Boolit Weight

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Okay Fellas, Got some questions for you. I and my Son casted up some 45 acp boolits using MP molds. They work great! Our first boolit was a 200 grain rfn that came out weighing an average of 213 grains. Our next batch was a 200 grain round and penta hollowpoints. They weighed in around 205 grains. What can we do to adjust our alloy to where the bollits will fall closer to weight ? Okay, going by the 4th. edition of the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook there are loads for a Lyman#452460 200 grain, a Lyman #452630 200 grain. There is also a load chart for a Saeco (Redding) #058 215 grain boolit. Now remember our 200 grain rfn weighs very close to 215 grains . Should we use the 215 grain chart or the 200 grain chart? Or maybe both? Can we use the soild bullet charts for the hollowpoints? Boolits have been lubed with 45-45-10 and ran through a Lee .452 sizer although I don't think they really needed to. Met very little if any resistance. What do you think?

[Shiloh]

What alloy are you using??

Most of my boolits drop heavy as they are 50/50 WW/Range lead.

Lyman weights are calculated using a Lyman #2 alloy. More antimony means a harder but slightly lighter boolit.

Shiloh

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We used range lead , it was given to us by an old timer that had saved it. 99% 38 wadcutters,no 22,or jacketed. It was used by a local police dept. I don't know what the exact mix it is.

[Shiloh]

Range lead can be be anything. The .22 lead and lead from jacketed bullets are higher purity lead.
Hence a heavier boolit. I am using more range lead as sources of wheel weights are becoming scarce.
Two sources will no longer give it, or even sell it to me.

If I need a harder boolit, I have some linotype here for alloying. that gives a harder and slightly larger diameter boolit.

Nice avatar by the way.

SHiloh

[williamwaco]

The answer to your question is use the starting data for the heavier bullet as your starting point.

You can always work up but you do not want to be too high the first time.
Handguns are expensive.
Hands are even more so.



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