I have shot this exact bullet, cast in 92/4/4 and gas checked, thru my 454 M83 FA revolver at about 1250 fps. Far from top end Casull velocities but it will handle any critter I’ll encounter and it...
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I have shot this exact bullet, cast in 92/4/4 and gas checked, thru my 454 M83 FA revolver at about 1250 fps. Far from top end Casull velocities but it will handle any critter I’ll encounter and it...
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Shrinkage during solidification. As several others have stated, manage your sprue more carefully.
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My recommendation is a single action 22 LR. I still have the one I got >50 years ago when I was 13. It is a Ruger Single-six. I learned to take it apart, clean it and care for it … in addition to...
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The comment is in response to the OP’s question … so, the ones the OP asked about shooting (which are typically 255 grain 46 Colt bullets)
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Keep looking. You can shoot these but depending on the load you can unnecessarily beat your gun up.
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10 ounces of 99% isopropol alcohol + 1 ounce of liquid lanolin (liquid measure) in a spray bottle capable of producing a fine mist spray. That’s what I use on straight walled and bottle neck cases.
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IME, making hollow base bullets with near pure lead is a tough challenge in the best of conditions. You can try all sorts of tricks to get a poor mold to make decent bullets. But, if you have a...
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This is the mold/bullet I referenced in my earlier post … NOE 432-215-WC-Z2
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NOE made me a HBWC in 44 caliber years ago … I believe a couple are listed in their catalog now. Loaded “upside down” at moderate velocities is quite a “whacker”!
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H&G 68 cast with 92/4/4 sized to 0.452” and lubed with White’s BAC ahead of 4.1 grains of WST in sorted Starline brass sparked by a WLPP through a Wilson Combat Classic. Works great as a paper load...
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I fill shot bags with them and use them like sandbags for shooting. They are heavy but work great … very stable.
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Accurate Molds 45-300AG cast with 92/4/4 alloy sized to 0.452”, GC’ed and lubed with White’s Carnuaba Red.
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=45-300AG
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Regarding shotshell reloading economic savings, it does make sense on the 28 gauge and .410 bore shells. Not so much on the 12’s and 20’s.
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Mighty hard to break a real Hawken through the wrist with as much iron as is in the through bolted tang and trigger plate. Hum?
I load about 10K a year on my Spolar (w/hydraulics) to feed my sporting clays habit … mostly 12 ga with some 20 and 28 mixed in.
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I have a FA M97 in 44 Special. In addition to a Ruger FT Bisley, I also have 44 Special Rugers converted by Messrs. Bowen, Clements, Horvath and Gallagher (none of which are FT’s). Mr. Bowen’s...
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Are you using a copper flashed bullet, by chance? I had a 1911 that would cycle anything (including an empty case) but would not cycle (FTF’s) a copper flashed H&G 68. Once I changed to one of my...
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Thanks, all. I purchased some White’s 45/45/10, warmed it a tad and lightly coated ~250 bullets using the Cool Whip Container Swirl Method. So far, the process seems pretty easy. The tutorials on...
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I came into a bunch of “cowboy” bullets that appear to be lubed with crayon wax. They shoot like it, too ... getting light leading just ahead of the forcing cone in a custom revolver with no history...
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Like a friend of mine said, the only lawyer proof swimming pool is a parking lot. Feel free to be intimidated by it.
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IME ... I solved the same problem in my G34 by replacing the Glock barrel with a Storm Lake traditionally rifled barrel. It’s a drop in part, it’s fairly inexpensive and will shoot under two inch...
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I can’t imagine a HOA covenant that says you can’t cast bullets; mine has nothing even close to that. And, I have neighbors that are gun loathing liberals, so I know how that can be. We all have...
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I need a Minie bullet mould that will size well to 0.577”. I like the RCBS “target Minie”. It is designated a 580 mould but drops bullets closer to 576 than 580 using my alloy. I see that NOE has...
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I recently had some Lawrence Magnum shot tested ... 3% antimony, no tin and 1% arsenic. Reclaimed lead shot is closer to $1 a pound (as is high quality scrap lead). For my use in making bullets,...
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Every New Model Ruger 44 I have bought in the last 5 year’s has had thread choke. Swage a well lubricated slug and push it from the muzzle to the breech end and see if you feel it tighten right at...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |