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When I pinch the calipers as hard as I can with one hand I get .015.

Well great. If I’m not hurting anything then I will stick with .025 pillow ticking. Thanks for the quick replies.

So I busted out the old .54 gpr after being out of the game for about 5 years. Took it to the range with the same old pillow ticking I bought at a fabric store years ago. I lube with olive oil like I always did and shot .530 balls as always and accuracy was excellent just like I remember it...

Jeff Gordon huh, the powder will probably produce slower velocity if they do that 🤣

Another lube that you might want to try that has worked well for me and is super cheap and easily obtained is pure olive oil. Just make sure you don't buy virgin or extra virgin olive oil as that is only good for salads.

very good tip, i just might have to rig something up.

Took the gpr out hunting a few weeks back and the first day did not produce a doe so as i would with any other weapon, i let it ride with me in the nice warm pickup on the way back to the house. I un-capped the weapon to make it safe and left it in the garage overninght. Once again it rode with...

Once again I am down to my last pound of goex 2f. The last time I found it was in Bismarck at a small gun shop. I bought the last 4 lbs that were going to be sold in the store. Now comes the long journey of trying to find another source. I am heading down to Sioux falls in a couple of weeks so...

That's pretty much the boat I am in. Below zero the last week and really getting into the winter lull. Lucky for me I have a 3 stall garage with one stall separated, insulated, and heated. Turned the fan on and cracked the window. I had it 60 degrees in there so it was nice. The suspense was...

Thanks for all the advice guys. It all makes sense now. Due to the low propane level I could not get the burner as hot as I did when I first melted the lead pipe down into ingots a while back. Most of the balls I culled were in the first 100-150. I found that if I went as fast as I possible...

That actually makes sense, The propane bottle was running a little on the low side lol.

Casted up some .530 round balls for the first time last night. I probably casted over 400 but only kept about 250. Some of them had very small and almost unnoticeable lines. I threw them back into the pot. My first question is, are balls like that ok or am I being too picky? My second question...

congrats, Beautiful rifles and deer going to a great cause. Well done :hatsoff: .

It is sad too see the most magnificent cat in north America in such harsh condition. I have wanted to see one of these critters for a long time. I mean imagine a cat that can pounce 10 yard leaps and be on a deer or elk in no time. A true predator at its finest. Bottom line is, you performed the...

Congrats on that fine buck. He lived a long life and got to go out with a BANG.

Finally got the pickup loaded up on a trailer and hauled it out with my newer F-150. Glad I have two 4x4's or else I really would have been screwed. A local rancher brought his loader down to the pasture and helped me push it onto the trailer and wouldn't take any payment when finished. That is...

I did with one of the 30lb magnets on wheels, trying to catch the chain since the key is not magnetic. followed my tracks the whole way and dug in the snow in the places that I was digging in my pockets

The key story keeps getting worse though. It is so stupid it is almost comical. I called ford with the vin number and they said I need a key code number from the owners manual. When I bought the pickup used it came with one set of keys and no owners manual. So the guy at ford said that ford only...

exactly what happened. The ball hit dead center in the neck and took out part of the wind pipe then somehow changed course before hitting the spine. It trailed along the right side and got caught up in her arm pit. I have pulled that shot off at 50 yards on many deer with high powers and have...

well it turned out to be the best and worst hunt of my life. I finally got a shot at a nice doe after getting only opportunities at bucks for the last week. As the sun was starting to fade, four does made there was down into my draw and I shot the leader at about 50 yards with a frontal shot at...