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| Shootrman | 11-Jul-12 - 10:24 PM ET |
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| Grade VI | 11-Jul-12 - 07:08 PM ET |
| Shootrman | 11-Jul-12 - 04:42 PM ET |
| Johnny | 11-Jul-12 - 03:47 PM ET |
| b12 | 10-Jul-12 - 11:04 PM ET |
| Shootrman | 10-Jul-12 - 09:39 PM ET |
| Ajax | 10-Jul-12 - 09:22 PM ET |
| Johnny | 10-Jul-12 - 08:43 PM ET |
| Grade VI | 09-Jul-12 - 02:02 PM ET |
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| tripod | 09-Jul-12 - 07:09 AM ET |
| schneep | 08-Jul-12 - 10:26 PM ET |
| quartering | 08-Jul-12 - 10:20 PM ET |
| WTW | 08-Jul-12 - 09:38 PM ET |
| Johnny | 08-Jul-12 - 09:28 PM ET |
| Bruce Em | 08-Jul-12 - 09:20 PM ET |
| KS5SPECIAL | 08-Jul-12 - 08:11 PM ET |
| Grade VI | 08-Jul-12 - 08:09 PM ET |
| LFT687 | 08-Jul-12 - 08:09 PM ET |
| short shucker | 08-Jul-12 - 08:07 PM ET |
| Johnny | 08-Jul-12 - 07:59 PM ET |
| letts | 08-Jul-12 - 07:21 PM ET |
| Pull & Mark | 08-Jul-12 - 07:00 PM ET |
| Chuckbuster | 08-Jul-12 - 06:31 PM ET |
| Johnny | 08-Jul-12 - 06:22 PM ET |
| dmm | 08-Jul-12 - 06:05 PM ET |
| b12 | 08-Jul-12 - 05:49 PM ET |
| Johnny | 08-Jul-12 - 05:23 PM ET |
| dmm | 08-Jul-12 - 04:10 PM ET |
| Spanky | 08-Jul-12 - 03:39 PM ET |
| Grade VI | 08-Jul-12 - 03:26 PM ET |
| Johnny | 08-Jul-12 - 01:33 PM ET |
| Limpy100 | 08-Jul-12 - 01:24 PM ET |
| Oregunner | 08-Jul-12 - 12:20 PM ET |
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| mooneymissle | 08-Jul-12 - 12:05 PM ET |
| Grade VI | 08-Jul-12 - 11:45 AM ET |
Shootrman,
You say "Great idea! Buy from Shootrman".
What are your prices and how would one go about buying from Shootrman?
I do use a cement mixer. I altered it abit by cutting a section out and installing a screen. Great idea! Buy from Shootrman
Grade V1, Mabe you can buy shot from shootrman. Like he said it's alot of work and the cement mixer is your best bet if your going to do it your self. By the way to much graphite is worse than none at all. It takes very little to do 100#. If you want a mess just add to much.
Ted
Shootrman, What kind of tumbler do you use to polish your shot? I really don't want to buy a cement mixer just for polishing shot. There has got to be another method out there..... somewhere
It's alot of work. I have a pump system that washes and separates any stones. I wash it twice, dry it and tumble graphite it. Looks like new. I'm sure anyone tat has bought it from me would tell you the same. Honestly. Never had a complaint
b12, the subject is reclaimed shot, not home made shot. big difference. I have used home made for the last 5-6 years with no problem either.
Shootrman, If you have never experienced bridging you must be cleaning it well. How do you clean your reclaimed?
I 've been making my own shot for 3yrs now. Never had a problem with my shot sticking. Not even in my 28ga. mec. But my shot is sifted for size and finnings. I then tumble it for a coulple of hrs the about 1/2 a thimble of graphite for another hr. Never had a problem. Wild Bill
I've processed, sold and used reclaimed shot for years. Literally tons of the stuff. I have never had bridging, in fact, I had many comments regarding the bridging problem. Never a problem. Always graphite!
When Mike Greenblatt from New Orleans was alive(a constant contributor on this site) he was given a lot of shells that were underwater after Katrina. He cut them open and salvaged the shot. He was the one that recommend Tri Flo. I thought the same as others, why would you want oil on your shot. Since I was making shot at the time and had a batch that was not what I wanted I thought I would try it. Well it worked. Just a small amount with a lot of tumbling and it will work great.
Ajax
VI, Don't waste your money on Tri-Flow. It's a CLP. Don't soak the shot in oil.
What is Tri Flow and where can it be purchased?
Squirt some Tri Flow in it and tumble/shake it.
Ajax
Leadminer has it figured out like the one fellow said. His reclaim shot drops perfectly in my 650
You guys just cured me of buying reclaimed lead or trying to make my own,
ted's right on. actually, if you take the tube off and look in it you'll see a series of concentric rings which culminate with a small lip on the interior of the tip - it's mec's manufacturing process, i guess. i filed and sanded the interior smooth which is quick and easy to do as it's only aluminum. funny how the outside of the tube is smooth but the inside isn't. but it is what it is
Just take the drop tub out and cut the nipple of. Then take a file and touch up the outside edge and you will be fine.
Ted
Grade VI ,I always have muriatic acid around to use in my pool. Can buy it at any hardware store and Lowes, etc. be careful not to breathe the fumes you will see rising of the acid. It is also used to clean and etch concrete. My shot now looks like shot instead of river gravel, not silvery but gray. This shot was run through a mixer and graphited before I bought it. I use a PW loader, it hung up. Betting it works now. I will never buy more less it shines.
A chemist advised me that lead acetate, formed with lead carbonate and vinegar, is very poisonous due to water soluability (skin absorption). You'd be better off with a light oil coating. You could try cooking oil or others.
like said above, mac sells a bigger inside diameter shot drop tube. problem will go away. u can also use a piece of 1/2" copper water pipe, ouside diameter same as mac tube but id is bigger allowing shot to fall thru. either will work
Where does one get muriatic acid and how dangerous is it to use?
Graphite worked great in my MEC, but it is messy. Wish I had heard about using talcum powder before I ran out of reclaimed shot.
A lot of work for uncleaned shot. I hope it was free! I've bought reclaimed shot before, but it was cleaned and graphited. I wouldn't waste my time with dirty stuff.
ss
Instead of using vinegar I put some muriatic acid and reclaimed in a bucket. The shot looks much better now. Looks like acid is the trick.
GRAPHITE Worked in my Dillon. Thats what I would do, takes very little.
Letts
Soak some shot in a Vinegar/water mix. This should get rid of the Oxidation without any of the bad dust. Just wipe off and dry the shot (rag towels & then wash) and you should be good to go!!! If you still have problems with the shot droping I'd mix in some Talcium powder in a small container a couple of pounds at a time to see if it works and how you like it. I would not do this with a single stage loader as the gunpowder and Talcium may mix together. I would think this would give you poor burns and off sounding shells, but in a progressive twin tube loader it should be fine. Good Luck and break all. Jeff
GRAPHITE FROM TSC FARM STORE WORKS PERFECT. IT ALSO HELPS ALL HOME MADE SHOT GO THREW YOUR MEC LOADERS JUST LIKE BUTTER. PUT IN A TABLESPOON FOR EVERY 25LB.
TOM
dmm, the shot I have was run in a cement mixer before I bought it. I don't know for how long but it didn't do much if anything. Gee, apparently Dillon isn't smart enough to know a tumbler works better.
Johnny if you have access to a cement mixer it will do the job ... the problem is the owner of the mixer may not like the coating of graphite on the interior of the drum ... but if you put in the shot and a little graphite ... let if run for 2-3 hours it will look like new ... you need more abrasion than a vibratory is going to give you ... I make my own shot and have tumbled a lot of it and have seen what 2-3 hours will do for it ... if you can find a mixer that someone will let you use give it a try
In a pinch use armor all. spray in tube and lightly swab out. No powder dust that way. Also try it on you wad guide when you start getting a click or snap when loading. Wipe the fingers off before putting the first wad through. Wild Bill
Grade VI , I don't really know how to get rid of the oxidation. I bought 125lbs years ago, still have most all of it left. It hangs up in the loader also. I ran about 15lbs in a big Dillon vibratory case cleaner once for about 2 hrs. Washed it. Took most of the crap off but still not really clean. Works better but still don't trust the drops. Shells don't all crimp or recoil the same. I had to scrape that crap out of the case cleaner, never did it again. Some claim a cement mixer will work but I am skeptical. Perhaps a chemical is needed in addition to a mechanical action.
Leadminer apparently knows how but he won't say, I asked .
Now don't laugh ... but talcum powder will work like Graphite ... you can add it to the top of the bottle (1/4 teaspoon) or take a 2 lit. pop bottle and fill it with shot and add the talcum powder to the bottle and shake ... the talcum powder will eventually work down through the bottle and some will fall out of the shot tube ... makes a little mess ... keep a small paint brush handy and brush it off ... but if you don't have a way to tumble it with graphite it may help ... also slow down ... give the shot enough time to fall ... and if need be wiggle the handle a little bit
Never worked very well for me through my MEC machines either. Found this out years ago and have stayed away from it. As mentioned I mixed it with new chilled #8's. Stuff was mostly flat sided and oxidized, wouldn't even roll on a glass table top. Glad I only had 50 lbs. to deal with at that time.
I'd think about buying some quality reconditioned shot if I could find some but putting time and effort into junk is a waste of time. Just glad I didn't have hundreds of pounds of the stuff to deal with.
How do I get rid of the oxidation? I don't have a method of tumbling the shot before using it.
The "dull gray" color is oxidation. That's the problem. Need to get rid of the oxidation. Graphite may or may not help.
Mark is right on,it worked for me.
Sounds like you need a bit of graphite mixed in. Mark
Hello Grade VI,
I ran into the same situation, I ended up using a funnel that was almost the same size as the drop tube on my MEC reloader, I would mix one cup re-claim & one cup of # 8 shot in the bucket, if this mixture would flow through the funnel it would work in my reloader. Don't breathe the dust off the re-claim.
This mixture works great from the 16 yd line, and cost less than a factory bag of shot. Good Luck
Buy the steel shot drop tube!
I recently bought some reclaimed shot and it does not always drop in my Mec reloader. It seems to hang up in the drop tube and falls when the shells are rotating to the next station. It makes a mess on and around the reloader. How can I lubricate the shot so that it falls every time. It is a dull gray in color and not polished like new shot. Please help with any suggestions. Thanks The owners, administrators and moderators of the Trapshooters.com have no obligation to keep objectionable messages off this forum. It is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners, administrators or moderators of Trapshooters.com Discussion Forum will be held responsible for the content of any message. The owners, administrators and moderators of the Trapshooters.com Discussion Forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason at our sole discretion. However, the owners, administrators and moderators are not monitoring or editing the site and are under no obligation to police it for items that some persons may find objectionable. [ Back ] To Register for full access to reply and create threads Click Here!
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