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Posted: 4/22/2010 1:11:17 PM EDT
| school me on them,feed problems leading cost etc. |
| Too much info to put into a thread. If you really want to know about lead bullets pick up a used copy of the Lyman manual for cast bullets. If the market is ever shut down by Gov. regs this is what most of us will be using. Not a bad idea for simply saving a lot of $$$$ either! |
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Funny enough, I just came in from casting! I cast app 1000 625 230g RNL .45 and around 100 145g SWC and 170g SWC (both for a .40SW G22). Got the .40 molds for X-mas, hadn't tried them yet. Worked like a dream after I smoked'em. Will lube and size the .40 tomorrow and will shoot the .45s as cast. The .45s work like a charm with a little 231 behind them. I pay 10 bucks for a 5 gal bucket of wheel weights and I throw a little tin in for fill out. Never had any feeding problems on the .45 or a 158g SWC .38 mould I have. I use Lee moulds and I cast fast and hot.
skink Damn I thought I had more, but I weighed the boolits on the bathroom scale and it appears I came up with 625ish... |
| Polygonal rifled barrels may lead up bad. Most guys who shoot a lot of lead will get a conventional rifled aftermarket barrels just to shoot the lead without problems. I have read some have no issue, but it is something to keep a diligent eye out for. I shoot just about total lead reloads in my pistols and LOVE the savings over jacketed or even plated. |
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school me on them,feed problems leading cost etc. Some 1911s, like mine, with USGI spec chambers won't reliably feed .452" diameter lead bullets; sometimes it won't chamber them at all. .451" lead bullets will feed in it, but .451" is undersize for cast lead in 45 ACP and leading occurs easily. In general, a cast lead bullet should be 0.001" larger in diameter than a jacketed bullet for the same cartridge. Many (maybe most) 1911s have reamed chambers to accomodate the slightly oversize lead bullets. They're very cheap. I've gotten some pretty outstanding accuracy out of them. |
Then I'll be waiting on my 38/.357 HP mold, .45 Colt HP mold, .44 HP mold, and a .45 ACP HP mold.
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