WTB/WTT: Looking for some Collar Button Boolits for my 45/70

[Pirate69]

I would like some to try. Can buy or may have something that I can trade. Will need to know boolit diameter as cast. Thanks.

[hporter]

If you don't get a response to your request, this company sells two types at a decent price.



http://www.westernbullet.com/ly4gr6.html


http://www.westernbullet.com/noe4gr3.html

I tried the NOE in my trapdoor with a pinch of Bullseye. They are really fun to shoot. $15 for 100 is a pretty cheap way to give them a try.

But I would contact them first, before placing the order. Although I have bought a lot from them over the years, I read some feedback recently that they were slow to fill the orders.

[Pirate69]

Thank you. This looks like a good way to try a few before I think about a mold.

If you don't get a response to your request, this company sells two types at a decent price.



http://www.westernbullet.com/ly4gr6.html


http://www.westernbullet.com/noe4gr3.html

I tried the NOE in my trapdoor with a pinch of Bullseye. They are really fun to shoot. $15 for 100 is a pretty cheap way to give them a try.

But I would contact them first, before placing the order. Although I have bought a lot from them over the years, I read some feedback recently that they were slow to fill the orders.

[swamp]

I will see if I have some cast up. I do have some. .459-460 as cast. I tumble lube and shoot as cast.
swamp

[15meter]

I bought a collar button mold to try in a buddy's 458 Win Mag, then he died. His kids couldn't dump the 458 fast enough so I have a batch cast with no rifle to load for anymore. I'll have to check how many I have in the shed. Should probably consider selling the mold also. It's a Noe mold. Don't know the number.

[openbook]

I have a number cast up. .462 as-cast. I usually shoot them unsized. Also east coast, so shipping wouldn't be bad.

For trades a couple of ideas would be the classic Lee bator bullet (the round one) or any kind of 22 cal gas check making equipment.

[Pirate69]

I am currently shooting 0.462" boolits in my Trapdoor. I am most interested in boolits close to that diameter. thanks.

[Pirate69]

I will see if I have some cast up. I do have some. .459-460 as cast. I tumble lube and shoot as cast.
swamp

Thanks swamp but these may not be big enough.

[Walstr]

Pirate69;
I'd drill some 15/32" holes in hardwood, use a drill bit to line with a swatch of foil & resize.

I've done this before for cheap testing & slugging barrels. If too large, place'em on a table saw/anvil & roll'em with a small steel bar. Jes sayin' pard.

[15meter]

Finally dug them out, looks to be in the.461ish size as cast. $15 for the commercial cast is probably as good a deal as your going to find. Pretty sure the mold I have is the same one the commercial site uses.

According to my notes, I used WW plus 3% pewter, probably a little higher on the pewter, I generally lean towards a tin rich alloy, makes fill out better. And I've got more than a lifetime supply of pewter.