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I made some molds to fit the SFRB. 4 ingots ~7.5lbs each. I shipped a lot of lead that way when I was in the business.
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I started with a 16" Odin Works barrel. Switch to a 10.5" when I went suppressed. Both barrels were 1 MOA with a 125gr Spitzer. I am still trying to achieve that with my cast.
Odin Works barrels are...

I am in the sailboat business and have to dispose of sailboats. I have processed a lot of keels and have all of them tested. None of them had zinc. As mentioned above, older boats generally have...

Heavier bullets, less powder.

Lyman's manual shows:
125 gr bullet - Starting load 3.9 gr w231, Max load 4.4 gr w231
147 gr bullet - Starting load 3.5 gr w231, Max load 4.1 gr w231

Your starting load of 3.5 gr should be safe....

I have the same mold but with lube grooves/gas checked. It casts 132gr as a hollow point. I load 4.0 HP38 for my 9mm pistol and AR. Your mold drops a bit heavier so start low, work it up.

My results with soft hollow points in an AR has been disappointing. The feed ramps distort the nose resulting in poor accuracy.

Disassemble the burner itself and make sure nothing is blocking the gas flow. It's just 1 bolt holding everything together located in the center. I have a couple of burners I've been using for years...

1.07 in my Sig P290.

I use H110 for my supersonic BO loads, 1680 for subsonic. My supersonic loads are for 125gr J-word, 150gr cast HP. Subsonic is 215gr cast HP.

Thanks to everyone that commented. This has been a fun, informative project. I may have some babbitt in my future but copper sulfate is cheap and readily available. Dusty mentioned the difference...

I want to thank Popper for the tips. Following his instructions I managed to get some Cu in a few ingots that test to 14 BHN. That's up a couple of points from my normal 2.5 Sb, 2.5 Sn alloy. I'm...

Thanks! I was hoping you would post here. Apparently I didn't cook it long enough. I'll try again and post results.

Maybe I'm all screwed up but thought the copper replaced the tin. Popper showed some pretty impressive gains in BHN with small (.2-.3%) amounts of copper. I need to dig back into it.

Thanks!

I need some help hardening lead with copper sulfate. I've read the sticky, searched a bunch of posts but still having trouble. The alloy I have used for years is 2.5 Sb, 2.5 Sn. Very similar to WW...

Data for cast boolits is always an issue. For Blackout I use j-word data and read between the lines. I see you found the Sierra info. Good stuff and I also use https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/. Note...

There have been a few threads here about the lack of accuracy with cast boollits in the BO. I have an AR in the 300BO and read every one of them because of my same frustration. I pretty much gave up...

I shot a lot of Lee 356-125 2R powder coated and they work well in my 9mm AR. I'm using HP38 for powder. I am also playing with a NOE 135 gr hollow point mold. I'm still working up a load but it...

Very nice score! Being in the sailboat biz, I've recycled quite a few keels. Getting the keel off the boat and getting rid of the boat are the toughest part. Apparently that is done.

How I do it:...

I started with a 450. I ditched it when I changed to powder coating and went with the NOE push thru dies on a Rockchucker. I can't prove it but believe the push thru dies are more precise. I don't...

Cast and PC'd is all I shoot through my 9mm AR. Fun and really cheap to shoot. I think lubed would be fine.

I have recycled a few keels like that. If you cut the fiberglass it should peel off the lead with a little help. There are a lot of ways to cut the fiberglass but my favorite is a 4" grinder with a...

I built something similar to this. I was following an old post here during the build but can't find it now. I'll, take some pics tomorrow.

I always preprime my brass. I sized/primed 100 9mm cases yesterday and will do some more when I get the chance. It breaks up the task and makes the final stages simpler. Less stuff to keep an eye on....

I liked frosty boolits. When the temps get up my reject rate drops to almost nothing. I am switching to almost exclusively HP molds so the extra heat helps. I'm powder coating everything anyway.
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