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I use the Lyman 358242 bullet in my FX9. I have to load it longer than my pistol loads (one lube groove exposed), I PC them and have actually started using plain base check also. Did not have...

I'm shooting an fx9 16" PCC in USPSA. I have been using the same charge as my pistol loads but my PCC likes a really long OAL (read barely fits in mag). I really like the lyman 358242 (mine weighs...

I have the 121 grain version as well. Seating it with one lube groove exposed for use in my 9mm pcc that requires a long oal to feed properly. Loaded with both lube grooves inside for my 9mm...

Bought a RIA 1911 in 9mm for my wife and that sucker is a tack driver. Loves both the Lee and Lyman 120 tc boolit. It is my backup gun when I shoot uspsa SS division (primary is para gi expert in...

Never thought about the cherry being sharpened and thus demintions changing over long runs. They both shoot great through my pcc, but through experience I know that my 1911 shoots 357 better than...

Back story:
So I got a PCC and wanted a round nose bullet to feed it because it wasn't having anything to do with the TC bullet I was feeding all my other 9mm guns. I picked up the lyman 356242...

My notes for that boolit say:

"use Lee sizer die on fresh cast bullets
double coat with powder coat to reach >.402
then load over 5.1 gn unique using .66 cc cavity
COAL 1.110 with light crimp"...

Another trip to the range today, touching on the use of a thinner alum GC that I mentioned in the last post. This time shooting 5 shot groups to get a general since if it was going to make a...

Well made it out to the range to try out some of the NOE 225 70rn boolits. This was a ladder test to find a load that functions and groups fairly well. I don't really have a specific MOA goal per...

It's an Anderson 556 NATO carbine barrel. I'm finding that some of my boolits have grown a little and when sized the step down to the nose on the NOE boolit is erased. If I try to put the nose into...

Have been working with the NOE 225-70-RN mold playing with alloy, heat treat, and PC. Ran into an issue with the round locking up the gun (sometimes had the same problem with the lee boolit as...

Just switched from Felix to bac, shooting 4.2 gn bullseye under a 200 swc through my 1911 and it is way too Smokey for indoor and questionable on a calm day outdoors. Just a heads up if that makes a...

Set up and used my new checkmaker from pat marlin. Made quite a few tiny 223 gas checks. They look good, sized a few noe 225-70gn with my aluminum checks and some carnuba blue cast from cu enriched...

Got my shipment of lube 5 sticks of bac and 2 sticks of 2500+. Loaded the bac in my Lyman 45 I use for pistol boolits and lubed up the 450 9mm boolits I de-lubed earlier this week. Had some leakage...

Packing everything up in an attempt to remove the carpet from my room and install the laminate flooring purchased from a black Friday sale last year. Need to knock it out while the kid is at camp and...

Okay gave it a shot today.
12# pure on
3 newer pennies cut in half
Melted it all up then added 4 tbsp zep (1tbsp at a time)
Scraped and skimmed the crud
Fluxed well
Added 12# coww
Stired and...

Interesting thing happened at the range today. I was out shooting my ar using the 55gn pill with 19.5 gn of h4895 at 25 yards. At this distance they group really well but what was interesting was I...

Cast up about 13 pounds total of lyman 452460 and Lee 356-120tc. I have to say a big Thank You to Hatch for putting out a great product. Ever since I purchased a pid from him my casting sessions have...

452460, about 300 of them. Second time using a non aluminum mold. After the last sessions rounded bands I turned up the pid to 750 from 700 and found better fill out. Found that this mold also...

Finally got some handles so I could try out one of the two new to me molds. Also first time using my new Hatch PID. First time with anything other than a lee two cavity. Mold is the lyman 452460...

Rogerdat,
Longer range with flatter trajectory. I will be trying pc on the NOE boolits. I have played with pc in the past with and without lube. I would prefer not to pc and may give copper a try....

I ended up with the Lyman 460 mold, and noticed that they made two different swc. Why? I see the difference but why the two molds?

Anyone tried using the copper alloy from the stickies above? Was thinking of trying the coww with nickel grade 2 Babbitt base then mix with soww. To create a tougher alloy, trying both air cooled and...

Hung my desk calender on the wall finally, wasn't much point before having match schedules out. Marked the first local outdoor steel shoot and next month's indoor match.

Then I sat and looked...

I have been sifting through tons of threads about different alloys and their uses, as well as the threads specific for the caliber that I am interested in. So much information spread over several...