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My 7.5x33R handload and modified factory 7.62mm Nagant cartridge by John

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Right: My 7.5x33R handload utilizing a waxed .314" 110 grain lead round nose flat point bullet with gas check over 3.5 grains of IMR Trail Boss. The brass is full length 32-20 Starline brand resized in a 30 Carbine die. The bullet was cast by a local gun nut ("jethunter"), and is pure perfection!

Left: A modified factory Prvi Partisan 7.62mm Nagant cartridge. I carefully resized the factory cartridge in a 30 Carbine die, set the factory .308" 98 grain FMJ further down into the case, and shortened the case to 33mm in length.

The factory specs on the 7.62mm Nagant cartridge are pretty anemic with a muzzle velocity of only 738 fps, and therefore perfectly safe for use in any Swiss 1882 revolver. For comparison sake, my max IMR Trail Boss handloads are pushing 1000 fps with absolutely no ill effects on my revolver.

My 7.5x33R handload and modified factory 7.62mm Nagant cartridge by John

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Left: My 7.5x33R handload utilizing a waxed .314" 110 grain lead round nose flat point bullet with gas check over 3.5 grains of IMR Trail Boss. The brass is full length 32-20 Starline brand resized in a 30 Carbine die. The bullet was cast by a local gun nut ("jethunter"), and is pure perfection!

Right: A modified factory Prvi Partisan 7.62mm Nagant cartridge. I carefully resized the factory cartridge in a 30 Carbine die, set the factory .308" 98 grain FMJ further down into the case, and shortened the case to 33mm in length.

The factory specs on the 7.62mm Nagant cartridge are pretty anemic with a muzzle velocity of only 738 fps, and therefore perfectly safe for use in any Swiss 1882 revolver. For comparison sake, my max IMR Trail Boss handloads are pushing 1000 fps with absolutely no ill effects on my revolver.

Cast Your Own Bullets? Try Some Of This Hardball lead alloy It's Great! by Harry Polny

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YA GOTTA TRY THIS HARDBALL BULLET ALLOY!

After trying unsuccesfully to cast bullets using junk lead and old wheel weights I finally bit the bullet (no pun intended), and bought 45 pounds of hardball bullet alloy.

I found a company in San Leandro, California called ROTOMETALS.COM that makes the alloy using only virgin metals. If you cast your own bullets try this company, it cost me $2.39 a lb for 45 pounds of alloy plus they have free shipping. THEY SHIP FAST, i GOT IT IN THREE DAYS

Just to give you a heads up: lead is getting harder to find. Junk yards and salvage yards have it but can't sell it due to EPA regs. Nowadays wheel weights contain zink that renders any lead alloy useless for casting bullets. I don't know whats going on but i'm buying as much as I can from Rotometals before it drys up.

UPDATE: I've been casting bullets for the last two days and this alloy cast like a dream, as soon as your mold is hot enough it starts throwing nice, sharp bullets. This alloy cast so good that I ran out and have ordered 50 more pounds.

UPDATE Sept.15: Since I posted this several months ago I have used over a hundred pounds of the hardball alloy to cast 9mm and 38/357 bullets. I now have over 3000 cast bullets and a hundred pounds of Rotometal's hardball alloy in reserve so I should be set for quite awhile.

Since firing over 500 rounds in both my .357 and Beretta 9mm I have not had any leading problems whatsoever. I have not tried it in any rifle as yet but so long as it is kept under 2200 FPS and a gascheck used I shouldn't have to worry about leading.

Cast Your Own Bullets? Buy Some Of This It's Great! by Harry Polny

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YA GOTTA TRY THIS HARDBALL BULLET ALLOY!

After trying unsuccesfully to cast bullets using junk lead and old wheel weights I finally bit the bullet (no pun intended), and bought 45 pounds of # 2 bullet alloy.

I found a company in San Leandro, California called ROTOMETALS.COM that makes the alloy using only virgin metals. If you cast your own bullets try this company, it cost me $2.39 a lb for 45 pounds of alloy plus they have free shipping. THEY SHIP FAST, i GOT IT IN THREE DAYS

Just to give you a heads up: lead is getting harder to find. Junk yards and salvage yards have it but can't sell it due to EPA regs. Nowadays wheel weights contain zink that renders any lead alloy useless for casting bullets. I don't know whats going on but i'm buying as much as I can from Rotometals before it drys up.

UPDATE: I've been casting bullets for the last two days and this alloy cast like a dream, as soon as your mold is hot enough it starts throwing nice, sharp bullets. This alloy cast so good that I ran out and have ordered 50 more pounds.

UPDATE Sept.15: Since I posted this several months ago I have used over a hundred pounds of the hardball alloy to cast 9mm and 38/357 bullets. I now have over 3000 cast bullets and a hundred pounds of Rotometal's hardball alloy in reserve so I should be set for quite awhile.

Since firing over 500 rounds in both my .357 and Beretta 9mm I have not had any leading problems whatsoever. I have not tried it in any rifle as yet but so long as it is kept under 2200 FPS and a gascheck ued I shouldn't have to worry about leading.

Plumbers items by Carol Bassi (Nee McLaughlin)

to service my boiler

Gas Checks & Bullets - I by Edmund (Ed, Eddie...) Conen

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Gas checks and (parts of) bullets after hitting a steel target.

On-camera flash.

Boiler Installation: Gasworks London - Free Gas Appliance Check by Nigel Squires

Boiler Installation: Gasworks London - Free Gas Appliance Check - While the BBC is planning to charge over 75s for their TV licence, Gasworks London is offering them a complimentary gas appliance inspection - Much to his surprise, this summer #DaveHalpin of #GasworksLondon found himself trending on #Twitter

'I want to give a shout out to @gasworkslondon1 for truly caring about its customers. Lovely to read about something so positive and kind. They are darned brilliant at the job too!' - @EmiliaFox #EmiliaFox

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