Welcome to the Cast Boolits.
The FAQ's. Stop here to review some of the best of the best threads on the craft of casting. Copies of threads that deserve full attn. and honorable mention. Contact a member of staff to nominate threads for this area.
A place to look for answers to the most common questions.
The Leadhead Meatgetters Category!
This is the area for general forum Help, Info , Member Prayers and Board Updates. "Our Town" section for our member related issues . New Members please check in here for helpful hints. Please put shooting stuff in the shooting areas! Check the Classics and Stickies forum for helpful topics. **** Off topic/humor/politics goes in off topic, politics.****
Join the cast boolit members in talks about everything outdoors!
This is a test forum for new members to become familiar with the features and options of this board. Also any board updates will be posted in here, and any board questions you have please post here.
To discuss techniques, materials and results of the "Wrapped Galena" with Black Powder.
The area for discussion of recipes, ingredients, home-made and commercial offerings.
A place to discuss reforming cases which will enable those old guns to shoot once again.
The place to discuss our favorite pb projectiles. Boolits = as God laid it into the soil, Grand Old Galena, The Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption. . . Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
Tools of the trade beyond molds: Pots, Ladles, Lubesizers, ect.
The 310's and such of our hobby. Lee Loaders included.
The place to discuss Casting & Reloading of Slugs or Shot using Paper, Plastic, and Metallic Shot Shells
The Place to Discuss Epoxy Coatings, Powder Coatings, Plating and all such Coatings
Using, making and troubleshooting the Gas Check.
Galena , the silver stream itself, the base metal of the craft. Pb, Linotype, monotype, Wheel Weights and the rest!
Start right here when you buy a new mould or need help with design. Group Buy proposal discussions to be in the Group Buy Area!
Presses,dies,scales. Ect.
The Place to Find Info on Making Metallic Shot Shell Cartridges For Pistols
To discuss techniques, materials and results of the "Wrapped Galena" for the "modern cartridge"
If You Mash Lead into Cylinders ! This area dedicated to "Swagerman" James E. Evitts for his tireless pursuits in the craft. RIP Jim.
Catchall for any air fired weapons.
BPCR,your place for combining the Holy Black and Brass.
View these pages and use the listed data at your own risk. The load data contained within these pages can be submitted by anyone on the Internet and it is not verified to be safe.
AR's, M1 Garand,1903,AK's,SKS's,K-31 Share your pet loads here. View these pages and use the listed data at your own risk. The load data contained within these pages can be submitted by anyone on the Internet and it is not verified to be safe.
Share your pet loads here. View these pages and use the listed data at your own risk. The load data contained within these pages can be submitted by anyone on the Internet and it is not verified to be safe.
Gun Leather, Knives, Chronograph's, Scope's and various other shooting sundries.
Whether they are Rugers,Benjamins or Rigby's they need a home here.
NRA,IHMSA,BPCR,SAS.ect.Postal Matches and NCBS. Your Entries are welcomed and schedules encouraged.
Those of you with tips to pass along and those asking for help check in here.
well some of us need to just talk leverguns,,,,right?
If you have a favorite Mil-surp,sporterized or original this is where to brag or ask for help.
For the Blackpowder Crowd. We all need a dose of black once in a while ! Cannons pistols and rifles.
The 22's, 17's, 5mm even 44 Henry rimfire guns.
Your Shotgun Headquarters
Your Rolling Block,Browning,Encore and similar station.
Projects that you have made, have done, or are doing. The things that you have poured your heart into and that may help or be of interest to others.
The Area for the handguns whether they are a 22 or a 500S&W.
Shooting & Reloading things from the past. Share / show your collectable powder cans, cartridge boxes, presses, and ammo. Pretty much anything related and collectable.
The place to show off and discuss vintage ammo.
The place to show off and discuss reloading gear boxes, vintage shell boxes, vintage gear cases, and vintage primer boxes.
The place to show off and discuss vintage Gun books.
The place to show off and discuss vintage powder cans / tins.
The place to show off and discuss vintage reloading gear.
The place to show off and discuss vintage reloading manuals.
The place to show off and discuss vintage scopes, both range and rifle.
This section is for all our Vendors to show off their merchandise.
Private discussion between our vendor sponsors only.
Can fill all your custom sizing die needs for most sizers
Manufacturer of the Buchanan Precision Machine Hand Press.
Manufacturer of PID controllers to control your temperature and PLC controllers to automate your casting machine and lube sizers.
Offering High quality Heavy duty bench spotting scope stands, Heavy duty cleaning rods, Die expander replacements for cast bullets loading in any custom diameters (think "M" dies)
Smelting reclaimed wheel weights and range lead into ingots, since 2007.
Welcome to our newest member, Pinfire
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |