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Thanks for all the info guys! Hoping to cast more this weekend.

Been casting for several years. Have been working with a new NOE 2 cavity hollow point mold, and I am having trouble with the hollow point filling out completely. I am running my melt at the same...

NOE 453-200-SWC 4 cavity for me

Just to keep things simple my formula 7-4-3. 7# cows, 4# soft and 3 ozs tin. Pretty close to what you want.

I use the NOE 359242 121 gr for both calibers. Size .357 for 9mm and .358 for .38. Great results!

NOE 359242 sized to 357. Shoots nicely in the 38's also sized to 358.

Mine is a buzzer too. It hushes when I tap it with the mallet.

I use my lee bottom pour and a round ball mold one size for pewter and one size for 60-40 solder from the radiator shop

I have bought new lee items from tyco sales on ebay. It has been a good experience. Satisfied customer only.

What works for my Bersa 9mm is the NOE 359242 with Felix lube and 700x.

My alloy for 9mm is 7# WW + 4# soft + a little tin. Works well for me.

I am by no means an authority, I have only cast a few thousand bullets. In my limited experience, 850 is too hot a pot. I usually run at 725-750. I preheat my mold on a single burner hot plate on...

If you have a local radiator shop in town like I do, see if the shop owner will trade his solder drippings. I trade my local shop owner soww lead and he makes trotline weights.

I use the Lyman universal depriming die on LC brass and the only time I broke the pin was a loose primer inside the case. I really like the CH4D swager it is fast and is perfectly safe to use when...

My mix is 7/4 clip/stick + whatever the alloy calculator says to add for 2% tin. It works well in all my non magnum handgun loads. Get em!

+1 on FWFL!

I sat down for some casual 223 resizing on a little bench I built for single stage work in the living room. The bag balm does work really well! Thanks John Boy!

I get the 60/40 solder drippings from my local radiator shop. It's a pain to clean up but its worth it.

I trust 231 for any pistol load! I would try the 230gr starting load and work from there.

+1 on the 452-200 NOE. My lil Ladies CZ shoots them like they were made for it!

I recently bought some for my 4500 they were 1-1/8 x 7/8 x 1/8. These two sizers are very similar so those dimensions should be similar. Gives you a size to start with.

Thanks John! Man you just gotta love this site! Post NOE questions, Al chimes in with an answer. Post Vulcan questions you get an answer from John. Pretty special thing we got here!

So I'm at the swap meet a couple weeks ago and an old guy there has a table full of old Lee molds for sale. I take a look and see a mold I could use. As I'm checking out the mold he states that if I...

I'd do it. My scrap dealer gave me a good price for the jackets and I got more lead there. I'm trying to build up a stash, so it sounds good to me!