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Martin swapped brass for lead. Here is the plastic can weighted. 150 grams.
Here is 3 full cans weighted. 21.9 kgs in total. |
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Martin try to explain what a battery eliminator is to Phuong.
Power supply has to cables. One that GETS power from the wall sockets and
one that GIVES power to the PC. |
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Martin is melting down the lead he
swapped. 320 kgs in total. The first day's
catch. Total of 58*2.1 kgs = 121 kgs. |
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Martin on the scrap
yard picking up his 320 kgs of lead to be used for bullets head in the
future. 320 kgs gives 4.1 million grains. There is 150 grains on average in
a bullet head giving some 27 000 heads. That should keep Martin
shooting for the rest of his life. |
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Martin in his Irish shirt.
Martin's setup with cooking lead. A fan is needed. |
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Details of the fan operations.
The second day's catch. 36 ingot à 2.1 kgs or a total of 75 kgs. |
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Fan is going full blast.
Martin is proud of his ingots, but they bit him. Still very hot after 5
minutes. |
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A massive lead bar Martin needs
help with to meld down. The various parts of the
power supply. |
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Martin scratched JAP car and paid
for it, but it was not fixed. The autumn
evening. Misty, dark and miserable.
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The lead pot fell down into the
fire.
And spille a lot of lead on the ground.
Martin's setup in October. |
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The lead pot.
The catch of the third day of casting. Total weights is 61 kgs. |
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The result of the first
2 days a total 36+58 ingot à 2.1 kg = 197 kgs.
The third day's catch. 61 kgs. |
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Martin had a 40 kgs lump of lead. MartinK helped making this contraption to
melt it down. Fire going full blast with the
lead being fluxed. Candles are used for this process and it is the candle
wax that is burning n the pot. |
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Martin K and his son
Karel martin in Martin garden. Martin's catch
from the pervious day. 10 ingots at 4 kgs each and 10 of 2,1 kgs each. Total
of 61 kgs. |
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Today's catch. 7,5
ingots of 4 kgs each and 9 of 2,1 kg. Days total 48,9 kgs. |
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October 30th, Sandefjord:
At Zorba in Sandefjord, Jorunn, Tore and Ellen.
Jorunn and Ellen.
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The bus station at
Sandefjord with the church in the background. |
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Martin's reloading
table in the living room. He just finished reloading some 400 .40S&W rounds.
Martin's living room. It looks like snow, but is not.
Watch a
video of the reloading table. |
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Martin casting 9mm
bullet heads late in the afternoon. Cold business.
Watch a
video of the
casting
and a
casting dress. Nov 4th, the
first snow has arrived. |
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Martin's living room.
The table is covered by stuff ready to go to Vietnam.
Martin did some
reclaiming faulty ammo that
failed quality control. |
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Nov 8th, Martin's last
day in Norway, it started snowing. Time to
leave. The snowy street.
A snowy video.
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