ryanmattes
08-29-2021, 02:11 AM
So my brother in law is a county cop in a mostly rural area, and when places like Walmart have ammo boxes break open in shipping, they write them off and give them to the sheriff's office. They sometimes do that with other gun-related things that are broken open or broken in shipping.
So last week they had a CVA Optima .50 muzzleloader that got run over by a fork truck, breaking the stock. He took it home and has ordered a stock for $30, so not a bad price for a new toy.since he knows I cast and load, he called me and asked me to give him the run-down on shooting muzzleloaders.
After finding some 209 caps and some 777 pellets, I started looking at commercial projectiles. They're $0.75 each!
So of course I started looking at molds.
Right now I'm thinking about the Lee R.E.A.L. molds in 250 or 320 grain. He's only going to use this thing for plinking in the back yard, he's not going to hunt with it. But of I can cast for a nickel a slug, that's much better than 75 cents apiece.
Anyone loading this mold? Any hints or recommendations?
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So last week they had a CVA Optima .50 muzzleloader that got run over by a fork truck, breaking the stock. He took it home and has ordered a stock for $30, so not a bad price for a new toy.since he knows I cast and load, he called me and asked me to give him the run-down on shooting muzzleloaders.
After finding some 209 caps and some 777 pellets, I started looking at commercial projectiles. They're $0.75 each!
So of course I started looking at molds.
Right now I'm thinking about the Lee R.E.A.L. molds in 250 or 320 grain. He's only going to use this thing for plinking in the back yard, he's not going to hunt with it. But of I can cast for a nickel a slug, that's much better than 75 cents apiece.
Anyone loading this mold? Any hints or recommendations?
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