Who here cast there own bullets? I cast for 38/357mag, 45acp and 480 Ruger. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d5768bc119.jpg
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Who here cast there own bullets? I cast for 38/357mag, 45acp and 480 Ruger. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d5768bc119.jpg
I am starting to cast. Have all the goodies as of today to try it. Just going to make 148 grn 38 wad cutters. Got the 2 cavity Lee mold in today's mail. Have everything else. I will be powder coating them. I attached a file with some lead hardness information. Hope this helps some one.
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I cast for about a dozen calibers. Been doing it for 34 years now. Not much lately, but am getting ready to ramp it back up.
Ron, are those dropped out of one of the Lyman Devastator(sp) molds? Good looking hollow points!!!
I've been casting four years now. If I shoot it I cast it. (except .22) as long as I stock up on powder and primers I'm GTG.
I saw a post about Midsouth selling zinc bullets and watched a youtube about casting zinc. I'm not sure about using zinc yet so I'll be tracking it.
does anybody here cast zinc?
My Avatar is a simplistic representation of a slug from my NEI custom mould. It's a 350gr .45Colt bullet
designed to duplicate the Keith bullet that I had only found in lighter weights.
I studied penetration tables until my eyes crossed, learning that 350grs at max safe velocity was the "sweet spot.
Much beyond 350gr Keith style in .45Colt and you run into COAL trouble. The 405gr LEE (beer can?) is about max for a
blunt design, too.
(Interestingly, Ruger revolvers can handle longer C.O.A.L.s than Winchester lever guns.)
Wes and I have about 3 dozen moulds and 3 lead melters. We've studied the effects of melt temp, tin addition, etc.
and decided Elmer Keith had it all figured out back in the 50s.
We quench cast just about everything we make.
Alas, we haven't made anything since starting the business.
But that's about the ONLY negative regarding the business!
I cast.... for a little bit!!! Lol a lot for shotgun And muzzleloader.
I cast 30 cal gas checked bullets mostly for use in 300 Blackout but have used them to good effect in 300 Savage and plinkers in 30.06. Also cast several different bullets for 45/70. In handgun I cast for 41 Mag, 44 mag and 45 acp.
I just started casting for 9mm.Attachment 286
I cast 325gr .45 colt. Makes a great deer load for my rifle and pistol.
Yes. Each layer of coating enlarges the slug a few thousandths and with practice you can almost dial in the thickness. And the coating includes the base-recovered slugs still have coating on the base so there's no melting of lead.
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Yes 38/357, 44, 45 acp &30 cal
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What would be a good BHN for 148gn 38/357 wad cuters or semi wad cutters. Will be loading the old bullseye like 2.6-2.8 grns.
I should add I will be powder coating these casts
I have lots of lead wheel weights. I also of like 100 lbs of 63/37 solder trying to come up with a mix but the castboolits calculator spreadsheet that I down loaded seems to have an error in it. Anyone that uses it if you set the 63/37 solder to one pound without having anything else checked at the bottom where it tells you the calculated hardness it comes up with 26.9 as the hardness but the hardness is actually 17. So then when you add wheel weights to the spread sheet the calculated hardness is off by like 10 bhn???
So when i set it up as 1 lb of 63/37 to 5 lbs of wheel weights it gives me estimated hardness of 14.1-- so I am not sure of this mix is giving me correct estimated hardness....
Crickets....
I tried the spreadsheet calculator and found it only gets sorta close for me. I powder coat for 300 BO so the hardness is too critical. the recovered bullets still have the coating intact for the most part. I use wheel weights with pewter added about a quarter pound of pewter (tin) to a 10 lb pot. When I test with the Lee hardness tester I get around 13~15 Bhn.
My bullets are coming out kind of splotchy when dry tumbled with airsoft bbs. Any ideas as to why they are splotchy, what to do to solve it, and if the splotchiness would be a bad thing?
I'm guessing your powder coating them?
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