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    Boolit Buddy spfd1903's Avatar
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    The idea of a two alloy, soft point boolit is something I always wanted to make. Acquiring a .44 Mag Ruger SRH and a Lyman 429421 was the tipping point. I made a SWA guess and dropped an 85 grain, .30 caliber pure lead boolit into both cavities of the mold. Kept the sprue plate open and held the mold in the pot until the 85 grain points melted. In one trial, I poured Lyman #2 alloy (with Sprue plate closed) in the remaining space and kept the mold level until cool. The other method was to let the 85 grain points solidify first, then top off with Ly #2, but keeping the whole mass liquid for 4 to 5 minutes by dipping in the pot. Placed the mold level on the bottom of a cast iron pan and let the alloy solidify. The 85 grain boolit formed most of the nose past the end of the driving band. With an LBT hardness tester, the noses of both trials were checked. The first trial resulted in too much mixing because the nose registered 12 BHN. The second trial gave a hardness of 5. The fusion mark was barely visible on the second trial and the nose could not be broken or pulled off. Took an hour to cast twelve. When I get a break from working, I will shoot some of them into wet phone books and see what the results are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 357maximum View Post
    ...........all the rest is fluff and mental masturbation..
    The nice thing about a thread like this - through reading what other people are doing, I receive affirmation that, despite all my concerns to the contrary, I am still sane.
    WWJMBD?

    In the Land of Oz, we cast with wheel weight and 2% Tin, Man.

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    I actually talked to Tom at Accurate about this idea awhile ago
    at that time he said that was something he would not be doing
    Hit em'hard
    hit em'often

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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