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The mold I’m using is a BACO 530gr paper patch steel mold single cavity. The sprue plate is a little loose on this particular mold, I’ll tighten it up a bit and see if that helps. I wait till after...

Thanks for the replies gentlemen. Looking for a consensus here as to a universal procedure that may reduce these torn out bases, but maybe that doesn’t exist? I’ll say that with the particular mold...

Can someone please enlighten me on how to get the most consistent flat/clean bullet base when cutting the sprue? Is is better to cut the sprue right when the lead solidifies? Should you wait a...

I use water cooled wheel weights. This is what my gun likes. If I could get away with a softer alloy I would but unfortunately every softer alloy I’ve tried has lackluster accuracy. The hard alloy...

Pretty sure the confederacy used cottonwood to make some of their black powder. I seem to remember someone trying it and reporting that it was not as good as black willow. Black willow grows like a...

I compress my homemade caps with an appropriate sized Allen wrench then use a 10% shellac in acetone mixture to glue it in. One drop of mixture per cap then let dry. It’s still a little delicate so...

Yes I did from a nice gentleman in Texas, mods can delete please

Ok so another question: what would you guys consider the most dangerous part of the process. Ive been doing this for almost 5 years on/off as my powder needs dictated and never felt unsafe. I guess...

Not to derail anything here but to get my density up I need to let it set under pressure for a longer period of time apparently. I usually go a couple minutes and hit the jack lever every now and...

I’ve been making my own for a couple years now and I’m very pleased with the results. I’ve been away from the thread for awhile now but I see some mention of increasing the density of the powder. ...

I’m looking for a .490 round ball mold. I have a tc hawken coming and I’m in need of a mold so I can feed her some lead.

I use a 350 gr wfn cast from wheel weights and water quenched. I just can’t seem to get the accuracy I want from the softer bullets. So far I have taken 8 deer with with this bullet and half have...

Do you know the twist rate?

I live in Louisiana but hunt in Mississippi.

Cva scout v2, completely stock. I’ve loaded some 300 gr hornady jacketed bullets in 2000 fps range and it is no fun at all to shoot, even with the break.

My best guess would be in the 1200 FPS range maybe a hair faster with the 25” barrel. I don’t have a chronograph. 125 yards is the max distance I’ll take a shot with this load. The bullet is...

There is essentially no meat loss with this slow lumbering slug.

Got a buck and a doe in the past few days with a 350 gr rnfp. Accurate mold and cast from water quenched wheel weights. Both deer double lunged and each only ran about 30 yards after the shot. I...

I use it in 45-70, 12 gr and a 350 gr water quenched slug. Powerful deer medicine. Very light recoil and the most accurate load I have found that my gun likes.

I fired a few reloads through my ar15 with wolf spp with no ill effects. I think they were around 23 gr h335 and a 55 gr fmj projectile. Take that for what it’s worth.

12 gr of tightgroup behind a 350 gr hard cast slug works very well in my cva scout. Recoil is light and accuracy is very good out to 125yds. Accuracy kinda falls apart past that range. I have...

You can use regular match heads along with red phosphorus to make primer compound. Where can you get red phosphorus? Right on the match box. The igniter on side the matchbox has the red phosphorus....

Also what ratio of pure lead would be recommended for this 350 gr bullet if I duplex it?

Rifle is a cva scout v2. I did get the reloading data from the GMDR site. I had tightgroup on hand for some 9mm I reload. Powder acquisition is an issue in my area so I haven’t been able try many...

Sized to .460, I started with the lee 405 gr bullet and I could only get it to shoot well water quenched and with the same tight group load. Softer lead alloys or even air cooled just not shooting...