Tom Bullweed Posted June 10, 2024 Posted June 10, 2024 10 minutes at the range to collect 15 pounds of bullets on the ground... One hour to cast 200 bullets, like the 90 grain SWC tumble lube .32s from a Lee mold... I have learned to cast bullets for .32 H&R Mag, .38 Special, .38/40, .44 Spec/Mag, .45 (ACP, CS and Colt), and .454 round ball for CnB pistolas.
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted June 10, 2024 Posted June 10, 2024 good job. I've done some berm mining myself. At my age and pay grade, I'm happy to swap sweat equity for cash. I usually melt my recovery lead into ingots first to clean out all the trash. Then into the casting pot. nice fact is I like casting, powder coating and sizing along with reloading just about as much as shooting
Warden Callaway Posted June 10, 2024 Posted June 10, 2024 Been doing it for many years. Got bullet traps here on the home range also.
Tall John Posted June 10, 2024 Posted June 10, 2024 Warren, you are the real deal! That is definitely old school cowboy casting!
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted June 10, 2024 Posted June 10, 2024 Ya know. Cowboys are kinda hard to recycle. Getting 'em to stand for being stuffed inna bucket is tough. Most of them shoot well enough I really don't wanna try it. Nope. No way
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 11, 2024 Posted June 11, 2024 I’ve been recycling some old plastic 10ga shotgun shells. Does that count?? They were originally 2 7/8” Federal hulls that were roll crimped. Most were loaded with Black Powder and have been reloaded once or twice. I trimmed off the worst of the bad plastic and they wound up 2 5/8” long with a new roll crimp. I ended up saving nearly a hundred of ‘em!
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted June 11, 2024 Posted June 11, 2024 When I saw the topic title the first thing that popped into my mind was Charlton Heston yelling "Soylent Green is made from Cowboys!"
Nasty Newt # 7365 Posted June 13, 2024 Posted June 13, 2024 On 6/10/2024 at 4:07 PM, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Ya know. Cowboys are kinda hard to recycle. Getting 'em to stand for being stuffed inna bucket is tough. Most of them shoot well enough I really don't wanna try it. Nope. No way My recycling center won’t take them. They’re more trouble than they’re worth.
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 23 hours ago, Nasty Newt # 7365 said: My recycling center won’t take them. They’re more trouble than they’re worth. And they often smell pretty bad!
Irish Dan O'Shootem Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 On 6/13/2024 at 1:32 PM, Nasty Newt # 7365 said: My recycling center won’t take them. They’re more trouble than they’re worth. My wife tried to recycle me a couple times, but no one would take me!
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