For Christmas, she bought me the Lee 6000 because she saw it was on sale...
I've got it setup with all the do-dads on my riser and still need to set each die.
Recently, I made a really nice...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
For Christmas, she bought me the Lee 6000 because she saw it was on sale...
I've got it setup with all the do-dads on my riser and still need to set each die.
Recently, I made a really nice...
Forum: Cast Boolits
So, easiest way I found to slug pistol barrels is to take a fired case and fill it with lead. Pull that from the case with a bullet puller. Then start that down your barrel and I think I used a brass...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Looks a little funky but your firing pin hole may be enlarged - does factory ammo do this?
With BlueDot, your generally gonna have lower pressures in a 9mm because it is a slower burning powder...
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This is why you need the NOE pass through expander - it expands the inside of the case by a few thousandths and bells the neck.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I ended up getting the MP mold:
356/359-125 Flat Round Nose, Flat Base, 8 Cavity AL No Lube Groove Mold - .358
Caliber (As cast):.358
I have cast about 800 of them, PC'd and BLL'd. Need to...
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The pandemic getting people to buy guns was really bad for this...
I remember a small lady going to learn how to shoot her gun and she got the 10mm because it was only 1mm bigger than a 9mm. She...
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I cast about 15lb of the MP 358-125 FBs. It is an 8 cavity mold and took a little getting used to until it started raining boolits....
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So - not a 38 special load, but I have some HP GC boolits that are in the 158 grain range that I think I'm gonna try out in the 350 legend... I do load these in 38 special and they are going a...
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Loaded up a bunch of 40 S&W for a class this weekend.
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A friend of mine offered: "Would you like to shoot the 338 la...." and before he could say more, I injected "YEAH!!!"
Then he said "$5 / round"
And I said "mmmm noooo".
I don't remember his...
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The other thing I've seen take off any coating to a boolit is tumbling them in steel pins. It'll even take off PC.
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I have several NOE and MP molds that do HP boolits. They generally work great. My most recent one is a 45 cal mold and it makes GREAT boolits!
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With 40 S&W, I've had great success with the NOE HTC-402-188-WFN and AA #7 powder. The HP and CUP points tend to chamber a bit easier than the flat points...
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Yessir - and I need to cast a bunch of boolits.
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So - I have a Shadow 2 and have not yet tried cast through it. One reason is I did slug the barrel and it was between .356 and .3565. Not quite to .357 but enough that I know it is gonna be...
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I did some testing a while back and I got good #s until I didn't... And then I scraped lead from the barrel for a couple days...
45-70 WLR Primer NOE 460-396RF GC + PC
H335 powder ...
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I have a couple of those mixed in with mine! I do end up seeing them generally when I deprime/resize/trim because I reload 45/70 on a single stage but I hate those.
Also starline at powder valley...
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I have leaded a lot of guns! It just means you are doing something wrong.
Some common things that will lead your gun:
1) Exceed the RPM of a boolit and thus basically strip the boolit in the...
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A couple times a year I spend a couple hours and pick up after the USPSA match. I end up getting as much brass as I left or more.
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I did some work on my Glock 35 and cast and I really didn't have great success. I had some minor leading that gave me poor accuracy. I did end up buying 2 KKM barrels (40 S&W and 357 Sig) and they...
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Blue Dot is a good choice. I also like AA#9. I can get about 1350 with a 180 grain cast (GC) boolit in a 4" GP100 and a little north of 1400 fps in my 5" 1911.
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I generally cast with a bottom pour so I cast the far one first and then move in. I do this because I put a guide for my mold and it is easier to push the mold under the hole...
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My reloading bench is full of a disassembled 1911 that is 99.9% complete... But today I moved everything a bit and put together 100 45 ACP with the MP 452-200 mold with the penta-point cast in very...
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First time I got a blob of molten lead on me, my reaction was to 'wipe it off' err SMEAR it... I've got a good scar... This is an excellent idea and just remember to stay calm and use that water.
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This is referred to as 'acute lead poisoning'.
I'll post it soon but I am making an oven for paint curing (cerakote, etc) that I will also use for PC or anything that the wife would object to in...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |