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UPDATE: Loaded up another 50, this time at 3.1 grains. Point of impact issue solved, primers looked good. I was able to clean the dot torture drill at 3 yards except for the one-handed exercises, but...

I have my pistol (M&P 2.0 9mm 4" barrel) set up for 147 gn Brazos cast bullets. However, I recently obtained a 147 gn MP mold, though with my lead alloy, the boolits come out at 154gn. Okay, adjust...

My local big box is selling CCI SPP for $5.54/100 - limit 2. Sporadic availability, but it gives me a good feeling that the new normal will settle closer to $50 than $90 per brick.

My Lyman 55 is mounted to the powder through die via an adapter. I use this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/162492436465
Long term durability report is good (20K + rounds), provided that you swap out the...

How close are you to Fort Oglethorpe? Check out North Georgia Reloading there - prices are on the high side, but the guy who loads the non-high volume stuff (44 Mag and 357) is a good source for...

I'm not qualified to talk about teaching others major points in the process, but I will say this as a novice speaking to an absolute beginner. Your mold is not hot enough yet. It is not hot enough...

I'm a novice, but a novice that can occasionally listen. :) Thanks for all the input so far! I am not leading now, so why mess with a good thing? Getting a chrono and then making sure the math works...

I have a reliable source of range lead (thanks Captain - see forum vendors for very reasonable pricing and outstanding service). My casts in all my molds are a bit heavy, so I need to add some...

Summary so far, switching handles around is personal preference and not a best practice thing, storage for the molds is do what is necessary to prevent rust. I have an extra metal ammo can and a ton...

Handles on? Coating (ballistol or other)? In box?

With my Lee aluminum molds, I never worried, but I just got my first brass mold, so I'm wondering if I should be doing something other than put on...

3-4 casting sessions on each of the molds. I have not smoked the molds.

Based on the input so far, I'll rub the edges with leather/wood, just something to manage any burrs (no harm that I can see...

I have 3 Lee 6 cavity molds (429-240-2r, 452-230-2r, and 358-158-swc). The second chamber (with #1 being the furthest from the handles) for all three is the stickiest. The rest of the chambers...

Very smooth transaction and I will buy from them again.

Hopefully someone who is on the fence about casting will read this and take the leap and join us. I say us because I have my first boolits made and waiting to powder coat and then size.

My first...

Starting to wrap my head around the scale of production. Sacrifice most of a Saturday to make a lot of ingots, then have lead to use for casting for a long time. Bullet making can be done in smaller...

Thanks for the responses so far. I was worried that casting would end up being an all-day affair. Seems like I can be productive in 2 hour blocks of time. Great. I'll keep reading as more posts come...

I'm new to the forum and did not see this addressed in a FAQ - if the answer is there and I missed it, please send me a PM with a link and remove this post.

I've been loading powder coated lead...