Got super bored this evening and just got back from casting 50 or so Lee 160 grain for my 30/30 A.I.
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Got super bored this evening and just got back from casting 50 or so Lee 160 grain for my 30/30 A.I.
I did a melt of about 95 lbs, alloyed pure lead and tin+antimony. First time in 5 months it's been warm enough! Next week it is time to start casting!!
I cast 400 Lee 358-158 rf for my oldest son. When they cooled I lubed and sized them.
I made 22's for the first time in 30'ish years of casting... boy they are tiny! Also made some 41's.
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Made 40# of ingot out of some plain lead scrap to turn a bucket into a small stack on a shelf.
Finished casting and tumbling some buckshot in graphite. Soon will be time to pattern some shot.
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Did a little smelting, I tested and marked the lead sorting it by comparable BHN before starting
16 BHN
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4 BHN
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Miscellaneous
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12-13 BHN
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8-10 BHN
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pewter, I smelted this then cast it into 1/2 oz boolits
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VERY NICE!!!
Esp like the pewter pills for mending a pot!!
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CW
Variety is the spice of life.
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Some more 174g 310’s!
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Then some 45/70 fodder.
They check in at 425 with a nice wide meplat.
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Cast almost 250 Lyman 35887 from range lead plus 2% pewter.
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Banged out 225 50 cal maxi balls for muzzleloader. That single cavity mold takes a while to pile them up. Also did twice that many round balls. That should keep my buddy and I supplied for quite a while.
I cast approximately 1300 boolits; 700 9mm, 300 .40, and 300 .45. next day off I size and lube!
357 mag Lee 358-158-SWC-GC today. 38 Special, NOE 360-155-WC yesterday, 40S&W NOE 402-170-TC a couple days before that.
Cast 100x160ggc 308 rn Lee boolits and 100x180ggc 357mag rcbs boolits .tumble lubed ,gas check and size tomorrow when dry .
I have the word out to alot of friends that I am looking for lead. I received a call from a contractor I sometimes work with. He was remodeling a doctors office and tore out some lead lined drywall and asked if I want it. Next morning at 5 am he shows up with 250 lbs of lead ! I have just started casting this year and this has been my largest free find to date.
Most of it still had paper on it so I figured it would generate alot of smoke so I fired up the pot around 4:30 this morning so I wouldn't smoke out the neighborhood like I did the first time I melted wheel weights :) The smoke wasn't very bad and most of it burned off rather quickly. The lead was very clean with very little dross. It's nice to see my stockpile starting to grow.
I cast up about 1000 pcs of both 130&147g Lyman 9mm boolits!
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bout 8 #'s of 147 grain 9 mm boolits. Looking for my 312-440 NOE to get some of those ready
From my brand new Lee 358- 125 RF, the first time it was out of the box, I cast , sized and lubed maybe 100 or so. My son bought it for me in exchange for about 400 Lee 358-158 RF that I cast, sized and lubed for him. Sounds like a good trade to me!
Cast a few hundred .44 SWC bullets from my Lyman 429421 mold last night.
Getting a little low. I keep a tub of bullets ready and lube, size and load as needed.
I load quite a few of those for my wife's Taurus 82 in .38 Spcl.Quote:
From my brand new Lee 358- 125 RF, the first time it was out of the box, I cast , sized and lubed maybe 100 or so.
Nice and soft shooting for her. Pretty accurate. Since we just shoot them at .30 Spcl velocities, I just tumble lube them.