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That is awesome. There's hope yet for my wife! Thank you.

I just slugged the barrel on my 9mm Colt SMG and ended up with a .357" groove diameter, when spinning the bullet in the caliper I see .3575, so it may be a little over. I'm working up a load with a...

I've never been able to get my Colt SMG to shoot hollow points reliably. Some Colt SMG's will fire anything. My YHM 9mm upper, unfortunately, will not. The Uzi has no problem with it, but I'd like...

That's great to hear. The smoke is my primary concern. Dump a mag of cast bullets at an indoor range on full auto and it will clear everyone out. I did that with my grease gun and never wanted to...

Okay, that's good. I did speak with Accurate, unfortunately his tooling does not allow for RN bullets. He has to leave the head flat, which will not cycle in my SMG, unfortunately. I know Lee does...

I've been casting for some time, but I've only powdercoated my wadcutters. Had a few kids since my last casting session (it's been a while) and I was hoping we'd see some RN slick side molds...

That calculator is showing my barrel has plenty of twist, but it also has no provision for barrel length. However the industry as a whole switching to a faster twist of 1:7 in short barrels, which...

well, rather disappointing trip today. I was getting keyholing (as in 90* to target) at about 20-30 FEET. So definitely having some stability problems. I'm guessing 1:8 twist isn't enough on a 6"...

What are you sizing to? My mold drops a .310-.311, and I'm resizing to .309 to start, see how that does.

I don't do the 5 minute shake, my oven drops temp too much.

Yeah I had burrs around the bearings. Not the prettiest die, but I drops okay, have to pop it open rather violently to get a clean drop, but it works. If I can get it shooting decent and this turns...

gorgeous! Thanks for the quote! Gotta embezzle money so the wife doesn't notice!

What COL are you running? I'm loading them long, the ogive looks quite sudden, but I chambered a few and i got one or two knicks, but none on the bearing surfaces, so I'm hoping it will be okay.

I run 11.5gr of AA1680 for my subsonic, good case fillout, cycles very well and chronos about 1050. That load isn't going to be good for anything but a really short barrel though. I cut my barrel...

I assume you're shooting suppressed. Are you coating as well? Seen any lead buildup in your can?

My concern is I'm firing them out of an m16 on full auto, so the barrel is going to heat up quickly. I'm not sure if hardness plays a role in leading with that.

I had a quote in for a 6 cavity 230gr mold. I've never had an iron mold...how heavy is that going to be? Am I going to regret that? Volume is the name of the game for me, I'm casting for a...

yep, more acetone and dropping them on the drying tray before they get tacky solved my issue. Now they look like better.

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Well, I was careless with a few ingots, and I can't recall if they are COWW or SOWW's. I don't have a hardness checker, so i'm somewhere between 6-12. I do water drop all my projectiles, but if...

Anyone in here cast using the lee 230gr mold? What hardness are you using? I'm coating my bullets with hi-tek, and I'm curious if I'm too soft. Velocity will be 1050-1,100.

That's good to hear. I've always found groveless molds to drop easier, shoot better, and give me more case capacity.

Ah, that's a really good point. That's probably what's causing the rough texture. Problem is 10 seconds of tumbling isn't enough to get the bullets lubed well, at least that's what I'm seeing. I'm...

I shoot these 440gr at 1650fps out of my 500 magnum. 35gr Lilgun. I'm not sure if I can shoot these not gas checked with the coating, I've always gas checked them, and I get a little bit of...

Well, I did my first coating today. It went pretty smooth. Getting all the necessary tools and appliances was the hardest part. I'm pretty sure I burned the first few batches, the coating came out...

Has any manufacturer stepped up and starting making lube groveless molds for .45ACP 230gr RN yet? Or do I still need to have them custom made? I was hoping the popularity of coatings would cause a...