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I got my first set of reloading gear from Craigslist. A guy was selling a complete setup with a press, scale, powder, etc for $120.

I bought it and recouped most of my money by selling off stuff I...

Okay, stupid question, where is a good place to source tin and what should one expect to pay for it?

I see people selling 60/40 and 50/50 solder bars. Is that the best source?

Let me start by stating that I'm fairly new to casting. I have read a lot about it, here and other places.

I have purchase some smelted WW lead from eBay, and some smelted range lead from someone...

Got my parts on Friday and slapped it together. I made a blog post about it.

Here is a quick photo.

http://timf.anansi-web.com/images/20120609_pid/07_power_on.jpg

Thanks for all your input. I will play with the OAL some more and see if I can get these to feed better.

Hmm. I see that Lee calls their mold an H&G 68.

http://leeprecision.com/mold-dc-h-g-68-200-swc.html

Looks like I need to do some more comparison.

I know they run Magma Casting machines down there, so you are probably right.

Failure to feed. They three-point-jam.

I size them to .452" in my lube-sizer. I taper crimp them to .469" just like the MBC bullets. They drop right into the chamber when I test them.

I will...

I had been buying the 200 grain SWC bullets from Missouri Bullet Company and they fed through my 1911 with absolutely no issues, no matter what magazine I used.

I recently started casting my own...

Well I have to say there are some great ideas here. I got half way through the thread and stopped to order a PID, thermocouple, and SSR. :)

I have a bunch of old PC power supplies around and that...

My 19 year old daughter was home yesterday when the postman dropped off my order of lead from Jim.

This is the IM conversation I had with her when it arrived:

Stef: Why did you order a box of...

Nice cat Jim! Sadly my cats are not allowed in the basement, so they can't help me reload.

I have run about 1000 of the Missouri Bullet Bullseye #1 12bhn bullets through my 1911 with no issues. The 18bhn might be a little too hard.

I have since started casting my own and they run pretty...

Bought a Lyman 450 from Zak. Good price and fast shipping. Thanks!

I actually made my own last night.

http://timf.anansi-web.com/images/20120422_bullet_lubing/09_handle.jpg

I made a blog post about how I did it.

I cast the boolits during the week and pan lubed them this this weekend. I used White Label 50/50 with so-so results but I'm sure that's due to my noob status and not the lube's fault.

I wrote am...

I'm in trouble now. A friend that lives about 210 miles away and works for a hospital (and casts for his muzzleloaders) just offered me free lead.

Whoo-boy. :D

Wow Mrbrent, that looks great. I'm inspired to make one kind of like it. :)

A little more information:

The 200 grain SWC boolits are for my RIA 1911 Tactical and the 255 grain SWC boolits are for my Uberti Hombre in .45 Colt.

I'm sort of a new member in that I've been lurking for a while (about a year) and have not really made any posts.

But that changes today. I've been shooting and reloading for about a year and just...