When I got the idea I wanted to cast I read everything I could get my hands on so I would have a idea where I was going. I have only been casting about 3 or 4 years so bare with me.
Sense the threads talk mostly about " hardball, Lyman #2 and superhard " alloy I think I must be missing something. When I started I had a supply of wheel weights and I bought a supply of lino and tin. The boolits I cast were ok but not good enough to keep up the hobby. A year ago I cast some softer, like 6 and 7 bhn boolits for my 3030 and 4570 to hunt with. Looking at a boolit from a black powder kill the pure lead opened up so I figured that would be the ticket in other rifles. Like I said I cast around 6 bhn and not pure.
My accuracy went way up with the softer alloy. I still have no leading. So why do people use the hard stuff ? Or has everyone been brainwashed into thinking a soft boolit will lead there barrel. Maybe I didn't read the right books on the subject.
Some of you old timers in casting fill me in ?