I know the feeling, I'm slowly dipping my toe back into the waters of bullet casting again. I made 500 45 acp boolits last week and I plan to make more this week. I did go to the dark side and start...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I know the feeling, I'm slowly dipping my toe back into the waters of bullet casting again. I made 500 45 acp boolits last week and I plan to make more this week. I did go to the dark side and start...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I couldn't agree more. If someone has the same questions I do I know they are going to wonder what the answer was in the end. I should also add a correction that the better grouping was 1.5"...
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Trimmers that index off the shoulder work great as long as all the cases are full length sized prior. I have the FA universal trimmer and the world's cheapest trimmer for 300 blackout. They both work...
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Ok range report just so I don't leave this thread hanging. The 48.3 grains were terribly inaccurate with about a 6" group at 100 yards. No leading occured as I got the PC 100% this time. Well the 54...
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Ok so I have 14 loaded up....I may have killed a casing by mistake. 4 cases to 48.3 grains of H335 and 10 loaded to the original 53.8 grains of H335. I'll report in on Thursday what happens....
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Well the PCed boolits I did were kind of worse case scenario. I didn't cure them correctly. There were some bald spots but I'll cast some tonight with good fill out and PC them. I'll do some soft...
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Well just to report in. The only brass I could get a hold of was reclaimed range brass. I loaded them up with Lee 404 grn powder coated bullets and 53.8 grn of H335. It was the first thing my powder...
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:cry: You never posted results lol.
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Oh man I have loved the comments. Makes me feel a little better about buying the CVA 45-70. The 450 bush seems like a good round and all but man to load for a single shot break barrel just feels like...
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Well rifle is purchased and I'm awaiting it to be shipped. In the mean time I bought a lee 404grn mold. The mold should be here Tuesday and I'll get a little casting done. I have a mold in .454 that...
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I guess I'm in luck then I have H335 & H4198. Now if I could only find some darn brass lol.
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Welp too late, I'm impulsive, I bought the CVA 45-70 :bigsmyl2:. I guess tonight I'll have to buy dies and a new mold. Thanks for all the info y'all.
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Wow! Lots of replies in short order! Thanks for the info guys. I guess the biggest bother for me was there isn't a lot of info on cast boolits in the 450 bushmaster and the few things I found about...
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All,
I've been on a kick here recently of wanting to buy a big bore single shot rifle. Either a break barrel CVA Scout in 45-70 or a Ruger American in 450 bushmaster. I have been bouncing between...
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Gentlemen let me give the perfect answer. 99% of the time if you see a boat tail mold then the bullet is designed for airguns. Yes it looks cool but the intention is not for high pressure powder...
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I have used H110 for all of my super loads and I have had decent results with it in my subsonic loads. I am currently working up a load for my 9" pistol in 300 but I didn't venture out much with...
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I've been casting and reloading for over 5 years now and still sometimes the little things get everyone. I went out to the range last Friday to test out a proven load in a 300 blackout pistol. Well...
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Well that was eye opening. I went to a sight like winger Ed suggested and my cost for a 3 hour casting session is $0.28 lol. I knew it was cheap but I didn't know it was that dang cheap. Now if only...
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I'm a little curious just how much electricity i am using on casting my boolits. I tried to search and see if the topic has been discussed before. Does anyone have an idea of how much electricity a...
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Lee always said dish soap worked best so that's what I have used. Your biggest risk comes from inhalation. I was a small arms instructor for 12 years of witch I was casting for 4 of them. They...
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100% scam! Zelle and Venmo charge too much interest for a decent sized business. If the site isn't well know and isn't for a local gun shop I wouldn't even try. When in doubt google the gun shop on...
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For fun beagle the mold, works pretty well and might get you to .314 without the pc
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I will second the buzz killer lol. For cast I love my 300 blackout. 308 you are pushing such reduced loads I don't think I would mess with it. Up to you. Spritzer will be your friends for feeding...
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I would get as much separated as possible. The plastic will float to the top but it will make a lot of fire, smoke, and garbage to clean up.
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 |