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.
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.
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.
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
Last edited by swamp; 11-04-2023 at 12:10 PM.
There is no problem so great, that it cannot be solved by the proper application of high explosives.
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.
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.
I am currently shooting 0.462" boolits in my Trapdoor. I am most interested in boolits close to that diameter. thanks.
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.
Been loading 6.5 CM for ELD, learning to load Mosin Nagant & .308/7.62x51
Caster & CWW / Lead miner.
Mountain Mold 45-70-405, 80% Meplat, sized .461" dia. for Marlin 1895GS
Lyman mold #429421 "Elmer Keith" style 255gr, Dbl Cavity; [for .44 Mag, S&W 629, Alox lubed]
Lyman #356402, 9mm, Sngl Cavity [for a friend]
LEE #90282, 12ga Drive Key, 7/8oz Slug [for: Son's 3-Gun]
LEE #90349, 452-255RF, 6 Cavity [for 45 Colt & 45 ACP; Alox lubed]
LEE #90697, 453-200RF, ditto
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.
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 |