Let's see your frugal DIY mods!

Mmmmm smelted weights.

 

That there's a genuine lead based wheel weight. I melt them down and pour the liquid into a mold - voila! - a bullet is cast!!! Reloading is fun, but I like to cast my own bullets too. Killing game with a bullet you made is like catching trout on a fly you tied. The difference is a trout makes a meal (if you keep it - catch and release), whereas an elk or deer will provide many meals.

He mentioned his brass tumbler, so I know he's a reloader.

 

Most cast lead bullets are used for either handgun target shooting or miniballs for muzzle loading rifles.

 

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Yes, sir. With the price of ammo these days, it's crazy not to reload. I usually order a bunch of weights off eBay and smelter then in a cast iron pot. Make good was cutters. I'm not at the point of making my own hunting rounds yet. Thank God for XTPs!

 

I only cast handgun caliber bullets. I do have a 454 lever action, though...knocks deer down right there. I run jacketed in the 300WSM for real work. I reload for everything though.

 

A good lead alloy, on the other hand is hard and malleable enough for good hunting rounds - especially in handgun calibers like .44 and the big .45s

 

*Amber

 

Super cheap, frugal, DIY mod.

I have LED bedlights ran off a pin switch activated by the tailgate, but I wanted another source of lighting in the bed.

When sleeping the bed while camping, I wanted a less bright source of light that I could manually turn off/on and came up with a great solution for about 4$.

Double sided velcro, a pop rivet, and a cheapy Ebay LED push light -





Wraps around the roof bar of the Supertop

On with the bed lights -



On without the bed lights -



Just just enought light without being blinding

 

Finally got around to photographing my dash cam mount. Bent aluminum bar bolted to ImMrYo mirror relocation bracket. Factory adjustment screw to attach it to aluminum bar.

 

Installed cutoff/waste (free) vinyl soffit pieces down in the bed.

 

For rain run off?

 

No.

 

Built my own long travel lol

 

Hard cast is great for penetration (.44 and 10mm make good bear guns because of it).

 

Lol

 

Just to protect the bed. Too cheap to buy the Toyota mat. I can now throw things in the bed w/o worrying about damaging the bed.

 

I never worried about damaging the bed, I got the mat to stop things from slidding around. Also CL in town for 30 bucks. Just built a center bench seat consle today. Still have to cover it and install the vinyl on the top, but I love having the arm rest. Will post pics tomorrow, or after its all done.

 

You could have had the dealer include the bed mat as part of your 35 thousand dollar truck.
Or pony up the 100 bux retail.
The rubber mat is priceless in a pickup IMO. Keeps most things from sliding around. That vinyl soffit material would drive me nuts.

 

When you want to fly your pirate flag proud, and are tired of it blowing over, you get this.