Friday, September 30, 2016

Appears the Presidential Debate Skert a Few Folks??! They are Selling out.....

Appears the debate has skert a few folks?

First email from a subscribed forum today read. I'm Getting Out of Reloading !! Lead for sale!  LOL

As I read down the list some of the older guys are sorting and moving odd & ends parts from older equipment. A few really nice old Pacific "C" press's. Of which I already have 2. Much of what I'm seeing is over priced considering these guys picked the brass and other things up at the range or flea market sales. 

 Lots of muzzle loaders showing up 90% of them are Thompson Centers. Two in particular, both percussion a first gen T/C 45 and a Renegade 54 with a round ball barrel. Both are demanding $400.00 . Which isn't a bad price considering the new Lyman Great Plains is pulling around seven bills $.

I have a like new T/C 50 flint for sale @ $500.00 shipped includes a few accoutrements.  The Belgium SxS ML percussion I was offering is moving to a new home next week. The Crescent 12 ga SxS is still up for grabs.
I purchased the Crescent from Norm's Covered Wagon in Chula Vista, Ca. back in 1978 or 79. The SxS is nothing special just a hardware store shotgun, sporting 30" Full & Full bores.  Norm had one of the best collections of Volcanic's, Winchester's, Henry's and Marlin's I have ever seen still to this day.  


Had a kid come by this week with a Traditions White Tail ML'er. The trigger was broken. I found a trigger group for under $30.00 ...Cept' the rifle bore looked like it had been on the bottom of the ocean. RUINED it was. He replied ,"I didn't know you had to clean them if they were just sitting". Hard lesson learned seeing he had 200$ into the rifle & had never shot it. I ran the bronze brush in and out and patches saturated with CRC Power Lube. All this action accomplished was to loosen some crud and cut every patch.  In the end I told him to cut his losses & sell the parts on Ebay.

Visited the office yesterday afternoon.

Shot a Marlin Mod. 39a 22LR. The rifle shoots well but the extractor needs replacing. Had quite a few spent cases not extract. Left the rim-fire range and headed over to the 400 yd. range. Set up the I-bolt thirdy ought six. Ran a target out to 100 yards.  1st 2 shots on paper hit high by 2" and a tad to the left , both were touching. I had been tossing 150-165 & 180gr rounds out to 400yds in an attempt to hit the gong. The 3rd & 4th shot on paper when high left , still in the black. The barrel was HOT.

The conclusion is~ IMO : Yours may differ...Hunting rifles can't take the loads I shoot more than 3 or 4 in quick succession.  

Regards , BPB



Tuesday, September 20, 2016

BULLETS J-Words & Cast 30 cal and UP.

 All bullets may or may not be in stock at the time of your price & stock check. Most of the time BPB can have out of stock items shipped in from 2 days to a week. Ya know, depends on the weekend and all that.
There is some unprocessed brass on hand in 9m/40/45acp/223
Processed .223 @ $16.00 per 100
NEW Virgin Remington Brass in 9m/40/45acp and 45LC. It ain't cheap but when you need new brass to work out a project it sure does help.

Bullets 45acp FMJ RN and 230gr HP

My pricing is fair and items ship USPS Flat Rate. Insured.

BPB has shipped to all 50 states including 57 pound box of wheel weights to HI!

I am a Licensed FFL and have been in business over 30 years.

Regards ,

Thanks for looking BPBreloading on GunBroker and Ebay
                                                                                 LEE REAL in 45cal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 







Hand Made Knives From Saw Blades,File & a COLT Tactical Kinfe TOO!

Pictured are a few hand mfg. knives. One Colt Tactical knife as well.

The COLT knife is $35.00
 $27.00 each shipped Purchase 2 and save on shipping. Give one as a gift!
 
File Knife $40.00 SHIPPED




COLT $35.00 Shipped



RoundBall For Sale: Many Sizes .350/.433/.440/.445/.490/.495/.530/.535/.590 Buchshot Too!

Lust ask I may have a single box of a particular size that is not listed  here. I can order all kinds of round ball and most Minnie style bullets.

BPB can also cast T/C style minnie's in 45/50/54 cals.

Here are pictures of what is offered.

Prices vary from $7.00 per box to $18.00
I.E. The Remington 45cal are $7.00 per box , 3 boxes can ship in a USPS SFRB for a total of $27.00.

Thanks for looking! BlackPowderBill

 454 $15.00 per box
 .480 RB $18.00
 Buckshot is $36.00 per box shipped

 LEE RB & REAL bullets RB is 440 dia REAL is .445-6 200 gr +- Bag of 50 ea $25.00


 54 cal .535 $16.00
 Great Plains 50 & 54 $13.00 box 2 boxes can fit in a SFRB Shipped for $33.00
 44 cal RB $14.00 per box
 440 RB $12.00 per box old and new stock




For Sale: Round Ball Bullet Moulds .433/.440/.451/.490

I have 3 moulds price is $57.00 shipped.
Also an additional Single cavity used .451 with handles, $57.00 shipped.
 LEE like new [does not appear to have been used].433 DC $25.00 shipped. LEE .433 not pictured.

PayPal OK with fee.








Sunday, September 11, 2016

Spark Testing Different Types of Steel

Spark Testing Different Types of Steel

Wiki information. Having worked with different materials over the years. This is good info to know for those of you who may run across a piece of steel and want to know if it is good for strikers.
OR you're attempting to figure out what you may have.

Regards, BPBReloading

Spark testing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For spark testing explosives, see Safety testing of explosives.
Spark testing is a method of determining the general classification of ferrous materials. It normally entails taking a piece of metal, usually scrap, and applying it to a grinding wheel in order to observe the sparks emitted.[1] These sparks can be compared to a chart or to sparks from a known test sample to determine the classification. Spark testing also can be used to sort ferrous materials, establishing the difference from one another by noting whether the spark is the same or different.
Spark testing is used because it is quick, easy, and inexpensive. Moreover, test samples do not have to be prepared in any way, so, often, a piece of scrap is used. The main disadvantage to spark testing is its inability to identify a material positively; if positive identification is required, chemical analysis must be used.[2] The spark comparison method also damages the material being tested, at least slightly.
Spark testing most often is used in tool rooms, machine shops, heat treating shops, and foundries.[3]


Process[edit]

A bench grinder is usually used to create the sparks, but sometimes this is not convenient, so a portable grinder is used. In either case, the grinding wheel must have adequate surface velocity, at least 23 m/s (4500 surface feet per minute (sfpm)), but should be between 38 and 58 m/s (7500–11,500 sfpm). The wheel should be coarse and hard, therefore aluminium oxide or carborundum often are employed. The test area should be in an area where there is no bright light shining directly into the observer's eyes. Moreover, the grinding wheel and surrounding area should be dark so that the sparks can be observed clearly. The test sample is then touched lightly to the grinding wheel to produce the sparks.[1][2]
The important spark characteristics are color, volume, nature of the spark, and length. Note that the length is dependent on the amount of pressure applied to the grinding wheel, so this can be a poor comparison tool if the pressure is not exactly the same for the samples. Also, the grinding wheel must be dressed frequently to remove metallic build-up.[1][2]

Compressed air method[edit]

Another less common method for creating sparks is heating up the sample to red heat and then applying compressed air to the sample. The compressed air supplies enough oxygen to ignite the sample and give off sparks. This method is more accurate than using a grinder because it will always give off sparks of the same length for the same sample. The compressed air applies in essence the same "pressure" each time. This makes observations of the spark length a much more reliable characteristic for comparison.[4]

Automated spark testing[edit]

Automated spark testing has been developed to remove the reliance upon operator skill and experience, thereby increasing reliability. The system relies upon spectroscopy, spectrometry, and other methods to "observe" the spark pattern. It has been found that this system can determine the difference between two materials that give off sparks that are indistinguishable to the human eye.[2]

Spark characteristics[edit]

(A) High-carbon steel
(B) Manganese steel
(C) Tungsten steel
(D) Molybdenum steel
(A) Wrought iron
(B) Mild steel
(C) Steel with 0.5 to 0.85% carbon
(D) High-carbon tool steel
(E) High-speed steel
(F) Manganese steel
(G) Mushet steel
(H) Special magnet steel
Wrought iron
Wrought iron sparks flow out in straight lines. The tails of the sparks widen out near the end, similar to a leaf.[1][5]
Mild steel
Mild steel sparks are similar to wrought iron's, except they will have tiny forks and their lengths will vary more. The sparks will be white in color.[1][5]
Medium-carbon steel
This steel has more forking than mild steel and a wide variety of spark lengths, with more near the grinding wheel.[5]
High-carbon steel
High-carbon steel has a bushy spark pattern (lots of forking) that starts at the grinding wheel. The sparks are not as bright as the medium-carbon steel ones.[5]
Manganese steel
Manganese steel has medium length sparks that fork twice before ending.[5]
High-speed steel
High-speed steel has a faint red spark that sparks at the tip.[5]
300-series stainless steel
These sparks are not so dense as the carbon steel sparks, do not fork, and are orange to straw in color.[2]
310-series stainless steel
These sparks are much shorter and thinner than the 300-series sparks. They are red to orange in color and do not fork.[2]
400-series stainless steel
400-series sparks are similar to 300-series sparks, but are slightly longer and have forks at the ends of the sparks.[2]
Cast iron
Cast iron has very short sparks that begin at the grinding wheel.[1]
Nickel and cobalt high-temperature alloys
These sparks are thin and very short, they are dark-red in color, and do not fork.[2]
Cemented carbide
Cemented carbide has sparks under 3 inches, which are dark-red in color and do not fork.[6]
Titanium
Although titanium is a non-ferrous metal, it gives off a great deal of sparks. These sparks are easily distinguishable from ferrous metals, as they are a very brilliant, blinding, white color.[7]

History[edit]

In 1909,[8] Max Bermann, an engineer in Budapest, was the first to discover that spark testing can be used reliably to classify ferrous material. He originally claimed to be able to distinguish different types of ferrous materials based on percent carbon and principal alloying elements. Moreover, he claimed to achieve an accuracy of 0.01% carbon content.[3][9]
Tschorn [10] produced an exhaustive treatment of spark testing. His book, Spark Atlas of Steels, along with Spark Testing by Gladwin represent the two most comprehensive texts on the subject [11]
As of the late 1980s, the industrial use of spark testing is not as common as it used to be.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Geary 1999, p. 63.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Davis & ASM International 1994, pp. 126–127.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b The Engineering Magazine 1910, pp. 262–265.
  4. Jump up ^ Saunders 1908, pp. 4808–4810.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Lee 1996, p. 22.
  6. Jump up ^ Woodson, C. W. (September 1959), "Spark Streams Identify Metals", Popular Mechanics, 112 (3): 192–193, ISSN 0032-4558. 
  7. Jump up ^ "Titanium, or Plain Ol Steel?". Retrieved 2011-02-21. 
  8. Jump up ^ Max Bermann first reported the spark testing method at the 5th International Association for Testing Materials conference, which was held in Copenhagen, as reported by The Engineering Magazine. Based on knowing the conference was held in Copenhagen, the year can be found from:
  9. Jump up ^ Oberg & Jones 1918, pp. 88–92.
  10. Jump up ^ Tschorn 1963.
  11. Jump up ^ Dulski 1996, p. 57.
  12. Jump up ^ Drozda et al. Bakerjian, p. 7‐18.

Bibliography[edit]

External links[edit]