started casting last weekend, wow is it addicting! I'm still figuring out the most efficient way to do it, and get practiced up. I still feel like all thumbs when it comes to the steps, but its worked, I've been safe, going slow and I managed to turn out a few hundred pistol bullets.
so far I have limited myself to .380 and .45 acp bullets because they are simple, tumble lube, low velocity no problem.
I'm gungho on this casting thing so now I want to try to cast for my 38-55 and 30-30, but to me the rifle bullet realm is a different ballgame with gas checks and slugging barrels etc. as far as I know there is no one around me who casts to show me the ropes, so I have to research it a lot and use my common sense to figure it out, the only thing I don't know is if I need gas checks, how to slug a 38 and 30 cal barrel and is it worth all the extra expense in getting the gas check hardware. any advice out there?
