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I’m about ready to order some cast lead bullets in 357, 44 & 45. Where do you recommend buying 1500 of each. These will be used for plinking.

Would also be interested in buying some hard cast lead BHN > 15. Any good recommendations appreciated.

I've been using a lot of Lightning hard cast for plinking via Graf the past couple years. They're fairly consistent, and while I wouldn't consider them cheap, they're still pretty reasonable when you buy in quantity. Whatever lube they use on them does produce quite a bit of smoke though, which can be either a pro or con, depending on your point of view.

I used to shoot Hunter's Supply, but thier quality control really took a dump a couple years back, wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole now. The last few boxes I got had drastic diameter and weight variations. If I'm gonna pay for bullets, I don't want to be sorting them just to be able to hit plinking gongs.

Montana Bullet.

http://www.gtbullets.com/
Good quality flat based bullets.

For plinking, Brazos bullets or Missouri bullets hitek coated. Matt’s Bullets makes very high quality traditional lubed bullets and they have a great selection. I recently got some bullets from GT Bullets, they are pretty good but I think they have a backlog of orders. I have also ordered from Oregon Trail, Daradas, Cheycast, and Rimrock, all satisfactory.

I don’t do any casting so I am always on the lookout for cast bullet sources.

Bob

Missouri Bullets for coated and BHN choice. Matt's Bullets for lube and size choice (limited)

My favorite place to get bullets has closed. it was Precision Bullets.

Missouri Bullet hands down.

Missouri Bullets for me. Haven't bought their coated yet but the cast are very good.

Brazos Bullets are very good quality and usually the best price. Bayou Bullets are also very good quality and priced well. Bayou is having a sale right now with free shipping with $150 min. total order. I have not run the numbers, but with free shipping, Bayou may be the best deal right now. Missouri Bullet Company and ACME Bullets are also very good quality, but usually a little more expensive.

Mine are custom made,he buys any mold I want. Lubes them the way I want and digs them out of my backstop to recycle them etc the custom caster. Me.mb

Missouri Bullet or Brazos

Another two cents for Missouri Bullet Company. They make bullets at both 12 and 18 BHN to suit your needs and quality is as good or better than any other commercial cast bullets I've tried.

Prices seem reasonable to me and especially so if you buy a bunch - they use a medium flat rate box so will ship up to 65 pounds worth for $16.00. Their Hi-Tek coating is good for indoor ranges since they don't create extra smoke but the standard lubed ones are cheaper and the smoke from the lube doesn't really matter outdoors.

Meister Cast or the plated Berry’s are both good too.

Rim Rock in Montana

$140 order gets you free shipping

https://rimrockbullets.com/xcart/standard-hard-cast-lead-bullets-12-amp-15bhn#pageId=5

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...emington-hornady-sierra-ber#Post18421153

See items 20 and 21.

Just got these in from Rimrock for my 10mm guns, their "standard" bullet I'll load up for practice/plinking

haven't loaded any yet, so can't tell ya how they shoot

RIMROCK 10mm bullets

Before you go off the deep end and buy thousands, why not buy as small a quantity as they'll sell you and at least try them first? Bullet diameter matters a helluva lot, and pistol bullets don't need to be crazy hard. If you haven't measured your throat diameters, and considered the velocity you'll be shooting them at, you're simply rolling the dice. This stuff ain't rocket science, but there are protocols to adhere to if accuracy without leading is desired.

BHN 12? That's a lot harder than 90% of what I shoot, and a bit harder than than the other 10%. Check out how hard the bullets are in factory ammo.....

Amen! Shoot a hard cast .451diameter acp bullet down a Smith with .454-456 throats and get your Lewis Lead Remover ready.

For pistol plinking, swaged lead bullets from Hornady or Speer work great at moderate velocities and are accurate.

I get my cast bullets from T & B in Oregon.

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Pure sh*t. Military and Police load that was a pooch and leaded the barrel at 950. What the hell good is that in a 41 mag. Shot 1 box, kept the other for posterity.

Only Dude I buy from...period
He didnt raise his prices during covid, and his bullets shoot the tightest groups of any cast I have used.
Same Groups as Jacketed, and he is a good guy. I send as many people as I can his way to keep him open...
ttps://summersenterprisesllc.com/product-category/hi-tek-9mm-2/

I had 2 boxes of that leaded my sw bad with 1 box and shelved the other. Sold the second box of them for twice as much as both the 2 boxes cost. Cast my own now..mb

checked the site out but he only has 155 & 180 gr bullets in 10mm, I'm looking for more 200's

Any idea if he will cast 200's ?

I’ve had no leading from Laser Cast with hot .357 loads. For target loads I’ve used a fair number of Hornady swaged without issue as long as I keep the speed down, in the .38/.357, .44, and .45 Colt.

I buy from Missouri bullet company, Rim Rock, Acme bullet company and bayou bullets. Just depends on what I need.

GLC bullets , local to me , ..

Hahaha!! Don't blame the bullets. Blame yourself for not matching the bullets/ammo to your gun. The same precepts apply to factory loaded lead bullet ammo as when casting/loading your own. There's so many reasons those bullets would lead your barrel, and not the next guy's, as to be confounding. The factories gotta strike a happy medium, and there are a helluva lot of guns falling outside that medium that fall short in accuracy/leading which have throats smaller than bores, throats that don't match the "average", and I could go on and on. Do not put your faith in the factories (or the commercial lead bullet purveyors) knowing omnisciently what your gun needs.

I really like Montana Bullet Company. Have had both .45 Colt and .44 Magnum bullets, with my specified diameter. Very accurate. Pricey, but good.

Call him,
If he has the mold he will do it.. Always easy to deal with.

I just bought Acme 250gr from Grafs. Boxes of 500ea in stock.

If you wanted any swaged bullets for 38s I can’t recommend Zero bullets enough. Good jacketed as well.
S.

I like the Blue bullets, coating is pretty uniform compared to some of the hitech coated bullets!

Zero and Brazos.

I've had good results with Oregon Trail and Missouri Bullets.

I’m shooting Missouri coated and Bayou coated bullets. I like the both. Hasbeen

Bayou bullets coated bullets.

T & B bullets in Oregon and Missouri bullets. T & B free shipping, coated or plain.

Chey Cast hi tek

Thanks for post.

Limited choices, but I'll order some of the .480Ruger.

Brazos is still a better deal for .44 caliber.