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03-02-2014, 05:25 PM
I've been lurking around for quite a while and reading up on the intricacies of casting boolits.
I finally got everything together: cast iron lead pot, ladle, small gas stove, COWW alloy, and a couple of Lee 2 cavity molds; and turned out my first real batch. I had previously done a few of the TL430-240's and loaded them to .44 Special levels using Unique, but this was my first effort with a big, serious boolit.
I cast a little over sixty of the C430-310RF and only had to cull five rejects.
Here's how they turned out:
http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad117/cmoore457/060fdee5-0aed-418b-8d07-6b307b24f3e1_zps274ae12c.jpg (http://s927.photobucket.com/user/cmoore457/media/060fdee5-0aed-418b-8d07-6b307b24f3e1_zps274ae12c.jpg.html)
I lubed them my home-brew approximation of Speed Green (3:1 by weight of beeswax and 2-cycle engine oil) and made the gas checks from 12 gauge aluminum flashing with my newly-arrived Freechex-II. Credit for my even knowing about that stuff goes to this forum, as well.
I'll load these for my .44 Mag. SBH and Rossi R92 using either 2400 or IMR 4227 for use on edible critters and scratchy animals who might get the idea that I'm edible.
I seated the gas checks and sized the boolits to .430 with a Lee push-thru sizer. I backed off a couple grains from the listed max in my Lyman manual of 19 gr. of IMR 4227 and tried them out in the Ruger. Recoil wasn't bad and I didn't get any leading.
Any comments or observations, including load recommendations with those two powders, are welcome. Once again, thanks for all the great info and advice on this forum.
I finally got everything together: cast iron lead pot, ladle, small gas stove, COWW alloy, and a couple of Lee 2 cavity molds; and turned out my first real batch. I had previously done a few of the TL430-240's and loaded them to .44 Special levels using Unique, but this was my first effort with a big, serious boolit.
I cast a little over sixty of the C430-310RF and only had to cull five rejects.
Here's how they turned out:
http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad117/cmoore457/060fdee5-0aed-418b-8d07-6b307b24f3e1_zps274ae12c.jpg (http://s927.photobucket.com/user/cmoore457/media/060fdee5-0aed-418b-8d07-6b307b24f3e1_zps274ae12c.jpg.html)
I lubed them my home-brew approximation of Speed Green (3:1 by weight of beeswax and 2-cycle engine oil) and made the gas checks from 12 gauge aluminum flashing with my newly-arrived Freechex-II. Credit for my even knowing about that stuff goes to this forum, as well.
I'll load these for my .44 Mag. SBH and Rossi R92 using either 2400 or IMR 4227 for use on edible critters and scratchy animals who might get the idea that I'm edible.
I seated the gas checks and sized the boolits to .430 with a Lee push-thru sizer. I backed off a couple grains from the listed max in my Lyman manual of 19 gr. of IMR 4227 and tried them out in the Ruger. Recoil wasn't bad and I didn't get any leading.
Any comments or observations, including load recommendations with those two powders, are welcome. Once again, thanks for all the great info and advice on this forum.