Heaviest and Lightest

[mpkunz]

Item of curiosity, what are the heaviest and lightest boolits all y'all cast regularly ? I have a mould for my cannon balls that throws and 8,000 grain round ball, but at well over a pound of lead, I cast very few. My heaviest that I cast in any real quantity are 460 grain 44 calibers, and my lightest are 92 grain 30 cal plinkers.

Mike

[Chihuahua Floyd]

Heavist would be 200g 44s and 45s, lightest is the 105g 38 SWC.
Currently casting 170g 30 cal for 06.
CF

[BruceB]

Well....nothing like a contrast, I suppose. My Hoch .50BMG mould casts at 888 grains in wheelweights, and my new RCBS .22 mould runs bullets at 54 grains in the same alloy.

I think it's safe to say that these will be my extremes for the foreseeable future...

[W.R.Buchanan]

Mine are 175gr for .30 cal and currently 300gr for .45-70 and those are going to be upped to full ouncers for it as soon as I spring for a mould. Still looking but Accurate moulds look pretty nice and he is very flexible on design.

Randy

[Calamity Jake]

55gr 22 to 260gr 45

[RobS]

230 grain 45 cal and also for the 45 cal class a 340 grainer for my revolvers.

[WyomingWhitetail]

well im just getting started in casting but i have a lyman 44 grian roundnose 22 cal mould. only cast a few with it so far till i find out how they shoot in my 219 zipper. My only other mould is a lyman 55 grain tho so not much contrast.

[alamogunr]

Heaviest is 420 gr. for the .475 L. and lightest is 105 gr for .38/9mm. Haven't really gotten into extremes for rifles yet.

[koehlerrk]

22 cal Bator for my Hornet - 55 grains
1oz slug for my shotgun - 437.5 grains

[DragoonDrake]

BRP 225 22 cal IIRC 47gr bullet out of hardball for my hornet
Lee 459-500-3R for my Sharps

[cbrick]

Interesting, never thought of difference in weights like this.

44 Gr. in 22.
525 Gr. for 12 gauge slug.

Might also be interesting to start a new thread (so as to not hijack this one) of lightest to heaviest by caliber. As an example, I have 200 gr molds for 44 up to 320 gr. With members here casting just about every known caliber the extremes by caliber could be interesting.

Rick

[fredj338]

340gr for my 45-70, but used to cast 525gr for my 45-120. The 115gr 9mm is currently the smallest but used to do 90gr 380.

[white eagle]

my heaviest is a 12 ga slug at .745 gr
and the lightest is a 200 gr 38 cal

[mpkunz]

Interesting, never thought of difference in weights like this.

44 Gr. in 22.
525 Gr. for 12 gauge slug.

Might also be interesting to start a new thread (so as to not hijack this one) of lightest to heaviest by caliber. As an example, I have 200 gr molds for 44 up to 320 gr. With members here casting just about every known caliber the extremes by caliber could be interesting.

Rick

Cool idea, Rick. Go for it. I'll add once you have it up.

[tonyjones]

34 grain in .22
400 grain in .416

Tony

[NoZombies]

Smallest, and lightest I currently cast is a 9 grain .185 RB followed by a 15 grain HB .20 pellet and a 25 grain .22 bullet.

Heaviest I cast right now is a 550 grain .50 bullet

[mpkunz]

Smallest, and lightest I currently cast is a 9 grain .185 RB followed by a 15 grain HB .20 pellet and a 25 grain .22 bullet.

Heaviest I cast right now is a 550 grain .50 bullet

Where ever did you get a mould for a .20 cal pellet ? I want one. Its getting near impossible to find pellets for my Beeman .20 cal pellet rifle.

[Crawdaddy]

Heaviest 463 grain .458 (450 marlin, 50 cal ML sabot, 458 win mag)
Lightest 115 gr 9mm

[jmsj]

Lightest-105 grain .357 SWC
Heaviest- 525 Lyman 12 gauge wad/slug

[Maven]

Lightest is an 87gr. Loverin (Ly. 245496) for my .243Win.
Heaviest is a 463gr. LBT bullet for my .45-70.

[DLCTEX]

500 gr. 45 cal. and 46 gr. 22 cal.

[Jim]

I really have nothing of interest to add, but I'll put in my extremes.

Lightest is a 52 grain .330 RB for my .30 caliber rifles and the heaviest is a 500 grain round nose Rapine design for my bolt action .45-70.

[midnight]

My lightest is a 60gr 25-20 and the heavyest is 965gr 50BMG

Bob

[badbob454]

36 gr hornet boolit for my .223 to the 45/70 ,500 gr boolit with lots in between

[lbaize3]

Lightest: 113 grain 32 caliber boolit

Heaviest: 500 grain 45 caliber boolit.

[casterofboolits]

125 grain 9mm

250 grain 45 Colt

pitiful, eh!

[MikeS]

My lightest to date is a 130gr 38cal. boolit and the heaviest is a 255gr 45LC boolit. But both of those numbers are going to change, as I'm in a group buy for a 115gr 30cal. boolit, and I just bought a used Mihec 45-503 mould that casts a 290gr boolit!