so waht ya doin today?

[462]

Last night I painted 50 Lee 452-230 TCs. This was my second attempt, the first being 10 each of two different colors. I've yet to get excited about the entire painting aspect of the hobby, however understand why others enjoy the advantages they can offer.

Though I've read a lot of painting posts, here and there over the many years, I don't recall reading if painting removes lead. So, does painting bullets remove lead?

 

[Mitty38]

It encapsulates it. Prevents lead dispersion and Bullet oxidation. Better for indoor ranges. Less contamination for the range keepers. If applied right no, or at least very little, lead in the barrels.


Had a busy morning, missed breakfast. With church, shipping,earned running, and all.
So had frozen pizza. For Easter dinner.
Watched movie.
Threw the car fixing plans to the side, and took a nap. One of those days.
Could have gone over to the sister in laws, sisters, house. But they are load drunks and are probably well into several gallons by now.

Just don't care to be around that stuff. I prefer to drink in moderation and alone.

 

[RicinYakima]

Service this morning, left overs for lunch (getting short on devilled eggs) watched Mariners lose again. Left overs again for supper, loving it!

 

[popper]

Need to ship brass to San Marcos. Son was here for brunch, happened to mention he has business/golf in San Marcos. Works for me.

 

[462]

It encapsulates it. Prevents lead dispersion and Bullet oxidation. Better for indoor ranges. Less contamination for the range keepers. If applied right no, or at least very little, lead in the barrels.

Perhaps I didn't state the question understandably enough. I know painted bullets don't lead (or at least they aren't supposed to), but do they remove existing lead?

 

[Brad]

I don’t believe they remove lead already deposited on the bore.

 

[462]

I don’t believe they remove lead already deposited on the bore.

Thank you.

I suspected as not, but wanted to be sure.

 

[Mitty38]

Ye they just kinda smooth it out. I still shoot naked bullets with a small amount of lube in my barrels that need lead. If they got de leaded some how. Till they get tighter groups. Then switch to powder coat.

 

[fiver]

LOL,,,, Ian.
the way i've put on weight the last 2-3 weeks i might be.
then again, if i am, there's a bunch of us Here that are and the hospital is in for all sorts of surprise.


today is the day Jax decided it was time to get rid of the winter coat.
like all of it at once.
i was the lucky recipient of the first 2-5 gallon buckets full,, plus enough extra for me to look like a Yeti till i changed clothes and showered for the second time this morning.
we worked it out for a good 20-25 minutes.
i'll give her a good brushing tomorrow morning and see if anything is left.

 

[Ian]

My shop cat is doing the annual shed thing, indoor/outdoor Russian blacks have a super-thick, fluffy undercoat that makes them look twice their normal size in winter. Drifts of dark grey "poofies" forming all around the shop again. About half a dozen sessions with the Furminator comb and two grocery sacks of fluff later she'll be back in summer trim.

So today...kids ate candy pretty much all day, crashed, ate more, decorated boiled eggs, crashed, begged for more candy and whined when they got cut off and made to eat real food for supper. We don't let them eat much sugar but once in a while like Christmas morning and Easter Sunday we let them get it out of their systems right to the verge of hypoglycemic coma. They're sleeping like rocks currently. This afternoon I pyrolyzed more toilet paper, rebuilt my milling drum, and machined a new corning die for my press out of some pieces of scrap KeithB sent me a long time ago. I've been putting the finish on Snakeoil's Isaac Haines rifle stock for over a month, it's tedious and needing lots of touch ups and re-do's on account of me using a tung oil varnish for the first time and it hasn't been cooperating. I was going to put another coat on tonight but it's too late (takes at least an hour of fussing to get it to turn out the way I want) so it can just sit and cure an extra day or two. Sorry, no pictures of the rifle until it's looking better.

 

[Mitty38]

Well now the boy tells me the Ford truck has been having hard starts, since before I fixed the solenoid. Says he had to crank it 5 times for it to start tonight. Before coming home.

So now I know how the selonoid went bad stuck shut. Lucky he did not fry the starter.
So work on the Jeep is on hold for now, till I diagnose the big brown truck.

For the F250. Don't have an OBD1 scanner. But no show on a check engine light, anyhow.
So have to do it diagnose the old school way, ohm meter and visuals.
He started it right up while it was warm, so it May be the manifold air temp sensor. Or the manifold air pressure sensor. Since that early don't have a MAP sensor.

Because it is acting like a carburator car that won't choke. Acts up when it is cold. And starts ok when hot. Accept pumping don't help, because it's TPI.

But going to do the air, fuel, steps. Of the air fuel spark, diagnosis method.
I know it has good hot spark on start up. So that is eliminated.

 

[Ian]

Cycle the key to on until the fuel pump kicks off, off, and back on and roll it to crank position when it shuts off the second time. It's probably losing prime when it sits. Leaky injector, hole in the regulator diaphragm, or bad check valve in the tank pump will all cause it.

 

[Mitty38]

Cycle the key to on for five seconds, off, and back on for five seconds before rolling it to start. It's probably losing prime when it sits. I'd look at the fuel pressure regulator on the left rear fuel rail, pull off the vacuum hose and smell for fuel, etc.

Thanks will add that to my check. In the morning.
Since it won't start on the first tank for at least 3 rounds of cranking. Will do that first.
When,before. I check cold start on the other tank. Kill two birds with one stone.

 

[StrawHat]

Today, we drive to Fox Lake, Illinois for a two week business trip. We go four times a year. If we knew it was going to be this much time (two months a year) when we started, we would have bought a house up here!

Kevin

 

[Rick]

Hey, Fox Lake, Ill was my swimmin hole for many summers back in the early 60's. Bet it's changed some since then.

 

[fiver]

bet your boy ain't dumb enough to just go driving off when the solenoid sticks and keeps the starter whirring over.
i'm just glad she didn't smoke the flex plate.
whatever,,, everything [e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.] from the ignition switch to the flex plate is new now.
except for one piece of wire.

the internet dude come today.
they said between 8 and noon and he rolled up at quarter to 9.
put a new modem in plugged in some junk, looked at his lap top for a few minutes and left.
i came in flipped on the puter, and looked at it for a minute when it wouldn't work then moved the wires back where i had them on the old one.

 

[JonB]

My right shoulder has been bothering me, on and off, for a few years. I considered surgery before I started the Chiro, but didn't go forward with it. Chiro has tried a few different things at different times over that last year, when it's been bad. Two weeks ago, he adjusted it again with a new move. It's been aching ever since, until I got up the gumption take an extra dose of CBD oil and sit in front of the reloading press to crank out more 357mag with W296 and GC'd 158gr. After a few hours, my shoulder started feeling better.
.
Side note:
My turret for 357mag has a couple RCBS dies. I was having a alignment issue, so I tweeked the Press's timing via Index rod (I don't know how that got out of whack?) That helped but would still crunch a case or two, in the FL die and seat die...both dies came from a new set I got somewhere. I was reminded of my dislike for RCBS dies. That Carbide FL die has zero bevel and a very sharp entry edge. I swapped that new looking one out for an older carbide die (I have boxes of 38/357 dies), the older one was rusty but the cardibe insert wasn't scratched, and it had a nice bevel entry but it was also a RCBS, I cleaned it up and it works wonderfully. The Seater was also acting up (also new RCBS), so I swapped that for a older standard Bonanza die that was rusty but had a SWC insert. After that was cleaned up, it worked wonderfully for that Lee 158 SWC.
...so this afternoon, I think I'll get in front of the Press again.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Suppose to get dumped on next wen-thur,,1 foot to 2 foot.like we need that,,maybe mutha nature will dump it all in ct?

NOOO!! Ill take rain... Ya dont shovel that.

 

[PGPKY2014]

My right shoulder has been bothering me, on and off, for a few years. I considered surgery before I started the Chiro, but didn't go forward with it. Chiro has tried a few different things at different times over that last year, when it's been bad. Two weeks ago, he adjusted it again with a new move. It's been aching ever since, until I got up the gumption take an extra dose of CBD oil and sit in front of the reloading press to crank out more 357mag with W296 and GC'd 158gr. After a few hours, my shoulder started feeling better.
.
Side note:
My turret for 357mag has a couple RCBS dies. I was having a alignment issue, so I tweeked the Press's timing via Index rod (I don't know how that got out of whack?) That helped but would still crunch a case or two, in the FL die and seat die...both dies came from a new set I got somewhere. I was reminded of my dislike for RCBS dies. That Carbide FL die has zero bevel and a very sharp entry edge. I swapped that new looking one out for an older carbide die (I have boxes of 38/357 dies), the older one was rusty but the cardibe insert wasn't scratched, and it had a nice bevel entry but it was also a RCBS, I cleaned it up and it works wonderfully. The Seater was also acting up (also new RCBS), so I swapped that for a older standard Bonanza die that was rusty but had a SWC insert. After that was cleaned up, it worked wonderfully for that Lee 158 SWC.
...so this afternoon, I think I'll get in front of the Press again.

Sometimes little rust doesn't hurt anything?

 

[Winelover]

Five months out from right shoulder replacement surgery. Almost as good as new. Doc said to come back in November after one year had passed. Need to get the left one done, and maybe schedule it then. It bothers me when sleeping on it. At least now, I get half a good night's sleep.