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I cast my 450 grain plain based 45-70's cruising at 1500+ fps as close to 12 BHN as possible.

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^^^^^^ What Dale53 said, you have to loosen the threaded support shafts slightly. I have the same mould and ran into the same problem when new about 20,000 boolits ago. After loosening the shafts ...

You're too young to retire from casting. I'm in my sixties, my back is made of rods, pins, screws and bone grafts. I have half a colon and a hernia thrown in for good measure but I'm not about to...

I carry nothing but cast loads in my 1911's and pretty much always have. I've seen these legal arguments on the forums for years and they continue to rage on and probably always will. At my age I...

No need for gas checks. I shoot nothing but plain based cast in my .45 carbine and never had an issue with them even my hot Lil' Gun loads I make up specifically for the carbine are plain based. That...

Welcome to the addiction, great start.

Balta I have the same mould and it is by far my favorite for .45acp. They have fed flawlessly in 7 different 1911's and 2 carbines I've tried them in. You chose wisely my friend.

I use 17.4 grains of Lil' Gun in my 158 grain lswc .357 lever loads but doubt if you could get nearly that charge in a .38 spl case but I've never tried it. If you're planning on using them for...

Fred the term "beagling" refers to making a mould drop a larger boolit than it was designed for. Here is the article by Beagle (hence the term beagling) himself...

Indiana deer firearms regs in a nutshell;

Muzzleloading firearms must be .44 caliber or larger, loaded with a single bullet of at least .357 caliber. Saboted bullets are allowed, provided the...

Erik at http://www.hollowpointmold.com/ should be able to fix you right up. I've had him do few for me and his workmanship is excellent not to mention the fact he's a nice guy to do business with.

I've got a Skinner "XA" on my 1895, no modifications to the front sight.

Fred here's what I came up with when I saw the new 2012 DNR deer rules including the increase in cartridge length to a maximum of 1.8 inches. I decided it was time to make up a short case load for my...

I'll give another two thumbs up to the 311041, my old Lyman has cast a multitude of these beauties two at a time for many years. There are, as stated previously,a plethora of .30 cals to choose from...

I buy the cheap rings from Lowe's and use them for fluxing for which they do an excellent job, but was never inclined to use 'em for boolit lube.

My cull rate probably runs around 5% on all but one mould that being my Lee 457-450-F it runs at least a 50% cull rate and I've tried everything to improve it. Being old and wise (?) I have finally...

I use the Lee factory crimp die for all of my cast .45's but not as it was designed to be used. I just bump the case on the very bottom of the die to crimp the the boolit. The die is almost all the...

It is looking a lot more like "Atlas Shrugged" these days isn't it?!

Bruce it was pretty much minute of 10" pie plate maybe 8" on a good day but never better than an 8" group and I think that was just plain old luck.

I concur, these run very well in all my .45's, even my 3 inch 1911 feeds this boolit without any issues.

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I liked my first mini so much I bought another one to...

I have a 4 holer (MP 452-200) and it's my go to mould for my 1911 boolits. Of all the .452 moulds I have that particular one is my all time favorite.

Welcome! They look okay to me, I'd load them up and shoot them.

You bet you can. TL is all I use on my .223, .308, 45-70, .45acp's and .357's regardless of the lube design of the boolit with no issues. The only caveat is that the boolit has to fit the bore...