Whit Spurzon
05-03-2007, 11:59 PM
I haven't shot my first batch of the Lee 452-255RF yet, hopefully this weekend but I went ahead and made a second batch cuz it was so darn fun the first time.
This go round I cast some Lee 452-300 RF. It took me a while before I could consistently cast nice looking boolits but once I got the temperature right, it went well.
I'm using straight wheel weights. This alloy casts 312 gr and just a smidge over .452". I cast a dozen that I water dropped. Not sure if that will make any difference but I figured it would be worth experiementing.
I loaded up a dummy round, COL = 1.585" which is to the forward crimping groove. I plan to shoot these in my 45 Colt Ruger Blackhawk and in my Marlin 1894CB. I was please to find that even with the wide meplat the cartridge cycled easily. Haven't found a lot of data for this weight bullet yet. Suggestions?
At the moment I'm using LEE liquid Alox. It's all I'm set up for at the moment. My understanding is that once I size & gas check them I Alox them again. Sound right? Again, suggestions, insights, critiques and clever or witty responses are welcome as I'm only in ankle deep and I'm lookin to make to the deep part of the pool (eventually). You guys have been great so far and I REALLY appreciate it.
This go round I cast some Lee 452-300 RF. It took me a while before I could consistently cast nice looking boolits but once I got the temperature right, it went well.
I'm using straight wheel weights. This alloy casts 312 gr and just a smidge over .452". I cast a dozen that I water dropped. Not sure if that will make any difference but I figured it would be worth experiementing.
I loaded up a dummy round, COL = 1.585" which is to the forward crimping groove. I plan to shoot these in my 45 Colt Ruger Blackhawk and in my Marlin 1894CB. I was please to find that even with the wide meplat the cartridge cycled easily. Haven't found a lot of data for this weight bullet yet. Suggestions?
At the moment I'm using LEE liquid Alox. It's all I'm set up for at the moment. My understanding is that once I size & gas check them I Alox them again. Sound right? Again, suggestions, insights, critiques and clever or witty responses are welcome as I'm only in ankle deep and I'm lookin to make to the deep part of the pool (eventually). You guys have been great so far and I REALLY appreciate it.