Article - Cast Bullets

[Omega]

Noticed a decent article in my NRA e-mailing: Back to Basics: Cast Bullets (https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/7/6/back-to-basics-cast-bullets/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=insider&utm_campaign=0717)

[Harter66]

There's that harder bullets thing again with the hold it to 1000 fps thing .....��
There are good basics in there , well worded also .

[17nut]

Wonder if the author knows that Keith used 8% tin (for his 44MAG experimenting) and thought of that alloy as hard cast?
And look where it got him (Keith) not knowing that it was way to soft!

There is a lot of carrier and little lube in his BP mix, but maybe it's just me.

In this day and age it's so easy to do a little research and dispell the myths and fallacy.

[Outpost75]

Wish the NRA would put Col. E.H. Harrison's 1950s treatises on cast bullets on the web, and a .pdf of his book Cast Bullets.

[Smoke4320]

hey if it gets them started and the newbys find us we will get them pointed in the RIGHT direction :)

[Larry Gibson]

The guys clock on cast bullets stopped 50+ years ago......article is full of myths, assumptions and is short on facts........

Larry Gibson

[popper]

What larry says.

[35remington]

Outpost, Harrison's work can be viewed on Castpics. A marvel of information and concise writing.

[pjames32]

Agree with Larry. I was disappointed. It MAY convince someone to cast, but I doubt it!

[blue32]

Lyman #2 for 44-40 bp loads? I'm throwing a flag on that one. 14% antimony for magnum revolver? He must be swimming in free alloy.

[44MAG#1]

Wonder if the author knows that Keith used 8% tin (for his 44MAG experimenting) and thought of that alloy as hard cast?
And look where it got him (Keith) not knowing that it was way to soft!

If you are talking about Keiths 1-16 alloy that means 1 pound of tin to 16 pounds of lead. That is 6.25 percent.