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    45man replied to the thread Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite.
    Griping and name calling is bad as everyone has an opinion worth listening to. That said just spray balls with barricade Not messy when...
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    45man reacted to Frontstuffer070's post in the thread Round Ball Tumbling With Graphite with Like Like.
    All I know is my Lee Molds and Pot cast a better looking round ball than my Lyman Mold. I know I'll receive hate for that statement but...
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    45man replied to the thread Weighing round balls.
    New store bought or new cast, put in container and spray with Barricade so they stay shiny.
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    45man replied to the thread Weighing round balls.
    Oldramrod has it correct. So does the crisco kid. Well said fellas. Anything I cast does not vary more then a few tenths of a gr. gave...
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    45man reacted to The Crisco Kid's post in the thread Weighing round balls with Like Like.
    If you become good at casting there won't be any need to weigh them.
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    I hate inlines----did I tell you I hate inlines? I got one from a friend when he died and gave it away, I would not even fire it once...
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    45man reacted to SDSmlf's post in the thread Nails popping out of stock on LGPR with Like Like.
    Personally I cut the pins a bit short, maybe .020” to .030” +/-, so that they sit below the surface of the stock wood, which provides a...
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    45man reacted to Brokennock's post in the thread Nails popping out of stock on LGPR with Like Like.
    Super glue will obviously work as suggested above, but also could cause problems if you accidentally use too much. I would get an...
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    45man replied to the thread HOW RURAL IS RURAL?.
    Good areas for bigfoot sightings
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    Stain before anything else if you do stain. The pores are common and fill with finish as described by others. I have tried many sealers...
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    45man replied to the thread ball roundness.
    Depends on twist rates. I shot IHMSA and you could see the spiral. ThE S&W .44 with 240 gr bullets would spiral around the flight path...
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    45man replied to the thread ball roundness.
    Out of tound a tad will mean zero on the target, no mold made will cast round anything. As a mold heats the dimensions change in...
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    45man reacted to SOLANCO's post in the thread Homemade cleaning Patches with Like Like.
    If your store has a fabric labelled diaper flannel try that. I like it better than the flimsier flannel fabrics. I wash my flannel...
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    45man replied to the thread Black walnuts.
    Well, the stain did not work. I seen somewhere where the liquid has to be cooked.
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    45man replied to the thread My bear grease is lazy.
    I have spent years testing lubes of all kinds for BP and modern revolvers and rifles. I found a lube change can turn a shotgun pattern...
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