I have not cast with pure lead yet. I'm currently casting 9mm, .38, .40, and .45 hp bullets using .22lr, pellet, and FMJ core lead and with various percentages of tin: 40:1, 30:1, 20:1. I've been...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have not cast with pure lead yet. I'm currently casting 9mm, .38, .40, and .45 hp bullets using .22lr, pellet, and FMJ core lead and with various percentages of tin: 40:1, 30:1, 20:1. I've been...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Here are some ideas. First, you can cast some hollow points, PC them and you won't get leading issues. To keep your costs down, buy some PC from a local PC business. He might have some colors he...
Forum: Gas Checks
Are your 45cal bullets made to take a gas check? BP shooters use to use a paper check. I've pulled .303 military ammo before and found a paper gas check. Could you get away with using cardstock...
Forum: Cast Boolits
how do you get the pins to fall out and drop the hp bullets? Glove and thumb?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tonight I learned to cast boolits with my 2 Cavity MP Mold better. To heat my brass mold, I rest my MP mold onto my hot plate handle side up. I then take a propane torch and heat the sides on all 4...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I'm fortunate to report that I acquired a stack of school workbooks that stack up to 3' high. I will wetpack these for my testing. Maybe for yourselves, if you know a school janitor, he can keep an...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have a lot of ingots of the same alloy. I want to do the same as you but have instead just cast increments of the unknown alloy with varying amounts of tin in comparison to MV. For rifle bullets,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The Lee .38-150SWC shoots well. I also cast the Lee.38-158FRN and it shoots good. On my next day at the range another test load is 9-122TC PC'd up to .358-122. But if I were to punch paper I'd like...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
For toughness and internal disruption, how about casting Lehigh shaped bullets with Babbit? I've cast 40:1 and 30:1. Now I am thinking that I should cast 20:1 and 16:1?
I only know of the 10mm and will go with that because brass is more common, I can shoot 40cal through it for fun, or even switch out the barrel for 357 Sig using worn 10mm brass resized.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Are any of you shooting testloads at various charges, the hottest charge, or the most accurate load with your hp loads? Are you modifying your hp with a serration such as a phillips hammered into the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Has anyone tested MP HP bullets? hat type of bullet were you using, what ratio of lead:tin:antinomy did you use, what powder did you use, what was the MV, and what medium you used?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't have steel molds but do you use a hot plate or a propane torch?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
What are your thoughts about testing cast hollow point handgun bullets?
So far, I've cast sets using an unknown alloy from JHP cores, pellet, and .22lr. The first two with a lead pencil bhn 5 and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Today, I had cast hp bullets at 30:1. Last week I cast 40:1 hp bullets, Pb:Sn with the PB being either sourced from range jacketed lead, .22lr lead, or pellet lead.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a lot of 38 and .357 brass. My 38-148WC groups are pretty decent and if the .357-148WC groups the same, why should I use the .357 brass for a 148WC, I think. Instead, I'll use 158SWC. Maybe...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I recently discovered sabots for BPR loads. For example, there are 50cal sabots that use 45 copper bullets. I don't know how accurate they are though.
I've read in threads a year ago that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am a Californian and the lead-free idea spread from protecting the endangered Condor species. I suggest contacting your State NRA to discuss what approaches can be used to defeat this proposition....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Given the burn rate of various powders within a load table for a certain cast bullet load, have you noticed the speed of the burn rate change depending on the bhn?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Is a 38-148WC any more or less accurate that 357-148WC at 50 yards?
Would the 158 SWC be the next most accurate target bullet for a .357mag after the 148wc?
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I am casting the Lee 357-158 RFN. Would you suggest the use of 2400 or AA9 be better than Blue Dot or AA7. Would you think the LEE .357-158 GC be better than the 357-158FRN?
Can't you just recycle shot by cleaning it up and repacking it?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I pour out my lead at the end of every session into an ingot mold and then stamp it afterwards, depending on the alloy.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I once loved the Lee FCD. It fixed all my reloads that didn't chamber. Then, I stopped using the FCD after a commercial bullet caster named Dardas explained to me that the FCD was swaging the bullets...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I get impatient sometimes and if the graphite doesn't release the lead bullet, the next time I take a propane torch and make sure the hp pin is heated.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |