1860 Army HB Conicals

[hansumtoad]

Going to whip up a batch of conical bullets for the BP Army.

What are your thoughts on which alloy (BHN) to go with? Interested to hear what the hoi polloi have to say....

[thx997303]

Soft.

You don't want to put too much stress on the loading lever.

[buck1]

Too hard of a alloy will lead like crazy.

[mooman76]

You are also using a HB bullet which needs soft to work well.

[hansumtoad]

Ended up putting together some 40:1 alloy which ended up at 6 BHN. Boolits look like they are dchromed at .4535.

Now for a little SPG at .452 and we are off to the races.

Thanks, gents.

[qajaq59]

I use pure lead for my conicals.

( I suppose I should say soft lead, because it came from the scrap yard, and what the purity really is I have no clue.)