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I just saw this post. The pusher business is my full time business now, rather than a hobby. Indeed the designs have made progress, though the operating principle remains the same. If you have an...

I have tried 9mm lead with Tightgroup and it did not work out all that well. I have used Clays, Universal, (2 different powders) AA5, and 231 with much better results.

My 6 hole Lee molds seem to like to be real near 800* to cast well.

Had to look. Couldn't help myself!

.007 is probably too much to size. If you don't find an obvious problem, I'd send them back and get another set.

Some of the small toaster ovens have a convect setting. Check thrift stores.

Been casting 9mm almost exclusively for several months. Had to quit my trunciated cone bullet that I like real well in favor of a round nose to get it to feed 100% in a new 1911.

I'm too frugal to cast heavy for caliber. In addition, I'm not what I would call recoil sensitive, never have been. As I get older and my joints get worse, I appreciate a lighter boolit and in some...

Might try a little extra tin. The WW+ range scrap should usually be softer than straight ww unless you are digging out a lot of cast boolits made from lino.

I perceive it to be less messy.

Be carefull to clean out and fragments of steel wool. They rust like crazy.

I store lubed boolits in plastic coffee cans in the basement. It stays cool but never cold.

I assume you are refering to the BAC. It's just a tad sticky. Not near as bad as beeswax/alox. If you can keep from getting it all over the boolit when lubing, cleanup is easy. That's why, however, I...

If you don't have a heater, the BAC works real well. I prefer the Carnuba Red, but it takes a heater.

I use a number of Lee molds and have found that in general I need to cast a lot hotter than with steel molds. When I have been casting really good consistant boolits I find the melt temp to be close...

A 1911 in .45 would work well. I also have a gen3 S&W mod 4566 in .45 that will feed anything. It is super tough, accurate, and used examples can be had for $4-500; a lot less than a mid priced 1911.

Is this because the FCD post sizes the boolit too small?

The alloy is WCWW with a pinch of lino thrown in. The leading I experience is occassional and very minimal. It does not affect the gun's performance. Once in a while, when cleaning, I see a flake of...

I have used the Lee 120 TC lubed with Carnuba Red in a variety of guns with minimal leading. Most of my leading is in the throat. I keep my velocity at around 1000-1050 fps.

I had a similar issue using Tightgroup with water cooled WW. Couldn't get through a magazine without tumbling. I changed to Clays, which is a fast powder but apparently burns cooler. Little or no...

Use the styrofoam from an egg carton instead of a meat tray. It is thinner. I use this for several different boolits and it works great.

Been loading the Lee 9mm 120 gr. boolit for several years with an OAL of 1.10. I got this OAL from looking at a similar shape and weight boolit in the Lyman manual. Works fine in all the 9mm...

Are you sure they were regular primers and not "benchrest"?

Used to cast for a Carcano, bout 40+ years back. I found the boolits needed to be very hard. Something about gain twist rifling and the softer boolits not gripping well. YMMV.

I've never had anything that looked quite like that stuff. I do have a certain amount of shiney stuff in the dross that is probably tin I need to get stirred in better.
Your boolit looks like the...