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After a four hour session, 15% are culls.

Casting and reloading were the only way for me to play with handgun metallic silhouettes.

I currently own three Hoch molds.

C2775, 430 315, 11/11/93
C3893, 310 200, 1/15/99
C4148, 310 170, 6/22/00

Yep, east on hwy 167. My overall cartridge length for the 32-20 was 2" with the brass trimmed to 1.28" and the diameter at .309". The powder of choice was A1680.

RCBS 130 sp and 165 sil works in my AR pistol.

I used to shoot handgun metallic silhouettes. The TC 32-20 10" was my field pistol and big bore class gun. RCBS 165 sil and 200 sil can reach out and knock down 200m rams.

I water drop and do my sizing within 24 hours. With my setup, it gets a little tough to size after that.

The load I have waiting in the wings. Accurate 35-155P, 5 grs- BlueDot. Keeping my social distancing at this time. The range will still be out there.

I've been water-dropping since the early 80s. My mentor was a lead shop foreman at a copper mine. I learned a little bit about mixing alloys and where to place a water bucket when dropping.

Lyman M dies works for me.

Lube. Current favorite way to lube is two thin coats of BLL.

Lube that's simple to blend and works. My current favorite is BLL.

2001 BMW R1200C. Bike still runs.

Melted some lead. Alloy was (1)HB/(1)Pb, water dropped. As cast = 0.359", sized = 0.357", 2 coats - BLL. Next, burn up some Blue Dot.

All my RCBS molds fit the RCBS handle without alterations. Any Accurate molds I may get in the future now have handles that fit. Next, melt lead.

That may be it.

RCBS: no bueno, Lee: bueno
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Yesterday I was going to melt some lead and breaking in a new mold. I found my RCBS handles didn't fit the Accurate mold pins. Today I went to Hartford - Titan Reloading. A very pleasant young lady...

TC44-14": 325 gr. fp, 22.6 gr. - 1680. Your mileage may vary.

1680 works in a TC 32-20.

2 lbs - beeswax/ 1lb vaseline + 1oz alox. I would get a lube star after the twentieth target (pig). I used to shoot in Phoenix and Tucson.

When I lived in AZ: 2 parts beeswax/ one part vaseline, 1oz Lee's alox.

10" TC Contender 32/20, I used RCBS 130 SP to RCBS 210 SIL. My favorite handgun silhouette caliber for Field Pistol, Production and Standing classes.

18 grs., 1680, BHO on the last shot, COL = 1.93" - AR pistol.

I've been casting for about 35 years too. I seem to like touching shiny bullets. Especially when they're hot. Yeah, water dropping works for me.