dk17hmr
06-24-2006, 03:20 PM
Seems kinda backwards to me son getting his father into something.... I got into casting after buying my 45. I like to shoot but I dont have the type of coin it takes to feed my shooting habit with jacketed bullets the next best thing was buying cast. I got to looking at prices and came to the conclusion that I can make my own for what it would cost me for 1000 bullets, I am still new to casting and the members on this site have help alot.
Yesterday I was tryin out some homemade lube and my dad came home with a bucket full cable coating which the telephone company used in the 80's I guess but its close to pure lead. He was garage saling on company time and theyh had a bucket full close to 70 pounds he offered $4 for the bucket and the guy said "need help loading it into that truck?" Well dad was helping me clean it up (paper left inside that coated the copper wire that was stripped out of it already) and asked if I would cast him some 45-70 bullets. I told him buy me a mold that will cast what you want and I will keep you in bullets for the rest of our lead supply.
Well today he asked if I needed anything from Midway because he was ordering some stuff. We ended up getting 2 .459 Lee molds one is a 405gr flat point hollow base the other is a 500gr pointed, a .50 caliber 360gr Lee Mini Ball mold, 30 caliber Hornady gas checks, .309 Lee sizer, and a .457 lee sizer. Almost $100 of stuff, that will keep us in bullets for along time.
Suprising that I get alot of my lead from garage sales. 2 Weeks ago I bought 40 pounds for $2 and this week we got 70 pounds for $4. Still havent found a tire shop that doesnt want to get rid of a bucket for less then $50.
So when that order comes in this week I will have 10 molds and just starting a month and a half ago I would say that is pretty good for just wanting to cut the cost of shooting my 45acp.
DK
Yesterday I was tryin out some homemade lube and my dad came home with a bucket full cable coating which the telephone company used in the 80's I guess but its close to pure lead. He was garage saling on company time and theyh had a bucket full close to 70 pounds he offered $4 for the bucket and the guy said "need help loading it into that truck?" Well dad was helping me clean it up (paper left inside that coated the copper wire that was stripped out of it already) and asked if I would cast him some 45-70 bullets. I told him buy me a mold that will cast what you want and I will keep you in bullets for the rest of our lead supply.
Well today he asked if I needed anything from Midway because he was ordering some stuff. We ended up getting 2 .459 Lee molds one is a 405gr flat point hollow base the other is a 500gr pointed, a .50 caliber 360gr Lee Mini Ball mold, 30 caliber Hornady gas checks, .309 Lee sizer, and a .457 lee sizer. Almost $100 of stuff, that will keep us in bullets for along time.
Suprising that I get alot of my lead from garage sales. 2 Weeks ago I bought 40 pounds for $2 and this week we got 70 pounds for $4. Still havent found a tire shop that doesnt want to get rid of a bucket for less then $50.
So when that order comes in this week I will have 10 molds and just starting a month and a half ago I would say that is pretty good for just wanting to cut the cost of shooting my 45acp.
DK