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I spent the first half of the afternoon (no guesses where the morning of 1st January went!) wandering around London Docklands with the girlfriend while looking for a cafe. Good fun, especially reading the plaques in the supposed touristy areas: "A really successful company used to be based here, they went bust in the Great Depression ... Here was a pretty bridge built in 1857, it was demolished in 1890 after someone drove a ship into it ... etc etc)

Following that we went shopping in Canary Wharf. I am now richer by two good books, and she by two boxes of makeup.

Back to the Question. Today I have mostly been ...Hungover post party2 & Fireworks.

So slept in ...a bit, not enough, but sufficient to walk up Authurs Seat with the kids then have Lentil & Cumin soup tesnews with home made bread, a good snooze, plenty of water & over 16 hrs after I finished drinking drove back to pops's place behind a darned horse box on the A702 for nearly 45 miles :cool2: & then past a darned speed trap on the A75 Darned fuz lasering everything that moves on an empty road - think I was doing 65 so not sure if a 'TAX Demand' will pop thru the door in 14 days Happy New Year traffic cops :55: ........ Not.

Today I was at Mount Lemon in sunny Arizona..and it was FREEZING at around 32F!! Snow on the ground and brilliant sunshine all very picturesque...Had chicken wings to die for followed by hot apple pie, ice cream and coffee.....

Well seeing this is a HOT state...some drivers should have stayed at home juding by the 10mph speed and constant braking - in a 4x4!!!

Today I've been back at work , yesterday I did a bit more milling and turning on the gunstock I'm building party2 then spent an hour grinding new and sharpening old lathe tools, and to finish the afternoon off I fired the Harley up for the first time in over a month

Essexboy

Doing hardly anything, the same as I've been doing since the Friday before Christmas. All stops tomorrow night though

Gaz wrote:.....Good fun, especially reading the plaques in the supposed touristy areas: "A really successful company used to be based here, they went bust....

There are a couple of those in Canary Wharf too.

First attempt at casting for my new Martini Henry Mk IV.

Nice looking boolits, why have you gone for an HB?

What mould, weight and diameter?

dromia wrote:Nice looking boolits, why have you gone for an HB?

What mould, weight and diameter?

Hello Adam,
I was offered it by a friend who has moved on to a custom made mould but it was only £20 with the handles so I thought I would give it a try and see how I got on with it.
It is a Lee single cavity and is stamped "470 MH IV" that my mate brought in the States about 10 years ago. I just weighed a batch and they are 490 grain +/-6 grains.
I dont have much experience of casting boolits yet and was quite chuffed with the way these turned out - I think I might have a go at some .451's for my Enfield Volunteer tomorrow.