I've been lurking there for years. Never really contributed but have wanted to cast for some time.Start with a Lee bottom pour furnace with a twenty pound capacity. It will get the job done and not that expensive so if you decide casting is not for you, you're not out too much. If you stick with it you might invest in a Lyman or find a good used one.
Next get the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook better yet get this first and read it before starting. It also has load data for cast bullets.
Check out the Cast Boolits forum. Lost of good info and knowledgeable people there.
If it's too low the alloys won't mix and the mold won't fill properly. If it's too hot the mold will over heat and the bullets will have a frosty appearance.
I know the feeling. For 9mm it's pretty easy. Personally I have no experience in using cast bullets in a semi auto rifle. Check the cast bullet forum. I found the people there very helpful.I've been lurking there for years. Never really contributed but have wanted to cast for some time.
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I forgot fluxing is very important. I helps clean the alloy. They sell stuff to flux it that doesn't smoke or stink but you can use most anything with carbon that will burn like candle wax. When my brother was doing a large volume of lead he used a branch to stir it and that did the trick.
I was talked into buying some of those a couple decades ago after being told how rare Nazi ammo was. Can't remember what round they were for. Maybe 8x56r? Sold them off later for what I paid for them at least.Interesting find
Yeah, it looks like 8x56r.I was talked into buying some of those a couple decades ago after being told how rare Nazi ammo was. Can't remember what round they were for. Maybe 8x56r? Sold them off later for what I paid for them at least.
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I was talked into buying some of those a couple decades ago after being told how rare Nazi ammo was. Can't remember what round they were for. Maybe 8x56r? Sold them off later for what I paid for them at least.
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Gonna head to Carters in the AM and see how some 150 grain Hornady Interlocks shoot out of my Savage Axis .308. It likes a lighter bullet, so I’m hoping I can find a decent hunting load for it. Plus I just installed a “stock stiffening” kit from MCarbo. Some 3D printed plastic blocks that glue into the cheap polymer stock. Seems like it has a lot less flex for sure. May end up giving it to my daughter, her boyfriend hunts and she’s mentioned she may go out with him this year. Poor bastard!
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I was talked into buying some of those a couple decades ago after being told how rare Nazi ammo was. Can't remember what round they were for. Maybe 8x56r? Sold them off later for what I paid for them at least.
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I've been on a kick of gathering components again after taking a few years off from things. Picked up several thousand .224 62gr BTHP Hornady's for the AR, would be nice if Sierra would get their Gamechanger line back in production as I'm almost out of those, but looks like it won't be anytime soon, so the Hornady's are my go-to AR projectile now. They shoot pretty well, well enough to be minute of pig or whatever I need them to be.
I bet varget would do great with those heavies txhillbilly...if you could find any.