I wondered about the hard sizing. I have sized other bullets down before with little effort. I am only going .003 down so should be easy I thought. Alloy is coww + a length of solder to aid fill...
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I wondered about the hard sizing. I have sized other bullets down before with little effort. I am only going .003 down so should be easy I thought. Alloy is coww + a length of solder to aid fill...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I cast some Lee .401-175 TC for my 10 mm. They dropped at .403 and I wanted to run them through my push through sizing die. They took tremendous force to push them through, so I hit them with a bit...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was seating them fully, but I was using a Hornady shellholder that seemed pretty tight to get into the hand primer. I purchased a RCBS, will see if that does any better.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use a RCBS hand primer. Not sure how to adjust that....
Forum: Cast Boolits
So tested some more, seated primers flush, trimmed to 1.082, did minimal case flaring, and seated to 1.250 COAL. Loaded 15 in my magazine, 14 out of the 15 cycled and fires fine. The one that didn't...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for the help! Will try the things mentioned, along with lubing some with traditional lube instead of PC. Honestly if this were too easy it wouldn't be as fun!!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am pretty new to the casting for handgun scene. Have used cast successfully in several rifles. I recently acquired a M&P 2.0 chambered in 10mm. I cast some bullets from the Lee 175 TC mold, and...
Good day folks. Recently I picked up a S&W M&P in 10mm. I used a Lee .401 175 TC mold and cast up about 1k bullets. I have some unique on hand and plan on using that for my lighter loads (1,000-1,100...
Does anyone know about how much faster it is casting with a 6 cavity vs a 2 cavity mold? I doubt it's 3x faster, because I assume getting 6 bullets to drop takes longer than a 2 cavity mold. Speaking...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Most around here will come in the 200-300lb range
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
What hardness should I go for if I want no expansion at 1250 fps? Straight line penetration is the goal. I do powdercoat, not sure if that makes a difference. I only have COWW and pewter on hand, can...
Does anyone use the arsenal .403 200 wfn PC design in a 10mm? It looks like the nose is pretty wide (.38). Any problems with feeding in a semi-auto handgun? I have a Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 that I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Part of what attracts me to the 180 is my mentor has one that I can use. I think I will cast a couple hundred with his mold and start sending lead downrange
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am planning on starting to cast for my M&P 2.0 chambered in 10mm auto. I would like a load capable of bear defense. Seems like many guys say 200 grain is the minimum. Lee only makes a 180 grain...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks folks, So it looks like general consensus is a 175-180 grain bullet at 1100 fps or so should be fine. That gives me something to work towards!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was at a local gun shop last evening, I had been watching for something to carry when I hike in the mountains. Main reason is defense against the off chance a black bear decides to see how tender I...
Forum: Military Rifles
Good day folks! I just picked up what appears to be a BRNO 98/22 chambered in 338-06. Any reason not to shoot it in that chambering? I do plan on getting go/no go gauges to check the headspace. My...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I used the Lee 35-200 cast out of. 94-3-3 alloy (weighed 204 grains with gas checks) Velocity was 1900 fps out of my 358 win. Used it to take 2 deer this year, they worked very well. Because they...
I have a 358 Win built on a Mauser 98 action. The 2 cast bullets I shot were the RCBS 35-200, and the NOE 360-232. That one has a wide meplat of .275 inches. I had to seat it a little bit deeper so...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Ok I looked again, yours is showing 5% antimony which is way high. Pewter has about that, but when adding 16lbs pure, no way should it be 5%!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
fascinating, mine shows 10.5??!!! I can't quite tell, what does the bottom composition show on your chart?? Mine shows
5.44% tin, 0.35% antimony, 0% arsenic, .09% copper, 0% silver, and 94.1% lead...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I ran the numbers on the spreadsheet and according to what I was able to ascertain 16 pure to 1 pewter gave me 10.5 bhn. Not sure the 15.6 is correct!
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am working with a CVA Wolf muzzleloader, 1:28 twist, 50 Caliber. Planning on using the Lee 452-300 in sabots, in the 1600-1800 fps range
Forum: Hunting with CB's
The meplat on that bullet is not that big, but with my alloy it appeared to get decent expansion
Forum: Hunting with CB's
This year I used lee 35-200, a copy of the rcbs. Mine weighed about 202 grains gas checked. I used them to shoot 2 deer this year at 1900 fps (358 winchester) I know a lot say 50/50 is the ultimate,...
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 |