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Well I finally got around to shooting them, no leading, did not group well, about a 6 inch group at 25 yards. Think I will size some to .356 and see if that makes a difference. If that improves the...

PM sent for .356

Thanks Tony
I did try a few and I have to bump the back of the slide a little to get it to close completely. I seated the bullet about 1/16th inch deeper and it closed completely. So I loaded up 5...

Thanks Sam!

I never thought of loading a few dummy rounds.
They are for my S&W 659 and it likes .356 so I'll load some and see if they fit.
If they chamber I'll put some powder in and see how...

Well I have 115 nickel and 53 brass that I could swap. I do not load anything but shot in 357 any more.
They are not cleaned yet but I could deprime and run them through the tumbler if you want.
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I use this mould for my 38/357's sized to .358. Am thinking of sizing down to .356 for 9mm.
Is this doable?
Do I need to find a different mould without a crimp grove?
I have three lube sizers so...

I also shoot Cowboy Action in Black Powder Classes. If you use American Pioneer Powder or Triple 7 you can just load and shoot them with no problems. For real Black and others I use Dick Dasterly's...

The easy fix would go to NAPA and get a 2 5/16 ball with a 3/4 shank....That is what I did, would take a hardened bit to drill a drawbar.

Not water dropping...dump them on a damp towel

I talked to Dick and he gave me a few hints. My alloy is wheel weights with 2 lbs of pure lead added to every 10 lbs of wheel weights and yes these will be loaded with American Pioneer Powder. Have...

I did tap them out and they were .430 ... I slugged the bores, one pistol is .428 the other one is .430. the rifle slugged at .430. I was wondering about getting a Lee sizer die to go into my Rock...

OK I am pretty green at casting and seem to have run into a problem! I cast about 1000 of the Big Lube Dutchman bullets for my 44-40's about 4 months ago. Finally got around to trying to lube size...

I velcro a fish tank air pump to the lid of my powder hopper ... that little vibration solves the problem and makes my loads more consistent.

The Big Lube is the mold I am using. I am making them out of pure lead. I am sizing them to .457 and using the Pearl Lube from Big Lube and they work great in my Ruger Old Armys. I was using 30...

I am also loading a 44-40 for Cowboy Action. Using a couple Ruger Vaquero's and a Uberti 1873 rifle. Also using a "Twice Barreled Hammered Carbine" in 12 gauge.
Also using the Marv Dutchman mold....

I am using a Star and still get some lube on the base!
To much pressure?.....
I shoot cowboy and am trying to switch from round ball and wad to conical.

There from '74 t0 77'.... names I have not heard in a long time! Sorry to here of Ole'Pedro's passing.
OH the times I had almost forgot about!

Also mite consider a marlin 1894 in 45 colt. I have one and would not trade it. Also have one in 357 and 44-40. They're great!

Jim

I clean all my brass with stainless steel media in a rotary rock polisher with Dawn dish soap and Lemi Shine.
Comes out looking good inside and out!
Jim

Cleanup would be the big thing for BP guns. Ballistol is a great lube or cleaner. I shoot the Frontiersman category in SASS and have found a few things that makes things easy.
One of the best is to...

There was no brand name on them.... I did pass on them mainly because the backs were badly pitted (looked like air bubbles in welding slag....Wish I had a camera with me)
Being a beginner I would...

Do they normaly have a tinny type ring to them?

I'm just getting started to try my hand at casting. Let the local pawn shop know I would be interested in picking up some lead for bullet casting.
They called me today and said they had someone in...

Hello everyone! I'm new to casting. I'm a Cowboy Shooter so have done a lot of reloading and a bit of shooting. Started reloading in the late 60's but have never cast a bullet!
A friend gave me an...