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Forum: Cast Boolits
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Forum: Cast Boolits
As a novice at this, I too appreciate the politeness of this forum.
I like 4.6 - 4.7 gr Titegroup for punching paper, cans, clay birds on the berm etc.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for posting this information. Great reference.
Forum: Cast Boolits
For a commercially cast bullet, try Dardas. dardascastbullets.com.
He produces a 126gr lead semi wadcutter and you choose the size you want, 0.356, 0.357, or 0.358. I ordered some in 0.357, and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm a novice at casting, but I've been loading commercial cast bullets for 45 ACP for for years.
A 200gr LSWC with a thumbnail thickness of shoulder showing above the case mouth works well for me....
For purposes of hunting, I would go with a Ruger Redhawk or Super Redhawk. The cylinders on these are a touch longer than those on the Smith M-29, and I believe they are a touch longer than those on...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
At the outdoor range where I shoot, the manager said I could pick up bullets by hand, but I could not dig or scrape with tools. On days that the range is closed, I'll go out and get around 40 to 60...
I've used Choreboy wrapped around a worn bore brush to remove lead. Works well.
I bought a used Model 14-3, 6" bbl, a few months ago. I've been using some commercial 148gr double end wadcutters that I bought years ago.
I measured 10 of the 148gr DEWCs with my micrometer. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
They work in my Taurus PT99AF. Seated so that crimping groove is not visible.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Decapped a bunch of 5.56mm LC brass, then swaged primer pockets.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for posting results. Interesting experiment.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Over the past couple of days: Smelted wheel weights for the first time ever. Cast a few 148gr wadcutters from the wheelweight to use to test hardness in 7 days. Two air-cooled, two water-dropped. ...
My 9mm pistols all appear to perform the best with 124gr ammunition, cast, plated, or jacketed. My preference for a defensive round is the Federal 124gr Hydrashok.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I found an MC weight in my stash of "side-cutter-approved" wheel weights and measured the hardness. I got a BHN 16.6 on two readings. It is marked 2.25 MC 64 in raised letters.
Forum: Cast Boolits
215 rounds of 124gr 9mm. Sorted some brass. Polished some brass in corn cob.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
On another thread, there is a discussion of BHN of COWW alloy. This thread raised my curiosity about the hardness of an unmelted, as-is wheel weight. In order not to hijack that thread, I'll list...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Loaded 200 rounds of 9mm, 115gr practice rounds for my daughter.
Polished another couple of hundred 9mm cases.
Primed another 100 cases.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Earlier this year, I weighed thirty 9mm 125gr LSWC from Missouri Bullet.
High = 129.5
Low = 127.8
Average = 128.6
Standard Deviation = 0.53
Coefficient of Variation = 0.41%
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I'm very new as well, but my understanding is that pewter is a good source of tin, a little of which helps alloy to fill out molds nicely. I'm sure that the most experienced hands will comment...
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 |