your blood over time that will cause some serious health issues.
With that said, for .45 ACP, all you need is a Brinell hardness of about 8 to 10. (For the test method, look up ASTM E10-15). They are only traveling at 900 - 950 FPS, so they don't need to be that hard at all. I stopped shooting lead bullets out of my .45s years ago because of all the smoke. It's just awful. I keep some at the store in my gunsmith room though, just to shoot when they're doing HVAC testing after a filter change.
.300 BLK could be much the same, depending on what you're planning to do with it. If you want to shoot suppressed and subsonic (950 FPS), then
a Brinell hardness of about 12-15 will do it because it will cut down a little on leading of the bore. But if you're planning on coating them, that should help cut down on leading and smoke, too. I don't shoot that caliber or anything that heavy, but am very familiar with that .308 diameter.
Anything around 17 is considered "hard cast" and would be fine for any velocities up to and including 2,400 FPS.
Those black guns look scary. They should be banned. The top one is fine, though.It’s 10/22
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Yes, it's a Glock clone. They have a decent bundle deal available for an AR and a Dagger- $749.99 total to get both. I was thinking it's a budget friendly way to complete my 3 gun combo. In a few years after I am out of college I can upgrade to a better combo.I see PSA AR-15s all the time. That doesn't mean they are crappy, though. That just means that there are a lot of them out there.
The dagger pistol is just a Glock 19 clone, right? I have yet to see one of those in the wild, as it were. They are QUITE inexpensive, I see.