DeepSouth

Tommy is all I remember from the coworker from Munford. Smith is all I know from the husband in Atoka, retired Memphis fireman.

Since we had a good breeze yesterday I casted almost a pint jar of 358-120 RN before my leg gave me some pain. Put them in a quart jar, added a couple of lumps of Alox and twisted the jar every which way for 5 minutes. A little to much Alox so I'll add more bullets today. I found a video that looked good. The guy filled a sheet pan with bullets standing up. Poured melted crayons in to cover the lube groves. They were 358's. He had swagged a 357 case that a bullet would fall into the case. Had a spring loaded push rod through the primer pocket. After the wax hardened he'd push the case onto a bullet, twist, pull the bullet out and press the bullet from the case. The bullets had a thin coat of wax, removed when pressed through the sizing die. A good idea but a bit more work than I want to do. For a softer lube could use toilet wax rings.

Welcome from Horn Lake, MS I use to work with a guy that did a little reloading from Munford. A classmate lives in Atoka, her 3rd husband reloads some.

Dad used Lee Alox and White Alox that was sold on ebay. Both work the same. Stick a cookie sheet or board in a shopping bag and lay the coated bullets on it. Set them up to cure a month before sizing. Then into a labeled jar. I loaded 1,000 in the past 2 weeks that are 10 years and got very little Alox on my fingers. I read a thread somewhere that Alox was mixed with Johnson & Johnson paste wax and something else. Was wondering if money was saved doing it and if it was a better coating. Sad, we let some threads pass without thinking about putting them in a sticky folder.

Is there a thread for homemade bullet lube?

Got them pulled yesterday morning. Glad granddaughter came along, she drove us home. A stop at the drugstore for Hydrocodone for pain. Took one when I got home and took a 4 hour nap. To keep my mine off of the teeth I loaded 1,000 38spl the past week. Ready for range time. Not this weekend, both sons have to work. I found bags of 70, 205 38spl and 80 357 last night. Got them decapped, cleaned pockets and expanded. Ready to the tumbler with polish today. I feel good enough to get out and shop but will stay home and give it time to heal. I know I'd find someone to talk with while out

I see it's an old thread. All the 22 shorts I can find are CB's, $11 per 100.

Dad left me a box of parts from his travels. A Lee C frame mounted on a board, C clamps with a few tools. The company would send 2 coworkers to other cities for a week of classroom training. He was sent to Pittsburg, PA once. He searched craigslist and found a 5 gal. bucket of 38spl casings for $35, the guy wanted $50. It was a short detour from the airport to the motel. During that week he decapped all the casings. Taped the lid on the bucket for the flight home. We always wondered what house cleaning thought about the trashcan full of primers.

By noon today I hadn't heard from anyone. I called the drugstore first. The dentist had prescribed ibuprofen for pain. Can't take ibuprofen with Eliquis, a blood thinner. That's why they needed to talk with the dentist. I asked about Tylenol, yes you can. I have 3 in a bottle so I'll need more. I get to walmart and plan to buy the Equate double pack. Nope, exp date of 8/24. Single bottle exp date 8/25, got one. Yesterday I asked about an appointment to pull the tooth. The dentist said, I want you on the Amoxicillin for 3 days and off the Eliquis for 3 days before pulling it. I think an appointment could have been set up for Monday or Tuesday. I didn't question it. I called today and my appointment is 8 am Tuesday. I asked why I couldn't setup the appointment at the office yesterday. We set appointments by phone calls only.

Tuesday at 4 am I woke with a tooth ache. I search the cabinet for pain relief pills. Tylenol 500 mg, only 5 in the bottle. Take 2 and start my morning. I search online for dentist close by, no one opens before 8 am. The first 10 or so can see me in later April, May and June. Last call, we can see you at another office at 4pm Wednesday. Great, my heart doctor is near, I have a bill to pay and pick up sample drugs. I have a pick up at the drugstore to get too. The dentist office is between them. 2:50 pm, I'm leaving the doctor's office headed to the drugstore. Got a call from the dentist. We are closing early, can we see you at 1:30 pm Wednesday. Sure. I got there at 12:45 and finished up at 4 pm. I take Eliquis, need a doctor's permission in writing before they will pull the tooth. Call my nurse, leave a message. She calls back, will forward a form to the office near me. Got it back to the dentist. Head to the drugstore for Amoxicillin. The druggist is on the phone, can't get the dentist to answer. Needs to hear from them that they know I take Eliquis before filling the scrip. Got to be off the Eliquis and on the Amoxicillin for 3 days before they will pull the tooth. Weekend is coming up, looks like I'll have this pain for a week.

Dad helped him set up and break down at a Memphis show once. Said he had a ton of powder, some brand names and some surplus and Wolf primers in sp 9mm and sr 223. 10 and 20 gallon paper drums of pulled bullets and primed cases. We weren't into loading 223 at the time or he would have traded his work time for some.

I found David's number and gave him a call. He remembers that powder, didn't get very much of it. Said to use 1680 or 2015BR data starting at 25% less. Can't remember anything else about it.

Garufa, this thread is about the 7.62X39 powder. Yep, we got side tracked on the other. Magnum Metals, Magnum Material/s, David Mosely, David Moseley came up empty on facebook.

I looked up Magnum Materials on facebook. It's steel buildings in Nettleton, MS What's David's last name?

In the reload section I started with page 194 and worked back. Stopped on page 104. Lot of looking and reading, got to rest my eyes. David joined 10/9/2009. First post I found was 12/6/09. So far last post was 1/28/13. The site shows him as an inactive member. Dolomite was a member from 3/29/2010 until 1/22/2023. So far last post was 1/22/2013. He gave out his data for 842 with 223 late in 2012 and just got back into loading 7.62X39 using Varget.

I searched the supply thread. David's first post was 2/9/2010, his last post was 4/8/2013. That gives me a time frame to search the reloading thread. I saw a couple that my dad made too.

I believe this powder came from David (DLM or DLM37015). It's not mine. I went alone with dad when he got the WC842. David told him the compared powder to use data from. Added that info to the jug and in his records. David did a lot for the reloaders. Drove long distances to pick up and to sell. Dad met him twice in Southaven while he was traveling to Jackson, MS. He did shows in Memphis and Southaven. Dad said once, he's in Kansas City this weekend. Sam and her husband worked a show in Southaven. Dad asked about David, home ill. Sam helped with sells, don't think she wanted into the travel and buying. I remember dad talked about Dolomite a few times. Said if he ever got to the east side of the state he'd like to meet him.

Has anyone bought this 7.62X39 Gunpowder 8#? Just a white label on a black plastic jug. Do you have a powder to compare with it?

Yep, time to get the charcoal Furness heated up.

Traveling through TN years ago I stopped at Stones River gun range. They collected cases, separated brass, steel, aluminum and 22's. Tumbled and bagged per 100, sold for $3 per 100. Special pistol and rifle cases were $5 per 100. That would give me the idea of pistol cases worth .03 each. By the chart 9mm has 117.7 cases per lb. The scrapyards that list scrap prices near me show brass at .90 per lb. Of all the websites I've posted about looking for a way to get rid of these cases by selling for reloading or scrap I had 1 reply wanting to know what other cases I had. The buyer offered me .02 per case for the dirty range pick up. Saved me time dealing with washing and tumbling.

2 smaller indoor ranges I've used in the past. 3 scrapyards in north Memphis. I'll get their numbers and give them a call. My son likes to melt aluminum for ant hills. A bit more heat needed to melt brass, might sell some ingots easier.

Asking for comments on where to get rid of it, make a little for my time would be great. I called my local RangeUSA and asked who got their cases, Western. Western what? I searched, Western Reloading? I searched their site. All I saw was new cases like Starline. 9mm cases aren't worth trying to sell to reloaders. One comment I got was, why buy it when you can pick up all you need at most any range for free. On another site I was asked what other cases I had. I filled a large flat rate box with dirty sorted brass in bags for a cheaper price than average. Ads on craigslist gun related get closed fast. Lead listed for sinkers and other casting projects will sometimes stay. Add bullets to the ad and it's closed. Brass cases gets closed. Marketplace, I see some reloading stuff listed in Tools. Some stay and others are closed. Depends on what it is.

"New books contain good info and I do buy them but the old books contain calibers the new books drop." I've found better data from older books than new ones. Don't be afraid to ask for data, Hopefully someone will post a photo from an old book that helps a lot. I buy a powder, put a piece of white duct tape on it. Look at the burn rate chart and put it's number on the tape. Helps a lot when your older powder is removed from the chart. Easier than searching for older charts.

I have 2 5 gallon buckets of 9mm brass to get rid of. Can't find a buyer for spent cases in my area. I first posted this in the reloading section. Someone thought I was running an ad and I got a warning. I posted here to clear things up.

Pull down from Lake City. Dennis sold it years ago.