Do top shooters cast their own boolits?

[OBXPilgrim]

Hmmmmm.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSgQ82Kqhzo

The man - himself

[MT Chambers]

All the CBA Benchrest shooters that I am aware of use their own cast bullets, most purchased cast bullets are designed to drop from molds easily and not superior accuracy.

[Thumbcocker]

I think most BP silly wet shooters do.

[Tar Heel]

I do.....

[runfiverun]

yep...

[dragon813gt]

Did you hear that? Lee makes a good pot. That's going to strike a nerve w/ some people :laugh:

[454PB]

Waiting for the "flux police" to jump in........

[Blammer]

interesting that he just lets the pin and bullet drop out of the mould together and then picks up the HP pin and puts it back in....

[bobthenailer]

I beleive that any one intrested in the best accuracy with cast boolets just about has to make them ! no price point bullet company can take the time to produce that level of quality. and if they do then the cast boolets. might cost as much as jacketed bullets..
Perhaps swaged lead bullets in handguns ? but i have never used them .

[1Shirt]

Yep!
1Shirt!

[snuffy]

JM did a fantastic job of basic smelting and then casting boolits. He said many important things like "I got this scrap lead from my bullet trap, so I know there's no unfired rounds or primers in there".

As for the use of paraffin for fluxing, he wasn't worried about reducing the lead oxide back to solution, he even said so. He may know that paraffin is not the best. If he were going to be making rifle boolits, THEN he might use sawdust as well as paraffin to flux with.

My admiration of him as a top shooter just grew a bunch after seeing this video. I already had him on the top of the list as it was.!

[prs]

Well, its good t' know that I have something in common with Jerry, even if it isn't talent level in quick accurate shooting.

prs

[imashooter2]

I sincerely doubt that JM uses his own castings in any significant part of his competitive shooting. The only sponsored GMs I know personally do not even load their own ammo. (Dave Olhasso and Josh Lentz)

[BruceB]

Back in our Bullseye/ISU days, my ex-wife became the Canadian Ladies' Pistol Champion and I was also very successful..... all of the center-fire events on my cast bullets.

A few years back I toted up the loading records.... over 200,000 .38 wadcutters, cast and loaded by Yours Truly.

[Forgetful]

JM did a fantastic job of basic smelting and then casting boolits. He said many important things like "I got this scrap lead from my bullet trap, so I know there's no unfired rounds or primers in there".

omg Can you imagine dropping an unfired round into a 50lb pot of molten lead? What a mess!!!

[R.M.]

Yes it is.

[Harter66]

I Donna whatcha mean

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[OBXPilgrim]

I Donna whatcha mean

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Oh My Gosh - bet that came with a bad case of shorts changes

[OBXPilgrim]

Back in our Bullseye/ISU days, my ex-wife became the Canadian Ladies' Pistol Champion and I was also very successful..... all of the center-fire events on my cast bullets.

A few years back I toted up the loading records.... over 200,000 .38 wadcutters, cast and loaded by Yours Truly.

Geez, that's some serious support. Have you shared your 'go to' load (probably several times, I'd bet)

[michiganmike]

I am not a top shooter and do not play one on TV. I cast my own bullets for several reasons.

1. There is a cost savings over buying commercial ammunition, and even commercially made jacketed bullets and reloading them.
2. Bullet casting is a hobby in itself and can be engaged in regardless of weather. It enhances and extends the fun of shooting.
3. Since I began casting my own bullets I do shoot more often. This pleases me.
4. There is something magical about taking something as nasty and useless as dirty salvaged wheel weights and turning them into near perfect
bullets that give me consistently good groups and take game.

MichiganMike