I'm like Don. The only bullets I keep in 'storage' are jacketed.
Type: Posts; User: charlie b
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'm like Don. The only bullets I keep in 'storage' are jacketed.
Forum: Cast Boolits
You can't change the alloy. You can change the hardness of the alloy if you heat treat. You can increase the hardness of most alloys if you water cool from the oven. I air cool so there is no...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Baking them past the mfgs minimum makes for a fully cured coating that has a lower friction. The one time I tried shortcutting the baking process I got bullets that needed more force to size.
It...
Forum: Cast Boolits
We measured a few hundred of them before we got tired of it. Then we just lubed and shot them. Worked great, even for my father-in-law who was a Navy bullseye shooter.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yep, we did measure them. .452 and .358 as cast.
I hate loading cast for my 9mm so I just buy plated bullets for it.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
At least close, yes.
I shoot my .308 out to long ranges (500+). The vel of a load changes more from day to day than the difference in lube vs PC. Here is a 100yd test. Same day, same range,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
For a long time Lee molds were designed to drop a CWW alloy bullet ready to load. I did that exact thing with my .45's and .357. Cast, pan lube and load. Didn't own a lubesizer or size dies until...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Time to prep the bullets is a huge variable, depending on how you are processing.
You can PC 500-1000 bullets (or more) in one batch with a std size oven. If you are careful in mold purchasing...
Forum: Cast Boolits
All of my .30 cal bullets are loaded too jam into the lands. But, I don't hunt and my range is 'uncontrolled' so removing a stuck round is a simple process.
FWIW some of my most accurate loads...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have shot enough groups (hundreds of groups from 100 to 500yd) with lubed vs PC to know that there is no difference accuracy wise. There is more variation in the cast bullet itself than the...
Out here I frequently shoot in blowing dust. Even if I wiped all the oil off there would be enough 'sticky' left to attract the dirt. Enough that I could tell when cleaning there was sand in the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you want accurate control on the nose sizing then make a ram for the bullet. I 'over filled' a shell holder with JB Weld and then drilled a hole in it as close to bullet body size as I could get....
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've had several molds and sizing bushings from him. All were shipped quickly and have worked flawlessly.
Have run a small business before and I give folks like that a LOT of leeway. One...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It is simple. If you have a lube sizer and like using it and the performance of your bullets is what you want, then why change? Just keep doing it the way you have been doing it.
I went to PC a...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
16inch Navy gun, 2500fps. Uses black powder. :)
Forum: Cast Boolits
Never say never. First, Accurate molds will modify the size of their bullets, including the nose section. I did that with the bore rider that I use now.
Many of the Lee rifle designs are bore...
Forum: Cast Boolits
And if you buy the NOE bushing sizer system then it is a real bargain since you can easily pick the exact size you want for each gun.
Only been wearing mine for 30 years, but, yes, the 'tink' has happened MANY times. Reinforced when those 'tinks' also result in a bit of something that is embedded in my cheek :)
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Pistol bullets I size after PC. No lube.
Rifle bullets that I PC are a bit more complex. Cast, seat and size with GC, nose size (both .001 undersize), powder coat, size body and nose size again...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Another Army type. Only 6 moves with the military, 5 more after that. Guns were always moved with us when we drove to the new location (along with ammo, powder, etc). I didn't have a larger...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use PC on all my pistol bullets. No need for gas checks at the velocities I shoot (..357mag).
For rifles it depends on the bullet. My bore riders I like to PC, but, it takes a lot more work,...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I'd be tempted to try fixing the size die (and nut) in place with JB Weld. There is not really that much force there to deal with. Adding a set screw in from each side might not be a bad idea...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
PC after applying gas check? Maybe a GC came off? Or inconsistency with the PB Al gas checks? Was it jammed well into the rifling? Maybe just doesn't like that bullet. I tried a new mold last...
Yep, easy choice. 10mm longslide or std length compensated. Glock has that longslide version too but many choices these days.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yep, it is aggravating to get the dreaded 'no record'.
I've found that the .30cal cast bullets I shoot will work reliably on the 'rifle' setting down to 1800fps. Between 1700-1800 it might work,...
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 |