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We buried him this afternoon, with a wonderful tribute to his life. Family, friends and associates spoke lovingly about him and the way he touched the world from a single computer with dial-up...

I also talked to his daughter. She's got all his usernames and passwords, and next week, she's going to start maintaining the websites and making sure that the domains still work. I know that he...

I talked to his sister yesterday at the wake. She lived next door to him on their family property. Told me that Junior had been feeling fine, and had been to his cardiologist the week prior, got a...

Junior Doughty, the long-time webmaster of Castbullet.com (and forum member here) has passed away.

I just got off the phone with Junior's daughter. Junior died at home, yesterday, of a heart...

Neither do you have to worry about a grumpy hog in the thickets. Whatever that bullet lacks, it ain't penetration. That big wide meplat ought to provide plenty of "whack".

When you get a chronograph, the question becomes when you'll shoot it. Not if. When.

We've all done it.

There's lots'a places in that thicket behind your house where you can't see 50 yards. Sounds like a great load for your Contender.

let's see if I can help.

As far as stock Lee dies, I like the following:
For the .357 I use the TL358-158-SWC
For the .45 ACP, I use the TL452-230-2R

I don't load for 9mm, so no help there.
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I like the 311041 bullet too, and I push mine about 1850 fps. Mine are cast of straight wheelweight metal, lubed in LLA, sized through a 0.309 Lee sizer to seat the gas check, lubed again in LLA,...

I don't always let them sit for 30 days, but I always let the lube dry. At least 24 hours, maybe 48 hours.

On the other hand, I have some cast bullets in the shop that's older than my youngest...

In my Kimber, I use that same Lee 230 grain tumble lube bullet over 4.5 grains of Bullseye. The bullets get lubed with a light coat of LLA. I don't size the bullets, but load them as-cast. The...

I shoot pure lead in my .45-70 with no issues. Some say that a little tin helps fill out the mold, and I can't argue that point. I use a little tin in everything but my .45-70 bullets. Maybe the...

I don't really clean my Pb firearms unless I'm using black powder. In the one rifle that I shoot only cast bullets with smokeless, it hasn't been cleaned in years. It's the Model 94 that rides...

When my Dad kept bees, we had a big ole double boiler we used for melting bees wax. It worked great for the quantities we were melting. Think 40 lb round cheese molds. We'd send those to the Kelly...

The one that used to drive me crazy on another, now defunct board, was WECSOG, used to describe a firearm that had been heavily modified, heavily gun-smithed with questionable results.

Wiley E...

You can see them here. I understand they'll soon be chambering them in .30-30 WCF, and I'm going to save my pennies for one. It'll be a great rifle for cast bullet loads.

Most of the range lead I've seen is soft, but your mining may have different results. If you have a bunch of hardcast bullets in the mix, the alloy that results might be just fine for hardcast...

WHile we're talking about those microscopes, how is the best way to use one? I've played with my set a little bit, but have yet to have any confidence in my measurements. Is there some correct way...

Yeah, count me in. We'll give it a try.

+1 what the guys said above.

And please remember not to try to push those bullets too fast. You're not going to get much more than 1800-2000 fps depending on your barrel and bullet/lube...

+1 what Buckshot said. For muzzleloading, use dead soft lead.

I do a kind of back-asswards lubing on BP bullets. I melt a small tub of Junior Lube, then grab the bullet by the nose and dip the base into the hot lube up to the crimp groove. I set the bullet on...

M48/60 series tanks would go about 30 mph across country, but you better have your dentures firmly in place.

M1 series will go over 40 mph depending on the skill of the driver. Lots smoother than...

Something I learned is to increase the padding the bullets fall on. Others have actually built a sloped padded ramp to droo the bullets on.

I've bent bullets out of a 311 mold when I was casting...

It's messy as hell, anyway you go at it, but it works. I put up with the mess of LLA, just so I don't have to deal with lead.