LEADLUBBER
06-04-2019, 01:12 AM
Greetings all,
I am looking into doing some casting possibly or buying already cast bullets and reloading them to more affordably shoot a very nice Ruger SRH that I just acquired in .480 Ruger.
I used a set of plug gauges yesterday and found that all of my cylinder bores were in the .478 range. Some of them were semi-snug, and some were looser, yet, a .479 gauge would not fit in any of them. First question, should I get a .4785 reamer and make sure all are reamed to that spec, or just leave it alone and KISS.
My second question is, which molds for .475 boolits will throw a .478 or .479 unsized bullet using Wheel Weight lead?
Is Buckshot the member who still makes custom sizing dies?
I have a PM into MIHA, but I don't know if he will have any more of the 477-640HP Cramer molds available.
Looking around at already made lead bullets shows most are sized to .475 or .476.
I would like to be able to utilize one mold, and just modify my loads to go from easy shootin' Target-grade pow-pows to super smoking Big-Bangers for longer range targets and possibly hunting!
Thanks to all for the kindness in advance
I am looking into doing some casting possibly or buying already cast bullets and reloading them to more affordably shoot a very nice Ruger SRH that I just acquired in .480 Ruger.
I used a set of plug gauges yesterday and found that all of my cylinder bores were in the .478 range. Some of them were semi-snug, and some were looser, yet, a .479 gauge would not fit in any of them. First question, should I get a .4785 reamer and make sure all are reamed to that spec, or just leave it alone and KISS.
My second question is, which molds for .475 boolits will throw a .478 or .479 unsized bullet using Wheel Weight lead?
Is Buckshot the member who still makes custom sizing dies?
I have a PM into MIHA, but I don't know if he will have any more of the 477-640HP Cramer molds available.
Looking around at already made lead bullets shows most are sized to .475 or .476.
I would like to be able to utilize one mold, and just modify my loads to go from easy shootin' Target-grade pow-pows to super smoking Big-Bangers for longer range targets and possibly hunting!
Thanks to all for the kindness in advance