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I’m in the same boat as the thread starter, I have a fine Hanel original Aydt and got the stop ring mould from BACO. Pan lubing will certainly fill out the two bottom grooves, but not the top...

I just got into .450BM and came across this thread, BRSTEVENS dis you ever find data? There seems to be an abundance as you’d mentioned for the mid 200gr weights up to low 300, but not much else....

I'm gonna be casting my own, though it seems the more I talk to the locals that are helping me get started, the more I'm hearing "buy bullets" instead of talk of casting. Honestly, the only folks I...

Ok, I posted a thread on the same rifle in 44-40, but as it turns out, for CAS you want your levergun to be the same caliber as your sixguns, so, I exchanged it for one in 45 colt. As such, I...

Hi all, just bought a Rossi 92 winchester repro in 44-40. Still waiting for it to get here, but while I'm waiting, I'm trying to get everything I need together to reload for it. I have no idea what...

Up til now, been casting out of a Lee 10lb production pot, with wheel weights and not doing too bad. However, last week I was able to get together with an old timer and cast up about 30lbs of 30:1...

I use 2:1 Beeswax/vasoline lube, which when cool is medium hard. I start by warming up a pie tin under a portable light, while heating the lube up in an old coffee pot in a double boiler. The boolit...

Razor,

They are the same. Are you dealing with a repro, or an original? If you have a pedersoli, than the parts from dixie will fit, and my reccomendation is to by the fly tumbler and fly, that...

Big Gun,

Thanks for the tip, what about using 50/50 solder with my wheelweights, Lyman lists that as #2 alloy, is that even a useful thing to experiment with?

My boolits are filling out the...

I'm a rooky boolit caster, and have only been seriously casting for a little over a year. Currently using straight WW's, and initially had cast them so as to not get frosting, but they came out dirty...

Wonderwolf,

Stumbled across this link to Brooks Moulds, he is advertising an original Sharps style mould in 45 2 7/8 for paper patching, a little price though. Check it out.
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Wonderwolf,

Glad to hear you got a copy of the paper jacket. Before you do anything else, read it, he gets very detailed on what can be used to lube the boolits with, and how to apply it once...

Thanks guys, preciate the tips, will get to work.

Best, Gregg :castmine:

hey folks, had a great casting session last night, however, there is a small amount of smear on both the top of my mould blocks, and on the bottom surface of my sprue plate.

What is the best way...

Hey guys, talked to Rick, his product is pretty much what I'm looking for, just need to decide which mould I want.

As far as paper patching polishing the barrel, most of what I've read between...

Thanks for the replies, will check out both sources. As to being on the low end weight wise, only shooting 200 yards right now, the longest range in this area(not including the ones at the military...

Looking for a Paper Patch Boolit mould that will cast 400grn smooth sided boolits @.450. A 405grn/.451 is fine as well.


Thanks, Gregg

Just bought a copy of Paul Matthews "The Paper Jacket" from a guy over at the BPCR.net forum, can't tell ya what I paid for it because thats between me and him, he did indicate that he had a a couple...

Hey guys, Jsnover has the mould right now, so haven't been able to post pics, however, as a solution, he just went and machined up a new flat base that attaches to the buttonhead under one of the...

Couple of quick points I probably shoulda touched on since the thread was about paper patching:

If you are going to load with smokeless, you need your unpatched boolit to be bore diameter, or...

Freedom,

Just bought my Pedersoli 74 Sharps Silhouette cal 45-70 back in November. The groove diameter on those rifles is .458, with a bore diameter of .450, I'm using a Lyman 457124 bullet, which...

Hey folks, sorry for the late reply. Yes, this is a REAL Hoch Nose Pour Mould, it's a custom 459400. Talked to someone at Colorado Shooter Supply, tried explaining the deal with the bottom plug, but...

Buckshot, thanks for the welcome, and sorry bout the delay. Jsnover pretty much put up the pertinant info, however it is an old mould, and not even listed on their website. However, given what it is...

Hey guys, new to the forum, and still pretty new to bullet casting. Up til now, been using standard lyman base pour bullet moulds, and the most common thing I'm casting is a 457124(.385grn FB) for my...