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Mike, I made a skimming spoon out of some scrap 1/4 inch aluminum plate I had laying around. I took a ball peen hammer to it to form a bowl, then cut around the depression to make it into a spoon with a handle. Drilled some holes and smoothed it all out. I knew those Lee moulds were made out of aluminum for some reason- lead just won't stick to it!

I got my Uberti .36 pocket navy today. Boy, is it sweet! Reminds me of a Ruger Bearcat.I haven't shot it yet, won't get to until maybe tomorrow or Saturday. I can't say a single thing bad about it. The wood is beautiful, the finish is flawless, the fit is perfect, the cylinder locks up positively with absolutely ZERO play and the chambers are all lined up exactly with the bore.I was prepared to have to do a little smoothing here and polishing there but it didn't need anything. The trigger pull is even good! It's itty-bitty cone shaped front sight will probably have to go but I'm going to shoot it some before I replace it. I'd like to square up the rear sight notch and have a flat topped front sight when I'm all done. I hope yours turns out like mine did!

Steve
 
Steve, Thanks for the tip on the spoon! Got my Pietta Navy .36 last night too! It's great also. The grips fit perfect, cylinder timeing is right on, hammer and trigger pull is great. I'm still going to tear it down and do some carding and stoning . Now I have to wait for my .380 mold that I had to order from another site. Got my double cavity .545 mold from Cabelas and the pot.
Got the repair kit for the 51 also.
 
Old Dragoon

From here to Denver to Lax to Hawaii. Then 10 days later,
the return trip to San Francisco to Denver to home.
We are staying on the island of Kauai (my pistol permit is
good in Hawaii) We have a cabin on (rented) the beach at a
place called barking sands.

Steve499

What is a Styrofoam tray? How light of a “very light
charges of unique” ?
I never shot any soap but I have shot wax bullets, they were
a lot of fun.
 
If I remember right, Tinker 2, I was loading 2.5 grains of unique. The styrofoam I used was the flat trays that you find in the grocery store with meat, vegetables or mushrooms in them and covered with clear plastic wrap. You would think they would melt when they are subjected to the flame of the powder charge going off but they won't. I used them in a 45-70 also. You would find the wads out in front of the bench with one side just a little stippled and the other side like it was when it was loaded. I started using a wad in those small charges after I read about the potential of detonation when a small amount of powder is spread along the bottom of the case and the primer lights it all at once instead of it burning from rear to front progressively. It may have been an unnecessary precaution, I don't know, but it might be easier and maybe a little tidier in the basement than the filler in the cases.
For fun, you can prime a case, cut the case through a tray so there is a barrier in front of the primer, then push the case through a slice of raw potato about 5/8 of an inch thick. At 10 or 15 feet it shoots pretty good and won't hurt anything it hits, it just splatters. I haven't done that in years but had a good time with it long ago. Great for fast draw practice.

Steve
 
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