Suggested reading for a newbie?

[island]

Hi all:

I'm thinking seriously of getting into casting, and I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for a newbie on beginning reading material. Books, online, either one, both.

I'm picking up bits and pieces here and there, but like reloading, it's something I want to read about carefully and do right the first time, if possible.

Any suggestions on a good starting kit of tools and moulds would be appreciated too!

[klausg]

island-
I am a relative newbie to this game, only been casting about 7 months now. I read Lyman's Cast Bullet handbook and a lot on this forum. "goatlips" has a site that has lots of nice pictures that helped me out when I was still a little leary of this new game.

http://goatlipstips.cas-town.com/casting.html

Read the Lyman, check out the site & get started, be safe. If you run into difficulties, post a thread here and you'll probably get replies before you can fire up your pot again. You could also do a search for a thread I started titled "Casting for Dummies"; I got a lot of good advice on that one.

-Klaus

[drinks]

Join the Cast Bullet Assn., they have a web site.
Get their 100pg.book and 6 a year copies of their magazine which is written by the members.
Lyman cast bullet handbook is useful, but out of date.
Lee's second edition reloading manual has good info.
Veral Smith's little book is very useful.

[wills]

You can peruse this
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/images/Bullet%20Guide.pdf

And this, which is for blackpowder, the boolit alloys may differ.
http://www.longrangebpcr.com/8Phases.htm

Also, use the search feature at the top of the page and search for "newbie".

[island]

Great starting points, thanks!

[Aldeer]

The "Art of Bullet Casting" on DVD put out by Wolfe publishing has reprints of casting articles from Handloader and Rifle magazines. Great stuff on there.

You can find it here:
http://www.riflemagazine.com/catalog/detail.cfm?ProductID=809

[Char-Gar]

Cast Bullet For Beginners & Experts by Brennan is a very good work and is available through the Cast Bullet Association. This and the Lyman Handbook are the primary works on bullet casting that I would recommend.

[steveb]

Welcome to the forum! Another link you can check out and has some very good info and good cast bullet articles is Cast bullet notes and reference.

http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletNotes.htm

Also check out the cast bullet articles by Glenn Fryxell

http://www.lasc.us/ArticlesFryxell.htm

I also second the goatlips site. Its really what made me jump on in with both feet with easy to understand picts of the process! (Thanks again Mike:drinks: )