If I were in your very shoes right now, I'd go to the Cast Boolit Forum and trade that lead wire for clip-on wheel weight (COWW) ingots. COWW alloy does just about everything unless you're wanting to cast HP's, then you might want to stick to a Pb/Sn alloy. Otherwise save the headache of mixing metals. Over the last year I've been messing with the .30 Carbine, running gas-checked bullets cast from air-cooled COWW right up to 2000 fps without and leading. The last few years I've hunted strictly with .357's., .44 Specials, and 45 Colts and have figured out that, at least with the latter two mentioned, you don't really need expanding bullets for game the size of deer and hogs.
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Last edited by 35WhelenNut; 08/09/21.
