I have a few 32 top breaks that I load for and out of caution I set out to try trail boss under a roughly 75gr cast FP loaded as sized and lubed with 45/45/10. 1.0gr was the starting load using the...
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I have a few 32 top breaks that I load for and out of caution I set out to try trail boss under a roughly 75gr cast FP loaded as sized and lubed with 45/45/10. 1.0gr was the starting load using the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Current charge is 10gr so I figure I have a fair cushion for pressure
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hi all,
I have been working on making a nice subsonic load for 300 blk for a while with little success. I had poor results with commercial cast bullets due to having to seat them too short for...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I also have a SU-16C model. Great gun for what it is meant to be. It is not an AR but it is light, plenty accurate for its purpose, and very handy. I replaced the bipod with a Red Lion handguard and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
GT bullets has a 250gr 41 cal hollow point you could try resizing.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I wear gloves but otherwise often find myself casting in a wifebeater and shorts with no shoes. I see the occasional burn as something between the cost of doing business and learning a lesson. I've...
I'm a big fan of red dots for certain guns/roles. Most of my pistol red dots are mounted on Glocks, including my main jacket weather carry gun (in WI that makes it my main carry gun). Great for quick...
Tried the LCP, hated it. Have a BDA which is nice but not an efficient carry gun. My sig p238 on the other hand rides in my pocket everyday and shoots like a dream. Low recoil, actual sights make...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have just started loading 458, haven't even tested my loads for accuracy yet, just worked up a load for pressure and function with the NOE 500gr from a Tromix 10.5in upper. Regarding pressure I was...
My first few builds were pretty tight at first too, especially the first generation frames that are now paperweights. In general my experience has been that as long as the pin holes are drilled right...
Forum: Cast Boolits
For some reason I can only see the pictures for the first two in the list.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I have shot through a few thousand ACME bullets, mostly 9mm, some 38/357, some 45, and some 32. I have always been pleased with their bullets and did not have any of the problems which Wheelguns...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Some manufacturers will sell unsized and unlubed bullets that are ready for powder coating, but you can always buy lubed ones and swish them around in some Xylene
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I also just dump then on a tray and try to limit the tray to a single layer that is not too tightly packed. I can put two trays in my oven at once and then if I need to do more I can do them while I...
Pretty sweet. I have wanted to get that same setup at some point. Have you had any feeding problems? I heard the design does not like to feed flat points or pretty much anything besides RN
Forum: Cast Boolits
I buy GT bullets unsized+unlubed so I can coat them. So far they have worked pretty well in my .40 Glocks, although I have not had time yet to try out the 44 and 30 bullets i got from them....
Forum: Factory Rifles
Interesting idea but seeing as how the AR can takedown without tools by popping out two captive pins, there is not much point.
I do have an AR upper that uses a quick takedown setup but the main...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Once my mold is up to temp I just pour and drop without inspecting any, although if I am using a mold that takes a while to cool down then I will scrounge in the pile for an obvious flaws and toss...
Forum: Gas Checks
I tried tapping checks on with a mallet before running them through the sizing die when I started out. In my admittedly limited experience it was tedious and inconsistent. Now I just hold the check...
I put one of the Galloway kits into my SR9c and it definitely improved the trigger and if I remember right it also fixed a reset issue that I had when using 115gr ammo. Polishing the relevant parts...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Trying a slower powder might be interesting. I have worked up a load using the lee 358-200 in 38spc using Longshot for a ruger LCR. The recoil was not bad, accuracy seemed good, and they didn't jump...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have the gas checked version. I love it although I have not tried it without the checks. I cast them out of 92/6/2, coat them with HF red, size at .279 and load them over about 18gr of Longshot for...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It is the #457130 that they have on Midway. I don't have one in front of me right now but I think the tip is relatively rounded. The mold did not disappoint but an aluminum version would be nice...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Haven't tried a round ball, but my new Lyman collar button is a sweet shooter in my Marlin guide gun. Based on the responses so far it sounds like you would not regret either.
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 |