First time casting 45acp

[Mattfarmer]

Hey, just started casting and was just wondering if these are good enough to shoot.

[psweigle]

They look fine. Measure them to make sure they are the right size. And welcome to the madness.

[Mattfarmer]

Thanks, most measure out to. 452 but some are. 451 or a hair over, would they be fine to use?

[Dale53]

Those bullets look quite good. They should work just fine in most 1911's as well as good .45 ACP revolvers.

Welcome to the club!!

Dale53

[Eddie17]

If these are from one of your first casts, they look great! What are you planing on lubing them with?

[Char-Gar]

Chut em!

[runfiverun]

I prefer mine to be 452 after sizing.

[gwpercle]

Looking good...size, lube and keep on keeping on !

Welcome to the addiction , you hooked now.
Gary
mould junkie

[Mattfarmer]

I was thinking of using lee Alox for lube and skipping resizing.

[runfiverun]

give em a try.

[seaboltm]

I was thinking of using lee Alox for lube and skipping resizing.

Should work fine. LLA works best with tumble lube mold designs but at 45 ACP velocities I bet it won't matter.

[Wayne Smith]

Make up a dummy with the largest one or two and make sure they chamber in your gun, you may or may not need to size.

[sutherpride59]

lol just don't use "power pistol" as a power for the 230tc with tumble lube. That's the first powder I tried and hello leading. I also used mine as cast but they were dropping a little undersized and they were pure WW.

[lightman]

Welcome Aboard! Your bullets look good. Very good, for a first effort! But, These Guys are like junkies! You gotta tell what alloy you used! What mold! What casting pot! Come on, now! :-)

[Victor N TN]

Just looking at a photograph, it's a bit hard to tell without weighing, measuring the OD and checking the hardness. If all of that is OK, load up a couple of dozen and see how they print on the target. Check the function first. Then check for group.

Good luck in your search.

[gray wolf]

Nice -- keep it up.

[wistlepig1]

They look good, I have shot that in all my 45's and they work well. Do, do the kerplunk test after you get some loaded to make sure they go to battery.

[Mattfarmer]

I used WW and used some lead free solder, I used the Lee 452-230TC 2 cavity mould, and
Production Pot Iv. I just air cooled them, didn't really want water near my area

[fredj338]

I'm shootin those all day everyday. I prefer sizing, just me, but one less variable when reloading, especially in mixed brass.

[gwpercle]

I used WW and used some lead free solder, I used the Lee 452-230TC 2 cavity mould, and
Production Pot Iv. I just air cooled them, didn't really want water near my area

Should be plenty hard enough. I cast with WW's until my free source retired and found mixing clip on WW's with lead 50/50 and air cooled is still hard enough. Correct boolit size is more important than hardness in a lot of cases.
I don't care for water around my bench either....and if you are going to size them , you have made the job harder to do. Plus cold working lead softens it . Heat treat them after sizing is best.
Gary

[Shiloh]

Last batch I cast up was 3 ingots of range lead to one of WW. Cast and shot just fine.

Shiloh

[dbosman]

Always try as cast, before resorting to sizing.
I'm also now recommending trying as cast and as coated before sizing.

This is coming from a guy with three lube/sizers that don't get much use. I used to believe I had to size every bullet. Once again, I was wrong. ;-)