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Hey all - your answers went directly to my spam folder and I did not see them until today, so sorry for the late "thank you's."
Actually, I found the mold maker Miha from Slovenia (my immigrant...

Has anyone "out there" ever loaded the .455 Webley Mark VI with an as-cast Lyman 454613 boolit? I just got an uncut Mark VI, a want to reload for it but the old RCBS .455 molds are unobtanium. I...

Wonderful! I am thinking of taking up making muzzleloaders as a hobby and this is precisely the kind of info (and confidence builder) I need!

Hey...that's the beauty of the 'net. All that experienced shared at the fingertips. Glad I could be of help to someone else, even if indirectly. Your rifle sounds nice. One of my regrets is the...

"Long story short I suggest you first measure the inside neck diameter of a fired case..."

Great suggestion, one of which I would never have thought myself. I have calipers and sure as hell like...

Also thanks for the wheelweight endorsement. They sure are easier to get than most other casting materials.

Bret/Turbo - thanks, esp for the compliment about my caliber choice. Bret, no, I was career Air Force. The 'oldcorps76' refers to VMI and the year I graduated. Some of us curmudgeons who went there...

By the way...I am using wheelweights for all my casting, and I'll be glad to take comments on that. I may post another general thread asking about good sources of different alloys of lead.

Just...

Wow - thanks all, so far...

Gonna have to take some time to digest all that advice, but is sounds like good stuff to me. Oh, and 9.3, thanks for the compliment, I thought about that configuration...

My first post, so be gentle ;)


In 1980, at the tender age of 26, I was looking for a big game rifle and decided nothing out there interested me. So I embarked on a 4-year and lotsa $$ (a little...

Just signed up meself. Been casting and shooting for a while, but lately have really revved it up, mostly handgun. I have some more nice pieces sitting idle and I figure casting is the way to wake...