I hope we can make your membership worthwhile. :coffeecom:
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I hope we can make your membership worthwhile. :coffeecom:
Hey cas! welcome aboard... we have a few threads you might be interested in.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/sear...earchid=401901
Welcome cas! Drag up a chair 'n set a spell.
Great site guys, thanks for letting me participate. Regards Rodfac
Hi Everyone! This is THE site I've been looking for. Lots of great topics and info here. I'm looking forward to learning from all of you! DB
Wow, happy to find this site and all the good information. I finally cast my first boolits last week. 170gr .401 (40 S&W) TC Lee mold. After all my reading on this site, it went flawlessly. Well almost...had to toss some back in, but got into the rhythm. Cast another 300 several days later and had good boolits from the start. Probably 98% good! Now I am going to buy a .356 and .452 mold!
I can't figure who cas might be but I'm glad to have found CastBoolits.
Lotsa great info.
Hopefully one day I can contribute.
Thanks
3rptr
Newbie here, first post and all, I figure I'd throw a post in while I'm reading and digesting info.
I've been reloading for 15 or so years, mostly because of the poor choices available for my T/C Contender in 7x30 Waters. Started shooting a 44 mag a while back and now have a SBH Hunter. Also have a Taurus 357 7 shooter in Ti. My rifles so far digest factory ammo, but plans include load development in the near future, I just don't shoot them very much.
I used to purchase CB's from Laser cast, but with the cost of them + shipping, I thought I'd give casting a try. I picked up mostly Lee stuff seeing as how they're only 30 miles away. I'm going to start with the 44 as it's the easiest to load for and probably the strongest handgun I have. More forgiving and all.
Well, back to reading, going to try to have all my ducks in a row before I get started. I'll contribute if I can, question when I can't!
Oh yeah, nice place you got here. Just reading through lots of stuff and I can see lots of respect and some pretty well informed individuals.
New man here and glad to be a member. I have been casting boolits for a long time but have much to learn and it looks like the right place.
another new casting addict here. can only post replies so far.Gerry in Aus.
I've been lurking for awhile and have learned a lot. I just started casting last week and am addicted. I love making stuff, and to be able to take one thing and turn it into another is awesome! Especially when you calculate the savings. I must have more lead!!! The 350# I have is not nearly enough. :-D
New to the forum, new to casting, admitting my ignorance, and looking for guidance.:coffeecom
G'day Butch and welcome to Castboolits. There is plenty of info here and we welcome questions so don't be backward in coming forward, ask away.
Another new kid! Yesterday, I finally did it. Got out all my stuff, plugged in the Pro Melt and broke in the new Lee .45 mold.. At first I think my pot temp was too low - got a lot of wrinkled noses. So I cranked her up to about 850 ( on the dial anyway) and things got a little better. Poured 200gr SWC's. The first 50, I was looking for good ones to pick out. The last 50 I was picking out bad ones. All in all, I got 40 good bullets. Had a great time & can't wait to do it again. I'm amazed at how shiny they are! Mike
Hello all. I'm new to casting just trying to gain some info on how it's done and what I need to purchase to get started. Thanks in advance for the great reading and info I have found so far.
Hello and Thanks. I have been lurking for about a month or two learning as much as possible. I picked up some equipment in that time and cast my first bullets. I am now to the point that I have more specific questions as opposed to the general ones that I was able to find by doing a search. I look forward to learning as much as I can about casting boolits and perhaps in time I can contribute with my knowledge. I have to admit that the quest for lead has gotten me.
New to this site, Hope to get back into casting. I been pulling a lot of stuff off the archives.I been going over it to find all the helpful ideas I can.
Ok, I been lurking long enough. Just signed up. Been soaking up the info for awhile and am impressed w/ all the knowledge. The glublits thread is interesting. Thanks for the invite.
New member , never cast before. looking to cast for 45acp,454casull,44mag,357mag.50 Beowulf and 50 roundball. Have 5 gal. bucket of wheelweights cast into ingots and a 35lb block of pure lead. Where do I start?Don"t mind investing in equiptment but like to spend my money once. any advice would be great .Thanks in advance.
Scot
Yet another new guy on this forum. I've been lurker for sometime, time now to sign up and participate.
I've been shooting off and on (mostly off, unfortunately :() since I was about 10, been loading bullets and boolits for about 5 years, and casting for a couple of weeks.
I'll join the chorus and say what a great amount of practical information is on this site, provided by a bunch of really nice folks.
Hi new to board looks great lots of info thanks sharps 4570
beowulf keep the pure for b.p..ww is ok for the others.
and like you i to like to buy quialty onceand pass on junk.
oh welcome aboard
Just sayin' thanks for such a friendly and informative form. Learned a great deal while lurking.
Greetings all
new to the board but not new to casting. I began casting over 30 years ago, and learned everything the hard way. Just in the past few weeks on this board I have learned a lot from the collective wisdom. Thanks guys
Bill C
Welcome aboard.
That's how it always happens. People arrive bumfuzzled, and before they know it, they are all twitterpated!
Just registered. (no kidding)
I started casting back in the early '80's (handgun only). Lee molds. 155 grn. LSWC in .38/357 that were never worth shooting in my revolvers for some reason and 225 gn. LRN in my .45 ACP that would shoot with (or better) than any jacketed ammo I ever shot in that Combat Commander.
Stopped casting when I moved to VA and stopped shooting/hunting.
Starting to get back into reloading and shooting now and getting ready to reload with some cast bullets for my old US Enfield (as a start, maybe the Garand later) for the first time. If it works out (purchased rifle bullets at first) I'll start casting my own.
Looking forward to learning a lot here about loading cast bullets for the old 30.06. I do a lot of 25 meter firing and I got a thing for US Enfields and Garands so cast bullets should just the ticket.
Checking in from Concord NC
I reload, 45/70, 5.56, 243, 308, 38/357, 9mm, 45ACP
I don't cast but mainly reload cast bullets currently. Magnus and Berry
Hi, new to this forum. Have RCBS Mouldmaster furnace and a few moulds that I need to knock the dust off of. With the price of all components on the rise, it makes sense for me to get back into casting. Thanks for having me+looking foward to a lot of good info!!:-D:-D
I'm another newcomer to this site. This was tagged as my favorite after the first 15 minutes of reading. Great info, great topics. A lot respect among postings even when they disagree. I have been casting and reloading for rifle & pistol for over 30 years and am looking forward to the "golden nuggets" of info from the masters.
Welcome aboard to all of the new guys. I hope that you find as much enjoyment as I do here. If it’s casting you want to know about, then you came to the right place.
Pretty much a new member of the list, here- Gotta say what a privilege it is to share ideas and thoughts with such experienced boolit casters.
Wish there was a list of commonly used abbreviations (acronyms) so us new guys can figure out the shorthand- it took me weeks to figure out PM= private msg, gb= group buy, etc-- How Bout It, guys?
I started reloading in Alaska in 1974, casting boolits about 1976-- lots of primers and powder later, we're still at it, and always learning from wise folks like you-
Keep up the great work guys- we need each other!
358wcf
Concord, CA
New comer here as well. I'm really looking forward to all the knowledge that I can gather here and hope to teach my friends after I learn. Like I did with reloading. I've aleaft learner much thank you guys for that.
New guy checking in. Anyone from Las Vegas ??
Looking to cast for 45acp,45LC,460 S&W
Welcome to Cast Boolits Sonic! :-D:drinks::-D
Hello
This is my first post here. I have seen this forum before and decided to join tonight.
As of now, I do not cast my own bullets. Living in an apartment in Toledo is not the best place for that, but in due time odds are I will start. I have however, recently switched to loading cast bullets instead of the ball/jacketed bullets, due to cost.
I am fairly new to reloading in general, and will have many questions I'm sure. As of now I load for .38 S&W Special, .380"/200 (aka .38 S&W) and the .303" rifle cartridge used by the British/ British Empire. In the distant (not too distant I hope) I plan to reload the .577"/.450" cartridge for the Martini-Henry Rifle.
As for my screen name "TomcatPC", I was a Plane Captain (aka "Crew Chief" NOT a pilot/aircrew) for F-14A Tomcats in VF-302 Fighting Stallions when I Served in the U.S. Navy. That is it for now.
Thank you
Mark
Sure am glad I found this site. I've been casting on and off for about 25 yrs. Am thinking that it might be the only way to get bullets in the future. I recently started shooting alot of lever actions with the 35 rem, 45-70 and 30-30 being ones I really want to cast for. I also cast for .358 win, and revolver rounds. Want to get a .357 mag or .357 max barrel for my old contender, and try some cast in that too. So many guns, so little time. 45 Nut was very kind to me right after I joined the site, and want to say that he's a stand-up guy.
Woody