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I also love cast in my 1911 .45's. I especially like the 185-200gn SWC's, my 200gn are from Lee molds.

My HK9mm does not like cast. The barrel is not throated and shaves lead no matter how I...

Cool.

Weighing just depends on how accurate you expect to be at what range. My closest shots are at 100 and most are at 200yd and longer. If I don't weight sort, the 200yd groups are over 4". ...

That third cartridge looks like is seated a bit deeper than the other two. If not 'fixed' it could be an issue (and may be the high fps round).

I agree on weight sorting. I usually sort to 0.1gn...

My commission date was Jun 75. Retired after 20.

I'm another who has kinda given up on Midway. Places like Graf's, Powder Valley, Titan, Brownell's, etc do well for me.

USPS has gone to hell since the new postmaster was put in place during the...

LOL Great answer.

You went through the same thing we did. Trying different alloys to get good expansion and penetration. Tried duplex alloy loads as part of that. Finally just went to plain HP for most uses. ...

Yep, prices were lower back when I was younger. But, my take home pay as a new 2nd LT was $660 a month, when a new Python was $375. Rent for 2BR apt was $150 and my car payment was $150.

And...

The small ovens are definitely a compromise.

Was it set on Broil or Toast instead of Bake? Usually (not always) the Bake setting fires up only the bottom element. Broil the top element and Toast...

I selected the lower vel I use for plinking, ~1000fps. Don't use it much since primers got more expensive.

For target shooting I use the highest vel I can get and still maintain the needed...

Loaded up another batch of .308's with 165 XCB's. Barely made a dent in my stash.

You could ask.

I bought the .302 body size die and use it to size the nose of the XCB. It works for lubed and PC'd. The taper is almost perfect. It allows me to seat the bullet out quite a bit....

Yes, quite a few good .30 jacketed bullets but the OP asked about cast.

If I had access to a supply of 2400 I would use it in my .308.

It is position sensitive for 1800fps loads but it can be very accurate.

Forgot two things. I do not hunt, only bench shooting. The best groups I have had were with bullets jammed into the rifling. And with bore riders the bore section is a tight fit to the bore. This...

There is a thread in here somewhere of my cast bullet exploration with my .308 Savage, also a 10 twist.

Bullets I've tried:

These two were bullets purchased from Montana Bullet Works. They...

Just to clarify, the poly rifling is not the problem, it is the lack of throat. Some get them to shoot ok. I have not.

Just an FYI. The M1 ball ammo was 174gn at ~2600fps. M2 ball was 150gn at 2740fps. If you stay at or below those levels then I would not worry.

I'm another who uses a DA revolver to 'tune' my trigger pull. I also skip a chamber every now and then to see how I am doing.

For dry fire practice you can use an old trick from the Army field...

Perfect for concealed carry :) Nice looking little thing too!

Following the thread since I've been playing with the idea of making a new plug for my Garand as well.

Long Covid. Hang in there. Wife got it last Jan. She is still dealing with joint issues...

Don't know. From what I have read from others the VP9 might do ok with lubed cast bullets. I PC all of my pistol bullets and I suspect the sharp edge to the rifling is scraping the coating.
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^^^THIS!!

Should have been handed off to one of the traditional Japanese sword makers. Make a real weapon out of it.

The problem I have with my HK VP9 is not the rifling. There is no throat. The sharp edges of the rifling 'shave' off a bit of the bullet and makes for poor accuracy. Jacketed works well. I...

Back when I got my .45LC (1980's) and was looking up loads there was an article about an African PH who used a Ruger BH for his backup "lion gun". His loads were HOT 300gn lead cylinders just like...