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Nice boxes.

Indeed. I just pile my unlubed bullets in shortened Quaker Oats oatmeal tubes. (Cut them to the desired height, reinstall plastic lid. Stack atop one another.)

Thanks.

I use a variety of containers for bullets. I always water drop and like the wooden boxes since they absorb the water. I suppose I could dump them on a towel just as easily to dry them off. Mainly, I just like wooden boxes.

It's pretty evident I use most anything for bullets by this photo. Plastic, cardboard, or whatever is handy. I like the bread pans since I can get them for $1 at Dollar Tree and they last forever.

I mainly use the oatmeal box or coffee cans for loaded ammo. I always get a kick out of seeing the faces of those who individually wrap each cartridge with individual holders for each cartridge and meticulously and painstakingly handle each round like a new born infant when I set my can of ammo down. Especially if I out shoot them.

I water quench them in my mouth, and spit them into the box where they unerringly land straight up in orderly rows.

That's awesome. I could never get them to land in orderly rows.

"You just put your lips together and blow. You do know how to blow don't you?"

Ah, Lauren Bacall...

Apparently not. Must take lots of practice and a long time to learn.

I don't cast for a lot of calibers; all handguns though. I did turn out a few hundred 44 and 45 bullets yesterday:

Lyman #452424




Lyman #429421

you guys do some pretty good work, and have been doing it for a while. Love the definition on those bullets and the quality of the melt. I am going to have to shoot 44 more i think. I have bullets i cast probably 20 years ago in peanut cans. Until i started fooling with this lee 310grain pill, about the only thing i ever cast was that 429421 keith bullet.

32-115-RNFP by Magma.

Finally cooled down to get after some long overdo casting..Mixed a new batch of 30:1 and ran a pile of Lyman 2640193-405gr FN for the '86 Win 45/90 which actually cast heavy at 420grs and are crimped over a health charge of 2F. I can feel the crescent butt plate already!

Found a bargain on a Lyman 457643 mold new in box at an estate sale recently so had to give it a go:



Tonight, I broke in a new Lee 400 gr/.476 mold for a 5 shot Bisley 480 Ruger that should arrive tomorrow:

That Lee 400 gr .475" is a good one in the 480, well every 390-410 gr mold has been a good one in my 480. 21.0 gr H-110 lit off with a CCI 350 has been my go to 400 gr cast load.

I usually cast WW at 700 deg or a tad more and tried to ladle pour these. I had a hard time with the mold getting too hot without slowing way down. If I cooled the melt below 700, I had trouble with fill-out. This mold seems to cast better bottom pouring - got better consistency than the ladle which is a first. I suppose the 800 gr volume of lead vs. the relatively thin aluminum blocks might be a factor. WW plus a little tin drop at 390 gr and .477-.478 dia.

Wish I could find some H110 - I'll probably start with 4227...

You and me both on the H-110, though powder valley did have some recently. Trouble is I won't order until unless it's a full 50# order for the haz mat and shipping and they don't have the mix of powders I need in stock at the same time.

As far as the lee getting hot, it sure does. I found it best to cast it in tandem with another mold so that I had time for the mold to cool down.

If you have 2400, as I recall 19.0 gr with a CCI 300 was quite accurate and was clocking 1100 fps.

I do have some 2400 and 1100 fps sounds perfect. I'll try that - thanks.

Well I finally got a chance to try a couple of my new Mihec molds. Funny thing is I waited over a year to get them, and then was moving around the time they arrived so nearly another year before using them. The 360640L is a ~130 gr hp mold for 38's and 357's. I cranked out 500 with the deep pin, tried 3.5 and 4.0 gr of 700X in 38 sp cases and then loaded up the remaining over 3.8 gr of 700X. Accuracy from both a Taurus 85 and 357 blackhawk was good.

The other new Mihec is a 452640 ~270 gr hp. I haven't had a chance to load any but they should work well out my wife's 45 bisely convertable.

I also just finished another batch of Lee 200 gr 45 swc's for plining with the 45's. Six cavity molds cast fast and tumble lubing sure saves time!

Been reading Sharpsguy's and Evin Twin's praise of the Lyman 457121ph performance on game so looked it up and found it on clearance at Midway. It just came in so rolled a few with 30:1 - very nice casting mold - good fillout and and drops easy from the mold right at 476 gr...

That's dead on mine drops a consistent 478. Presently Loading it in my '86 Win 45/90 along with the #2640193 at 420 grs. Accuracy so far favors the latter especially in the lever gun but either is more than acceptable for knocking game out of their sneakers.

How do make them so pretty?