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Just purchased my first 1873 SAA replica, and finding commercially-cast boolits - or even a mold - is close to impossible - or else the lead time is 4+ months out!

I'm hoping to buy a small...

I've also got a Rossi 92 in .44 mag, but it is the short-barreled carbine. It is OUTSTANDING for hunting hawgs in the brush...that short barrel is really easy to swing, especially when you're in the...

Revisiting my tread here to see if I left any responses hanging. Judging by the success Wolf91 and others had with the Lee die, I decided to go with that one for starters. Biggest problem now is...

Looking back over my old threads for dangling conversation. Well...that is exactly what I did with these "odd" boolits...did a remelt and used 'em for ingots!

Fcvan, you didn't mention what powder you used to get that 1 MOA.

Being that I've got 1:7 and 1:8 twist 16" barrels here - I might want to run with a heavier boolit than the LEE mold produces. And...

That IS rather impressive performance from a cast boolit running at such a high velocity! Wow! I have shot factory M855s and seen far worse performance, like 2 or 3 MOA (the MIL spec for 5.56 in govt...

Wow, drop that flyer out Wolfdog and you have 2 MOA left on the other three! Nice group from a garden variety AR! What powder gave you that?

Are both you fellas running your PC'd boolits through a...

It helps, thanks, Wolfdog! Can you please tell me: 1) What alloy do you use? 2) what barrel length and twist rate in your AR? 3) Which gas checks are you using...Hornady copper or another brand? I've...

Group, I'd like to try my hand at casting some .223 boolits for use in gas-operated AR. I realize this poses additional challenges, since pressures (and thus velocities) must to be high enough to...

It has been so long since I used my 45-45-10 that I've forgotten what the proper viscosity should be at room temperature. I don't want to overly-thin it out, nor keep it too thick.

Can anybody...

+1 for the true butcher saw above. Well worth the money, and nice to not have paint from hacksaw blades contaminating your meat.

I found another thread where a fellow had the exact same problem as I. He simply added some deodorized mineral spirits to the bottle of dried out lube and reconstituted it to original viscosity. All...

I bought some 45-45-10 White Label some years back and hardly used any. Even though the cap was kept tight, it has reduced to considerably less of it's original volume and is now a hard paste...kind...

Makes sense, and I never exceed the max chage weight listed. But what's going on if I am loaded far below the max. charge weight, and yet I'm getting measured velocities that are far above the...

Jsnover, I made a mistake in my original post, which I corrected. The NOE was actually a 453-196 "button boolit" / HG 130 clone at 196 grains. This explains why it was a bit faster than the two HG 68...

I'm glad to know I was not way over the top! The mold and powder data is in my original post above.

Is 850 - 870 fps an abnormally high velocity for a 200 gr SWC in a 1911? The MIL-issue 230 gr FMJ ball ammo is spec'd at 850 I believe.

Thanks for your inputs, guys. Again, since there are so many variables that affect my measured velocity vs. what the books say, should I simply adjust my powder charge so that I'm never exceeding the...

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I'm perplexed - can anyone help? This discussion pertains to .45 ACP loading.

I've loaded 4.5 grains of WST in Berry's 230 gr RN to use as a reference load. They consistently shoot ~750...

Petroid - FYI the 238 gr boolit is 0.668" long.

-TH

Petroid, thanks very much. Your simulation actually does tell us a lot, the most important being that the 238 gr. vs 230 isn't that big a deal...it is seating depth that is of greatest concern here....

Petroid:

Thanks for the reply. I tested the alloy and it is BHN 12. The "voids" I speak of are the type of incomplete fills one sees when the mold and/or lead is not running at the proper...

Guys: I've always used reloading manual data to get me where I want to go, but I have one unusual reloading situation that I can't find a solution for in the books. Hopefully, somebody with...

I would like 4 of these plates with standard size holes as found on LEE .357 and .44 molds.

Thanks,

I just got off the phone with Lee. They feel the mold is out-of-round and will either fix or replace for me free-of-charge. The tech told me that occasionally they'll get a undersized dimension...