Last week cast and loaded 100 200 gr .44 mag.
Today it was the Lee .314 90 gr tc for the .32sw long. 55 cast, 50 loaded, nice hour spent enjoying myself.
Does not get much better than that. Hot and muggy outside but my basement casting/reloading center was nice and cool.
A shadow, thank God.
About 25# of 16:1 for my .45-70s. Saeco #021, Saeco #023, and Lee SC 459-405 HB. Ed
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Cooked two batches of 230 LRN 395 count Hi-Tek Gold first coat. Cast with Lee two holer. Does take some time to cast that many at a setting.
Couple night ago I cast these Lyman 357 170G SWC bullets. Just one quick 10# pots worth..
Hoping to cast some NOE 358/280g for the Whelen later on!
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Yesterday was a double batch day. Was mighty hot for casting, so I cast a lil in the AM then again after sunset..
Some 155g 10MM's and a big batch of .314 120g
CW
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nothing its in the high 80-low 90s here which is unusual for us as its normal to be raining here.
About 6 pounds of .455-220 HBWC Manstopper from a recent Mihec group buy. Sized these .454" and tested them in both a Webley MK VI and a S&W 1917. Got some of the best groups to date with the MK VI and hit right at the sights over 4.5 grains Unique. Used a bit heavier charge in the 1917 but the group size was also impressive.
Sunday AM, just after sun up, I was warming the pot and straighten out the tools in the tool box... Took some time as I'm not used to this MAG POT I borrowed form my friend yet. But finally I had hot lead flowing and my molds up to temp! Just two molds a Lyman 150g RN and a LEE 145 SWC. Should be about a 14-16 BHN cast.
I just ordered a 65G 257 GC mold for the 25/20...so I THOUGHT I was winding down but looks like at least a couple more pots to melt this season!!
CW
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C324-175-1R, 356-102-1R
.311 RB, .690 RB
358-158-RN perfect fodder for a long gun
pure lead boolits for slugging barrels and pound casting
I cast allot Saturday night! We had some bad storms roll thru, they cancelled my steel match.. but in the late afternoon, the cold front pushing the weather thru was MOST PLESANT! I fired up the pot and did not finish till after dark! I was casting last as the lights came on. I 3/4 filled my water drop bucket. I couldn't lift it I was worried it would SPLIT! I dumped the water out right where it was, then lifted the remainder to strain out all water.
I cast some 280 NOE 35 cal round noses. (4 Cav mold)
Some more 145 .401 's, then some 250 454 SWC's (Single cav) Lastly a few more 30cal 150g RN bullets (Also single cav). These are cast harder @ 15-16 BHN right out of the pot.
The pile looks much smaller than it was in reality.
CW
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I was casting .480 round balls on Saturday. Then the thermocouple on my PID quit. My previous supplier was out of stock. Finally found some on Ebay, and ordered four. Finished my casting with my old Lee bottom pour. That sucked, nowhere as nice as my Lyman pot with the PID controller.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
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Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
.224 Lee & RCBS
Pb = 72.0%
Sb = 17.6%
Sn = 9.4%
Cu = 1.0%
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#4 Buckshot: trimmed apart, tumbled and graphited
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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 |