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I do my casting oustide in warm weather, but winter is reloading time. Just loaded all my 375 H&H brass with 255 grain cast. Now on to 9mm. Just sized and lubed a coffee can full of projectiles. Now slowly loading them up in my spare time.


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I like it cold when I cast. Here's my 50 caliber 440 grn WFN. Picture was taken right after dumping them out of the bucket and sizing.

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Next day, I made up some of my 45 ACP bullets.

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5.8# of Lyman 405 gr .45 cal greasers and 250 Lyman 225438 since the last post.

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Lyman 457193 for my Shiloh Sharps .45 2 1/10.

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Santa brought me a new mold from NOE. A 360-180 WFN. She's a beaut but unfortunately will be taking a trip back. She casts a little too large (right at .363") and sizing down practically elimitates the crimp groove.

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Lewis, I see you're a fan of those big H&G molds! I have a six cavity in a 38 SWC that I've been thinking about selling, if you're interested.

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First decent day in long time so decided to get with it until the next Arctic blast.

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L-R...My custom 45 cal 530 gr paper patch..338-240 gr GC..50 cal 360 gr Minie and 176 gr RB for my front stuffer.

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Originally Posted by FlyboyFlem
First decent day in long time so decided to get with it until the next Arctic blast.

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L-R...My custom 45 cal 530 gr paper patch..338-240 gr GC..50 cal 360 gr Minie and 176 gr RB for my front stuffer.

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Received my newest NOE mold #340-224gr FN GS yesterday..cant wait to run some for my 338/06 AI. The .338 dia is inherently accurate in jacketed attire but no different with a good cast offering.

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Originally Posted by Frank1
Next day, I made up some of my 45 ACP bullets.

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How do you like the LBT hardness tester, I have been looking at those lately. How do it do testing ingots compared to boolits? Thanks for any info.


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Not casting but shot some 200 grain cast flat noses out of the 35 Whelen today,very happy at 2100 fps

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Sometimes what you see isn't exactly what you get. After casting about 200 .338 bullets I started lube sizing and thought I had a mechanical problem with the equipment as the top two grooves wouldn't hold lube and made a mess. After a good cleaning the existing problem still manifested itself with absolute regularity.

Having not seen the forest for the trees at first out came the dial mic which I should have used first only to discover this new bullet has a taper from top to bottom of .330 to .340. cry

Called NOE the specs were looked up and sure enough my discovery was accurate it definitely was of taper design and not a mold imperfection. Apparently the designer used this config for a single shot target rifle with the bullet seated way out promoting superb accuracy.

Haven't loaded any yet but still think it carries enough lube to prevent leading or I can fill in the remainng grooves with the sticky finger method grin ..guess we'll see..

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I got a confirmation email from brownells yesterday. It's my understanding that casting little tiny bullets can be a PITA, and usually best left to the experts. (And I ain't one.) I'll probably have some questions next week. Stay tuned. laugh

Order Date: 1/18/2015

Stock Number / Description Retail Price Your Price Quantity Total
749-012-466MB (In Stock)
DC 55GR .22 Cal Rifle Mould FN
Write a Review $71.99 $71.99 1 $71.99
749-012-039MB (In Stock)
Hornady Gas Checks 22 cal 1000/Box
Write a Review $26.49 $26.49 1 $26.49
749-012-506MB (In Stock)
Sizing Die .225 Dia
Write a Review $26.49 $26.49 1 $26.49
749-012-514MB (In Stock)
Top Punch 415
Write a Review $10.49 $10.49 1 $10.49
077-100-000MB (In Stock)
Brownells Catalog
Write a Review $5.00 $5.00 1 $5.00
Product Total $140.46
Tax (Iowa Only) $0.00
Shipping - Economy Shipping $7.95
NRA Add-A-Buck $1.00
Total $149.41


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Not to fear my above example is certainly not the norm you'll be just fine once you get some OJT under the belt.. grin


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Here they are. My first time casting anything smaller than a 38. First time with gas checks as well. I didn't cull by weight, just picked out the wrinkly ones, and the ones with rounded bases. Loaded some up with red dot, and I'm not impressed so far. Ran out of time and didn't try any other powders. Any powder recommendations would be appreciated. (I have most powders). Also do I need the lyman M die? Tips & tricks? Browning BLR 223 1 / 12 twist it shoots 50 v-maxes under 1". These are shooting over 2" groups right now. [Linked Image]

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Weight? Mold number? Alloy? Powder charge? Velocity? Bullet diameter? Thoroughly (and I mean thoroughly) cleaned barrel before firing lead through it, to eliminate at least one cause? Lots of variables that will effect your results.

M die? Good idea, but I have gotten good results plenty of times over the years just by putting a heavy chamfer in the case mouth. I would sort by weighing too, if sub-MOA accuracy is the goal.

One thing I would stop doing is crimping the bullets, if that's what I see in the pics. Some like to crimp, I don't.

How well does that bullet fit the throat in your rifle? Mastering all the variables I asked about initially won't give gilt edged accuracy if they are a lousy fit in the rifle's throat.

Some of the bullets in the one pic look like the driving bands aren't filled out, and some show lopsided sizing (lube grooves squeezed semi-shut in places). Could be a trick of the light, I suppose. But if such anomalies exist in a .22 bullet, they cause more erratic performance than similar defects do in a big bullet- based on a percentage of gross bullet weight variation/unbalance.

Still in all, 2"@100Yds. ain't all that bad. Getting jacketed bullet "benchrest" accuracy with cast .22 stuff requires strict attention to the minutiae.

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54 Lubed with gas check. Lyman #224415. Hornady gas check. Wheel weight with about 1% tin added. Sized at .225. I went from 6.5 - 9.0 grs in .5 gr increments. 8.0 giving the best groups. Crony is not working again. Yes I used a lee factory crimp die. I'll try without that. I did chamfer heavily. I have no idea how to fit a bullet to the throat. Yes the lube grooves are squeezed in, but the driving bands are sharp. I didn't clean the barrel at all, is that important?


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