First Cast Bullet Buck -WV

[4719dave]

Congrats, it's been a pleasure being on here. must are willing to share and even teach which I love.

[Beaverhunter2]

Well done! Congratulations!

John

[MrWolf]

Congrats! Just keep the snow on your own side of the state

[Smoke4320]

Congrats on the cast bullet kill.. .
man it is nice when you kill with bullets YOU made

I have gotten 2 so far this year
1 with 50 cal muzzleloader (45 cal bullet and 50 cal sabot) and 1 with 45/70 both using a NOE 460 -350 HP

[CastingFool]

Congrats on your first cast boolit buck! Fresh venison is always good!

[Dman75]

Thanks guys. It truly was a great satisfaction casting my own bullets to take my deer. So much goes into this. Checking bore dimensions and doing a pound cast of chamber to get correct boolit size. Playing with different loads to get all the accuracy I could. Getting the 44 mag to shoot well is a challenge with the oversized bore but I’ve got some decent accuracy now. Best thing it did was make me practice more. Shooting more is never a bad thing

[wvmedic]

@Dman75 good job and it is addicting. What alloy are you using, I'm getting ready to start loading for my Marlin .44 Mag using the NOE 432-265. I'd like to use it for Black Bear next year.

Jeff

[Dman75]

WVMedic - I use range scrap lead with a little solder added to help fill out. I do air cool also. Hardness is 12-13 after casting. Air cool after powder coating also. On my gun I checked bore size and also did a pound cast for the chamber. Those results showed I needed a boolit size of .4335 so I opened up a Lee push thru sizer from .431 to .4335. Accuracy is good with most loads. I can hold about 2” at 50 with open sights. Probably as good as my older eyes can do.

[missionary5155]

Good morning ad Congratulations !
Thank you for the good photo of your 1st Home Brewed Cast Slug" young tender buck! Good "0 dark early" reading.
Hunting with your own ammo is another step to the joys of real hunting / shooting independence. Keep heading down the trail.

[wvmedic]

Dman75, thank you and I absolutely understand about poor eye sight. I have to use optics, seems that my eye sight has steadily degraded since I turned 50.

Jeff

[trapper9260]

You done great. Nice deer , enjoy it you will be wanting to get more. I was happy when I first got a deer with my own cast . Happy for you and I have the same type of rifle also, but I do the early muzzle loader season here .