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I have two: a1B in .30-06 and a 1S in .45-70. I also bought a 1B in .25-06 for my wife. There are several more I drool over but with a limited income and at the age of 81.......they are just...

Thanks Truck. I'll just melt them down into ingots and recast them later - someday! :>)

I have some questions on the concept of powder coating. I take it that you tumble coat the bullets after they cool coming out of the molds? Not coating them with any lube? I get the concept of...

I was reading a short article in the current "Guns Magazine" that came last week about Bayou Bullets .45 Acp lubed with a lube from Australia developed by J&M Specialty Products. It was talked up as...

What is your favorite powder?? I am presently using what I have on hand for obvious reasons. IMR4198, and IMR4227. I also have some IMR4350 and 4320 I use in my bolt action rifles.

Grampie not...

Tatume,
Thanks for the reply. 1350 - 1400 fps sounds good to me. If your boolit exits all the extra velocity does is kick up more dirt on the other side of the deer. I don't have a sizer to set...

I first joined "Cast Boolits" several years ago when I first started shooting my Ruger SAs. I have the molds and cast for my .44 Mag., .45 Colt, and my .45 ACP. After some major surgery I kinda got...

Here in Mississippi we have a long deer season. It is even longer if you hunt in the "primitive gun" season as well. A primitive gun is a muzzle loader of various types and also a single shot break...

I guess I wasn't clear on that part. I pouredthem into a Lee Ignot mold and WW ignot weighed about 3 oz more than the "mystery" ignot weighed. The Lee ignot mold was marked 1 lb.

Hope that...

Over Christmas I was melting down some wheel weights. As usual I was using a propane "turkey fryer" burner with a ladle that holds about 4 lbs of lead. When I finished I remembered some scrap that a...

I voted for H110/W296, 2400, & Unique. Another I use a lot is Herco. When powder got scarce and I couldn't get Unique I got a bottle of Herco. I contacted Alliant about using Herco and the said it...

Another comment. Lee's .45 ACP Factory Crimp Die in the 4 die carbide set is a TAPER crimp die. In the .45 Colt set it is a roll crimp for the groove in the boolit.

I recently had to pull a...

Cast Boolits with a BHN of 9 needs a pressure of 12,600 psi to seal the bore. (BHN 9 X 1400 = 12,600.) This is with the PROPER Boolit diameter. 4.8 gr. of Bullseye should give you 12,950 which...

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Since I got the hardness tester I have found that I have a lot of lead that is too hard. I have been remelting it with a lead sinker thrown in and getting the BHN where I want it. I...

I am sure this has been covered before several times, but .....? After you melt/pour or cast your lead how long does it have to cure to reach the final hardness?? I know it will get harder after it...

I have a MTM scale that I use ocasionally to weigh bollits and brass. I also have a Mack 100 gem scale that has a lot of "bells and whistles." However after fiddling with both of them I have gone...

I don't want to start another thread but... I believe that cast boolits go faster than jacketed ones because they seal the bore better and there is less gas leakage around the bullet. This also...

Back when I was reloading in the 1970's I came across a receipe for low power .30-06 loads. It was in a reloading digest I believe. It called for 10 gr. of IMR 4227 behind a 110 gr. half jacket...

What's a C&R License??

Grampie not Grumpie,

I would think you could look down the cylinder from the chamber end and see much larger "bump up" on those two if they really are .4250.

Grampie not Grumpie

My wife presented me for our 50th anniv. last month with a "old model" 1999 SS Ruger Vaquero with 5 1/5 barrel complete with a "drop loop holster." When I was checking it out I tried pushing a .451...

If I may insert an opinion: rather than a light alloy stubby for the nightstand I would look at a Ruger SP101. It weighs considerable more yet is compact and is all stainless steel. I have one and...

I store mine in the flat boxes they come in on a shelf in my "shop" in the barn where I do my reloading. I cast my boolits in a different part of the barn. The primers I am currently using (partial...

One my Ruger SA's I remove the cylinder and clamp a piece of 1 x 3" board in a vise with about 3 - 4" sticking out one side narrow side up. I slip the revolver over the board with barrel up and...

My local shop has been out of primers and powder for several months. After telling me not to hold my breath he finally got a shipment from Hodegons of powder and last week he got a shipment of...