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For the last few days, when I try to access CBA Forum, I've been getting a dire warning about an insecure connection. I can view it on my tablet, but the anti-virus in my computer throws a fit when...

As a novice at this, I too appreciate the politeness of this forum.

I like 4.6 - 4.7 gr Titegroup for punching paper, cans, clay birds on the berm etc.

I've had good luck with 200gr LSWC and Titegroup.

Thanks for posting this information. Great reference.

For a commercially cast bullet, try Dardas. dardascastbullets.com.

He produces a 126gr lead semi wadcutter and you choose the size you want, 0.356, 0.357, or 0.358. I ordered some in 0.357, and...

I'm a novice at casting, but I've been loading commercial cast bullets for 45 ACP for for years.

A 200gr LSWC with a thumbnail thickness of shoulder showing above the case mouth works well for me....

Very nice!

For purposes of hunting, I would go with a Ruger Redhawk or Super Redhawk. The cylinders on these are a touch longer than those on the Smith M-29, and I believe they are a touch longer than those on...

At the outdoor range where I shoot, the manager said I could pick up bullets by hand, but I could not dig or scrape with tools. On days that the range is closed, I'll go out and get around 40 to 60...

Good read. Thanks for posting.

I've used Choreboy wrapped around a worn bore brush to remove lead. Works well.

I bought a used Model 14-3, 6" bbl, a few months ago. I've been using some commercial 148gr double end wadcutters that I bought years ago.

I measured 10 of the 148gr DEWCs with my micrometer. ...

They work in my Taurus PT99AF. Seated so that crimping groove is not visible.

Decapped a bunch of 5.56mm LC brass, then swaged primer pockets.

Thanks for posting results. Interesting experiment.

Over the past couple of days: Smelted wheel weights for the first time ever. Cast a few 148gr wadcutters from the wheelweight to use to test hardness in 7 days. Two air-cooled, two water-dropped. ...

My 9mm pistols all appear to perform the best with 124gr ammunition, cast, plated, or jacketed. My preference for a defensive round is the Federal 124gr Hydrashok.

I found an MC weight in my stash of "side-cutter-approved" wheel weights and measured the hardness. I got a BHN 16.6 on two readings. It is marked 2.25 MC 64 in raised letters.

215 rounds of 124gr 9mm. Sorted some brass. Polished some brass in corn cob.

On another thread, there is a discussion of BHN of COWW alloy. This thread raised my curiosity about the hardness of an unmelted, as-is wheel weight. In order not to hijack that thread, I'll list...

Loaded 200 rounds of 9mm, 115gr practice rounds for my daughter.

Polished another couple of hundred 9mm cases.

Primed another 100 cases.

Well done, pop!

Earlier this year, I weighed thirty 9mm 125gr LSWC from Missouri Bullet.

High = 129.5
Low = 127.8
Average = 128.6
Standard Deviation = 0.53
Coefficient of Variation = 0.41%

I'm very new as well, but my understanding is that pewter is a good source of tin, a little of which helps alloy to fill out molds nicely. I'm sure that the most experienced hands will comment...