Yes the shoulder just barely hits the rifling it sticks out about 1/16 in beyond the barrel hood. These are tl bullets as cast they run .452-.453
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yes the shoulder just barely hits the rifling it sticks out about 1/16 in beyond the barrel hood. These are tl bullets as cast they run .452-.453
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Want to load lee 230 gr truncated cone in .45 acp. Not sure what my oal should be. Lees manual says the min oal for a 230gr is 1.19 but this won't chamber in my springer. Any help would be greatly...
Just wondering if there's a way to fix this, or prevent it from happening again? This is the second time I've used this mold and the plate is very flexible. It will easily bend with a little...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Took out my lee 20lb bottom pourer today for the second time. The first time I used it everything went smoothly. I was casting into a lee 6cav 240gr swc and once it heated up it turned out some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Got some lee molds in .45. 230 and 200gr. Tumble lube. Will be shooting single stack. Got recommendations for clays but heard it smokes alot. Someone else suggested unique. Any thoughts will be...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just wondering what may be needed in addition to the 06 ffl..type, amount? Strictly talking about cast bullets not loaded ammo.
Thanks
Forum: Cast Boolits
These won't just be for my gun..,considering selling them...so what would be most common?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Not sure what to size my bullets to .429 or .430 for .44mag/spl. Please help!
Thanks
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thinking maybe a piece of flashing or aluminum foil over the top would hold the heat in better? Good idea or not?
Forum: Casting Equipment
Got the lee pro 4 20lb pot and wondering if I can plug it into a light socket outlet on my porch. Lee pot says 700w 120v and I believe that's 5.8 amps. Not 100% sure though. The light socket outlet...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just got a lyman lube sizer and a couple lee 6cav molds. Where do I get the appropriate top punches?
Forum: Gas Checks
Hi got a mold from a friend and it's a gc mold. I don't happen to have any gc's at the moment, so I was wondering it there ok to shoot without the gc?
just ordered my first molds and someone told me about some things to improve them? tried to find old threads but no luck
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 |