Whitespider
05-01-2008, 06:57 AM
I know there's not a "one-size-fits-all" answer here, but maybe some of y'all can give me a bit of direction, place to start. Until now I've only cast for my handguns using WW plus a bit of tin.
I've acquired a couple plain base molds for my 45-70, a 330gr HP and 500gr. I've been shooting some plain base 405gr commercial cast from Meister using 50 grains 3031, no leading, bright bore. The Meister cast are really hard, I don't believe my boolits need to be that hard. What's gonna happen if I use my handgun alloy for the 45-70? Should I be adding Lino? How much? My Lino supply is just short of 20 pounds (damn hard to find 'round here), don't want to use it if I don't have to. Or at least I don't want to use any more of it than necessary. I like to cast enough to last awhile (maybe a year), if I do the "water drop" thing (never have) how soon do I need to shoot them up? I'm willing to reduce my load if I can keep the ballistic consistency, darn Handi-Rifle beats me up with 50 grains 3031 anyway.
Thoughts? Experience? Ideas? Your mistakes?
Thanks guys....
I've acquired a couple plain base molds for my 45-70, a 330gr HP and 500gr. I've been shooting some plain base 405gr commercial cast from Meister using 50 grains 3031, no leading, bright bore. The Meister cast are really hard, I don't believe my boolits need to be that hard. What's gonna happen if I use my handgun alloy for the 45-70? Should I be adding Lino? How much? My Lino supply is just short of 20 pounds (damn hard to find 'round here), don't want to use it if I don't have to. Or at least I don't want to use any more of it than necessary. I like to cast enough to last awhile (maybe a year), if I do the "water drop" thing (never have) how soon do I need to shoot them up? I'm willing to reduce my load if I can keep the ballistic consistency, darn Handi-Rifle beats me up with 50 grains 3031 anyway.
Thoughts? Experience? Ideas? Your mistakes?
Thanks guys....