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3.2 BULLET CASTING METALS 54
ACQUIRING AND PREPARING LEAD FOR CAST BULLETS 54
LEAD ALLOYS AND BULLET HARDNESS 54
A CHEAP WAY TO TEST LEAD ALLOY HARDNESS--James Carter 58
A SIMPLE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE HARDNESS OF LEAD ALLOYS--
David Berry 58
IDENTIFYING TIN 59
THE PENCIL TEST FOR LEAD ALLOY HARDNESS--Ken Mollohan 60
HOW AND WHY TO MEASURE THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF ALLOYS 61
3.3 CAST BULLET HARDNESS REQUIREMENTS 65
BULLET HARDNESS, CHAMBER PRESSURE AND ACCURACY 65
ANOTHER OPINION--John Bischoff 70
BULLET HARDNESS-STRENGTH-PRESSURE--John Alexander 72
BULLET HARDNESS REQUIREMENTS--Bill McGraw, John Robinson, Ric Bowman
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3.4 HOW TO CAST BULLETS 76
HOW TO ADJUST AND MAINTAIN BULLET MOLDS 83
3.5 DAMAGED BULLETS 89
4.0 HOW TO MODIFY CAST BULLETS 99
HOW TO BEAGLE BULLET MOLDS--John Goins 99
HOW TO LAP BULLET MOLDS 102
LAPPING BULLET MOLDS--Ric Bowman 102
THREE REASONS TO LAP A MOLD--John Wagner 106
GETTING THE MOLD READY TO LAP AND PREPARING A NEW MOLD--Joe
Weist 107
LAPPING THE MOLD--Joe Weist 108
4.1 BULLET SIZING AND BUMPING 110
HOW TO HONE A SIZING DIE--Richard Tunnell 111
HOW TO BUMP BULLETS IN THE LUBRICATOR SIZER 112
4.2 GAS CHECKS 115
GAS CHECKS ON PISTOL BULLETS 117
HORNADAY GAS CHECK SPECS 119
SHOOTING THE INVERTED GAS CHECK--Forrest Asmus 120
4.3 SWAGING CAST BULLETS--Norm Johnson 121
SWAGING AND BUMPING CAST BULLETS--The cast 129
4.4 PAPER-PATCHED BULLETS 135
WHY PAPER PATCH CAST BULLETS?--Ken Mollohan 136
HOW TO PAPER PATCH BULLETS--Ken Mollohan 136
PAPER PATCHING--William Iorg 138
HOW TO MAKE A PAPER PATCHED BULLET MOLD--Ken Mollohan 139
4.5 HEAT TREATING LEAD BULLETS 143
HEAT TREATING CAST LEAD BULLETS-- Tom Gray 143
BULLET QUENCHING--Dave Goodrich 148
HEAT TREATING LEAD ALLOYS AND THE EFFECTS ON BHN--Dave Goodrich
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