I haven’t posted in a while because my casting days have been on hiatus since my last move.
I decided to purchase some hitek wadcutters for some full charge loads. The supplier is well known and the bullets didn’t look too bad. I had tried some earlier suppliers in other configurations and they had worked at lower velocities. These full charge wads did not. To say excessive leading was the norm would be an understatement. I attempted every trick I could remember, but no go. I would still get leading like this from scrubbing:
In a last attempt, I hoped to salvage the bullets with a coating of BLL. Made a batch and applied one coat. At the range, I noticed some leading and thought “Oh Crap”. Tossed the guns in the bag and came home. Later, I decided to clean the pistols. Funny and to my surprise there was hardly any leading. Some powder that I may have mistaken for leading but just light leading which cleaned up nicely with a patch. I’d probably expect this type of leading from a bullet that was being pushed too fast. It likely was. At any rate, BLL was a simple solution and worked well.
CG