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Hey y'all, I've been loading .440 round balls in my ruger sbh as a fun mouse fart load, but was wondering how fast I could push them. Have any of you tried sending hardcast rb's at higher velocities?...

I tried recreating the tri ball guard load. I didn’t have and black powder and used trailboss. I put 5-7 gr in and when putting the balls in I accidentally compressed the powder. When compressed...

Marlin 1895g. Using a 405gr pill cast from cows with 5%linotype added. Velocity is ~1500

Hey y’all! It’s been quite a while since I last posted here, and I’ve been working on my loads. After a mishap with compressing trailboss in my 45-70, my gun didn’t like Imr 4198 very much. Best I...

The mold is the 459-500-3r.

I’ve searched around and can’t seem to find data using the lee 500gr bullet that I’m absolutely sure I can use. I’m shooting it out of a Marlin 1895 45-70 as a single shot. OAL is long at 2.78” but I...

Taking the advice from a pm, I am filling in some details I should have mentioned. The mold is a new production lee, when the mold is closed without any finagling, the pins catch on the block, there...

I've taken a few shots at 100 yards, and am getting -1.75 inch group. Maybe they are coming to round in the barrel? No leading either. As for the mold, the blocks are slightly off. There is a...

I have been casting for about three years now. I started with a lee 200 gr .450 conical mold for my 1851 navy, and recently started casting for my 45-70 with the lee .457-405. My mold blocks aren't...