While restoring old vehicles I've dabbled with casting things like unobtainable lenses for old car lights and replacement sections for bakelite e...

Another option if there is some clearance on the inside of the wooden forend is to directly reinforce it with fibreglass to prevent it cracking in the...

I'd suggest making a mould and then making the part from fibreglass

I also size last. Quench from the powder oven and then size. The pc is slick enough that I don't lube bullets for sizing any longer.

Something that integrates into the fore end like a Steyr Scout would be quite a trick. I'm sure there'd be a way to do it if it hasn't ...

You can make chamber casts from flowers of sulphur. Thanks what most smiths used in the olden days. It stinks to hell but I've seen casts made us...

I understand that the primers are 'set' on seating, i.e. they get slightly compressed so the compound is close enough to the firing pin and ...

Got to fire one of these once as a young man and remember thinking that my CZ75 had a trigger so much better that I pittied the krauts who had to wiel...

My experience is that I require slightly less propellant to achieve book velocities for cast when powder coating. Have to assume the stuff is slidier ...

Thanks, most interesting. If my toy budget was in better shape or had realistic prospects of improvement collecting would be something I'd love t...

I stand corrected then.Maybe I should test my SWC cast bullets I use for my 38Spl in my 357 Mag and see if I still get decent accuracy.Using cast lead...

Yip, about 1800 ft/sec seems to be the upper velocity limit of lead / PC bullets.This is the velocity I get from my 357 Magnum rounds when firing out ...

Nice write-up. The couple of Russian AKMs that I have fondles over the years really impressed in terms of their fit and finish.

My "shake and bake" method did not go as planned.  I can coat them and load the bullets, fire them in my 9mmP and 762x39, but about 2/3...

These bullets are for a 357 revolver that I don't yet have in hand so I don't know how well they'll do but all the other stuff I make w...