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Hey cast boolit experts,

a friend of mine told me about a YouTube video.
There was a boolit caster who made hollow point boolits for his .45 cal hunting rifle.
They had not a common hollow...

Here is some information and comparison between 20-1 alloy and 40-1 alloy.

With the 40-1 alloy I tryied 4 layers of thin cloth (like T-Shirt).

I know, water bags is not ballistic gelatin, but...

Good idea! I will try that!



Yes, your correct. Water is very hard on bullets. I keep that in mind for my interpretations of the test results.
I have no BC for that bullet, calculated with...

Hey boolit casters,

there is some news.
We've testet the 405 gr WFN bullet with Vihtaviori N110. The results were good. The powder seems not to be very position sensitive. We didn't use any kind...

Hey there,
during the last year we got some roe deer with our cast load.
Terminal ballistics are quite good. The meplat works really well.
With the chosen powder we had some unburnt powder...

Definitely I would go to the way softer recipe.
Do you have ballistic gel?
I dont, so I shoot into things like water filled milk jugs... That's not perfekt but to see if a bullet fragments or...

Hey Bouteselle,

many thanks for your information.
These bullets are beautys!
What diameter do they come out of your mold?

The following is only read knowledge, not confirmed in the field:

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We were surprised, too.
We measured the throat diameter with Cerrosafe after 1 hour and it was .456. At the muzzle side it was .4575 to .4578.
That is quite a tight bore, right?

Hey boolit casters!

There are news!
A german custom mold manufacturer https://www.hensel-giesskokillen.de made us a copy of Tom's "46-405V"
The mold has the size of .462.
With 20/1 alloy cast...

The problem is: I am picky, too!
How can i get rid of these spots?
Harder lube? Tried more pressure on my Lymen 4500 Sizer and Lubricator, but it didn' help. Well, de spots are really small, but...

Thank you for your help!



The action is an "Aydt Feuerstutzen" from Suhl, Germany.



These bullets are made for target shooting at 100 m.
But I am a hunter and maybe I will try to shoot a...

Hey guys,

this ist not 45-70, but my first try in bullet casting as a preparation für my 45-70 projekt.
A friend of mine did with me some bullet casting this weekend. Here in Germany we have...

Many thanks to all of you!
You gave me a lot of information and advice. Now I cant't answer to everybody personally but I want to pick out a few things.

One question was, why I do plan using such...

To all the Unique powder users:

The 45-70 loaded with a 405 gr WFN bullet, pushed to something around 1300 fps with Unique... how much is the case filling ratio with a 16 gr load for example?

@gumbo333: Yes, I will. Thank you! Problem here is the availability of these powders. Vihtavuori handgun powders habe so less case filling that I am a little bit afraid of the problem you mentionned:...

@Gamsek: Thank you for the advice with the Lovex D060 = Accurate 5744!!! The last one is one of the few favourite powders mentioned in the Lyman cast bullet handbook. That seems to be worth a try!...

Thank you for the advice with the manufacturer. But they refere to the actual published data, and there is no load data...because cast bullet shooting is not very commen here in Europe. So i'm sure,...

Hey to everybody,

my name is Stefan and I am from Blackforest, Germany.[smilie=s:
I'm new to bullet casting and plan to buy a stainless Marlin Levergun in 45-70 for hunting with cast boolits.
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