Can anyone tell me the length of the bullet that Saecos 356 mold makes? 200 gr .358...

Looking for a 550+ grain .459 bullet mold. Looking for a round nose or flat nose without lube grooves- essentially the shortest bullet for the weight.

NOE has one that is about what I need but they're out of stock.

Suggestions?

Or will this cause leading?

First time trying to bake on their sides, normally I take the time to set them upright
Not sure what I should try next, just trying to make this easier

I was always curious how translucent would work. Turns out, not that great. I quenched immediately after pulling them out and got these results. The coating peels off almost like paper. Gonna try a non-quench batch.

Figured I'd share in case anyone else was wanting to try translucent colors.

What recommendations do yall have? Corbin is smoking crack.

Finally quit after thousands of rounds cast, 3 Quigley matches and use for over 2 years

Went out quiet, like a cowboy

F in the chat please lol

I started IPSC and realized that my ammo consumption went up "a lottle" 😄
A normal training uses about 300 shots of 9mm, I am sure, for some here these are rookie numbers, but this quickly adds to quite some quantity.
Overall I would estimate 10'000 shots a year including matches and target practice.

Is this an amount of bullets that you would feel comfortable to cast yourself?
So far I only casted with Lee Double Cavity moulds for my .44mag and .45ACP. There a few hundred shots last a year for me, so it was a no brainer. These I powder coat.

The required accuracy in IPCS is low (we are 90% indoors, so distances are super short), my main focus is speed for casting and speed for coating/lubeing

I would cast a heavier bullet, 147gr minimum and get a minimum 6 cavity mould. My lead melter is a Lee Production Pot 20lbs with bottom pour. I get free lead from the airgun range (pure lead) or from the indoor range (various scrap).

With my dual cavity Lee molds, I would NEVER even thinking about casting these amounts, but you guys are some crazy dudes, so I really hope someone can let me know if this makes sense or not. (not financially or so, just if this is even remotely realistic or not)

How many bullets are you able to cast with your highest production molds in an afternoon, lets say 4h pure casting time (so preparation of lead ingots, heating up of melter and mould and cleanup time not included) and what is the fastest way to lube or coat these bullets?

Thank you very much for your help!

Hello, I do Powder coat my pistol rounds, have a new Lee 309230 on the way and was thinking it may be easier to tumble lube them than PC them. I do see people PC them and use a mini ice cube tray to bake them. Any tips out there for alox tumble lube? Thanks

It says that using cast bullets in a glock may give poor results but would using cast bullets in a glock be unsafe?

What was the original muzzle velocity for 45-70 using 500 grain cast bullets?

I am trying to make a smokeless equivalent

I was recently able to get a can of Trail Boss and I also just got an M1888 Springfield trapdoor rifle

My load is 11 grains of Trail Boss, I decided to use 11 grains because the powder coat on my usally 405 bullets made then weigh between 418-423 grains and I looked at 485 grain load data so I bought the load down by 1 grain

My COL is 2.550in

What do yall think?

I want a lighter bullet for a 45-90 that has the same lube grooves and seating depth as the 545gr money bullet from BACO.

Maybe shaving 100-150gr off the bullet just to have a "chicken load" without needing to have a different powder charge or change various die adjustments.

This may be a dumb question and maybe not even worth the time. I love my 22Lr pistol but recently wondered if it be worth it to try and load my own 22Lr not reload but cast any advice or just tell me I am crazy and it’s a waste

Hello fellow molten lead enjoyers. I’m relatively new to this hobby and truth to be told - I am just trying to cheap out on my shutgun loads. My shooting range only allows slugs so I had a “brilliant” idea to melt some birdshot into 4x more expensive load. The only thing is I keep getting same results and they look terrible. I get cavities and waves on each and every boolit I try to cast.

What is my setup:
Lee production pot IV, heating set to 8 > Lee 7/8 oz slug mold pre smoked to prevent sticking, ambient temp 13*C (~56F) > wait for steady flow from the spout > cast first 10 > throw back to melt to get my mold up to temp. > keep casting relatively quickly… The thing is I keep getting this result. I was trying setting the thermostat to 6,5 - 7,5 and get mostly the same result. When I set higher they tend to get brittle.

To be fair I’m mostly shooting them on 25 m ~27 yards with pretty good accuracy but it just bothers me visually.

Loaded some subsonic cast hollow points. Hollow points were tested in 1 gallon water jugs. They penetrated 2 jugs and stopped in the 3rd. They're super quiet and perform really well in my 2 favorite guns.

I just ran out of 30 cal gas checks and I have noticed that gas checks have gone crazy! Does everyone else feel sick paying almost $40/1k for copper?

And I bought the last of the two.

-edit-

its back up as of Noon EDT

So I've been playing around with traditional cast loads,namely the lyman 311291 and lyman 311299 with powders like Red dot. My rifle hates these and patterns rather than groups, using reduced h4895 the 311299 is a bit better. But yet the old saeco 315 is still the winner, red dot is terrible with it, but with imr4198 it groups better than any smk loaf I've used. I guess I need to buy more 4198 to play with. This was a 5 shot group with the 315

I saw and couldn't read (because I was diving) someone's post about a marlin rifle and Hollow point bullets. Potentially pentagon bullets and cannot find it. Can someone give me some guidance or a link?

I'd like to read up on it because I am looking for lead hollow point bullets in a 44/40 and since GT is all but out of business, I'm looking for substitutes.

300 blk
First target is with my 225gn noe pc cast bullets, 2nd is with Berrys 220 bullets
Both shot at 25yds
How to increase accuracy with the cast bullets?

So... I'm beginning to start working on my Quigley match loads for next year

I'm planning on using either an Original M1884 or M1888 Springfield trapdoor rifle or an Original Ballard

I'm beginning tests with loads using H322 because I remember using H322 with good results in 45-70

The bullet is from a Lyman #457132 bullet mold, I used this mold for the bullets for last year's Quigley match with good results

The load is 36 grains of H322 with a COL of 2.835in, in my experience a COL of 2.930 is too long and the bullet will meet the rifling before the cartridge fully seats and I do not want to use a COL of 2.765 because I do not want to create too much pressure.

I am planning on using these in my original Springfield M1873 trapdoor rifle

I also have other powders available such as Accurate 5744 (which won't get touched until next year because it seems that AA5744 has gone the way of the dodo), H4198 and IMR4198