Recaster
06-19-2013, 07:50 PM
I'm new to reloading/casting but thought i had a good combo for my 45 ACP. At first i had some leading but thought i had it solved. After shooting 50 rounds today i noticed moderate leading just after the chamber. No big deal but last time i shot @ 250 with very little leading at all.
I am loading for a Springfield XD-45 with a 4" barrel.
I have a Lee Tl 452 230 2R Mold that drops bullets at .453", weighing @ 237 grain using 50/50 (coww/pb).
I'm loading those boolits over 4.9 grain of HP-38.
After reviewing my notes i noticed a few changes that i had made:
-Made some 45/45/10 lube and used that on the rounds today, last outing i used straight lee allox.
-Tula primers today, Federal last time
-Boolits might have been softer today, i noted them weighing @ 234 grain last time vs. 237 grain for todays boolits.
:roll:after thinking back i may have dropped the previous ones in water, todays were air cooled (that could be my problem right there)
i have to keep better notes.
I don't think it's the lube, surely it's not the primers. It has to be the alloy right? or the water vs. air cooled.
What do you guys with greater knowledge think? (i hate to scrap the boolits i just cast, abt 8 pounds worth)
I am loading for a Springfield XD-45 with a 4" barrel.
I have a Lee Tl 452 230 2R Mold that drops bullets at .453", weighing @ 237 grain using 50/50 (coww/pb).
I'm loading those boolits over 4.9 grain of HP-38.
After reviewing my notes i noticed a few changes that i had made:
-Made some 45/45/10 lube and used that on the rounds today, last outing i used straight lee allox.
-Tula primers today, Federal last time
-Boolits might have been softer today, i noted them weighing @ 234 grain last time vs. 237 grain for todays boolits.
:roll:after thinking back i may have dropped the previous ones in water, todays were air cooled (that could be my problem right there)
i have to keep better notes.
I don't think it's the lube, surely it's not the primers. It has to be the alloy right? or the water vs. air cooled.
What do you guys with greater knowledge think? (i hate to scrap the boolits i just cast, abt 8 pounds worth)