Hi fellow reloaders and casters!
I am new to the game but have been reading and researching a lot. I have most of the basic equipment needed:
Lyman Mini-Mag for smelting
Lee Production Pot for casting
Lyman 4500 for sizing, lubing, installing gas checks
130 lbs of PB ingots from sheets of radiation room doors
5 gallon pail of unsorted WW (I just picked it up)
I am going to keep checking around for more alloy, I know I need something i.e. tin, antimony, mono, lino, pewter, etc. to harden up my lead. I am purchasing a lead thermometer and a lee hardness tester as I can see how these come in handy as well.
I need some help in selecting a mould! I would like to get a six cavity mould for pistol, and two cavity mould for rifle. I will be shooting 9mm, 38 spl, .308 winchester and 300 winchester magnum. I need only a decent bullet for range shooting out to 200 meters.
I like Lee products, and I see that they are inexpensive too. I think that I would like to purchase one. I have been looking at http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/cata.../bullmol2.html and I really don't know what I should be considering in bullet selection. Feel free to chime in on the following with any advise:
For pistol, should I stick to WC and SWC for range shooting? Should I choose a mould that casts a lighter bullet, has less recoil, doesn't use as much of my lead as who really cares if it's just punching paper? If that's the case, then these are the smallest moulds:
358-105-SWC
356-102-1R
C309-113-F
What would you guys do if you were me?
Thanks in advance for any input!
Arch
P.S. Any experiances you could share which involves a good LEE mould would go a long way. I see that the website has a target posted right next to some of the bullets, has your experiance been the same?