Recent content by nettlle

By all means weld away on your RCBS press. All will be well. After all a couple of pop cans welded together proves anything can welded and it will turn out just as good as new. If not better.

If the heat on a the aluminum too high the metal will just disappear. It will blow out. "Oh, by the way, the car you are buying has cast iron block that has been welded or an aluminum block that has been welded but rest assured it is as good as new." Said no one ever.

What does rounding case mouths mean?

You've been busy!

1911 LW 9mm Commander with Gold Dots.

If the crack is shallow enough for the high frequency to penetrate. Repaired cast metals for me? No thank you.

I wasn't in the military (for those of you that were thank you for your service). I don't clean after every range session. I clean then when I feel they are dirty enough to be cleaned. After a half century I know how to do this. Although I have some guns that have the bluing worn off from many...

Aluminum is even more difficult to repair than cast iron.

I started out over 5 decades ago with RCBS lube on a pad. This worked but it is nasty stuff. Like lubing with raw honey. Dirt magnet. Stopped reloading rifle and only reloaded straight walled pistol for a few years. One Shot worked great. Got back into bottle necked rifle reloading but One Shot...

We did a lot of cast iron crack fixing when I worked in the machine trades. There is not perfect way to fix cracks in cast iron. Welding with NiRod or Tig crystalizes the metal and makes it brittle. Brazing heat is not as high and that fix seems to last longer. If I had something made of cast...

It can be brazed.

Doesn't get much better than a Colt with nice bluing.

Very nice!

How about a nice cleaning rod, brushes, jags and patches?

We moved rural about 15 acres ago. Neighbors all around have 20 acres plus as do we. Neighbors right and left shoot like I do. There is no convenience here. A long drive to the grocery, doctor, hospital and fast food. Cell phone and TV is satellite and sucks. There are no neighbor kids running...