mugsie
08-24-2008, 07:29 PM
Checking my stock yesterday I found I was low on 45 ACP, so I decided to cast a few. Took me an hour with a Lyman two cavity 452460 mold but I cranked out approx 200, all water quenched. I just picked this mold up a while back and this was the first serious session I had with it. Had some trouble dropping out of one cavity but it probably has a small burr or something - I'll look at it tomorrow.
I shoot my 45 ACP out of a Black Hawk convertable (45LC / 45ACP). In the past I had tried (forgive me) purchased cast bullets for 45 ACP - they never shot well and I thought it was due to the longer jump for this cylinder. Well anyway, I lubed them up last night and loaded the entire 200 this morning. 5.2g of Tightgroup - nice easy load.
Took em' to the range today and at 25 yards I coulda shot the eyes out of a gnat! They were unbeliveably accurate. After 50 rounds, checked the barrel and zero leading! Never happened before. Incidentilly, I used home made Felix lube.
It feels great to cast my own, lube em, reload em' and shoot em. Now if I could make my own primers and powder I'd be all set!
I would like to thank all of you for helping edukate me - I hit the perfect combination in my BH. What a great day it was. Thanks everyone. Thank you....
I shoot my 45 ACP out of a Black Hawk convertable (45LC / 45ACP). In the past I had tried (forgive me) purchased cast bullets for 45 ACP - they never shot well and I thought it was due to the longer jump for this cylinder. Well anyway, I lubed them up last night and loaded the entire 200 this morning. 5.2g of Tightgroup - nice easy load.
Took em' to the range today and at 25 yards I coulda shot the eyes out of a gnat! They were unbeliveably accurate. After 50 rounds, checked the barrel and zero leading! Never happened before. Incidentilly, I used home made Felix lube.
It feels great to cast my own, lube em, reload em' and shoot em. Now if I could make my own primers and powder I'd be all set!
I would like to thank all of you for helping edukate me - I hit the perfect combination in my BH. What a great day it was. Thanks everyone. Thank you....