I got 4 lbs Bismuth to go with 1 lb tin,going to make my own nonlead bullets. Anyone else here in Ca casting like this?

Hello all, its me again!

I am still working on creating an on press system to chamfer and debur brass. I would greatly appreciate if you could fill out another short survey so that I can hear your opinion on what I've got so far and more ideas to come. Definitely let me know if you have a great idea to improve this further!

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What's everyone's favorite 44 bullets?

So far my favorite bullet is my own cast Ranch Dog CTL432-265-RF. It feeds great through my 44 Magnum Winchester 92. I have used it in my 44 Special BlackHawk, but it shoots a bit high for close work.

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I have a 7.5 quart cast iron pot to melt lead but need a burner. How many BTU should I be looking at?

Local water board sent a bunch of notices about lead pipes and folks are losing their minds. I figure a bunch of lead pipe is about to be replaced and I want some for boolits. Any ideas on how to source it?

casting a couple of molds I have that are gas check design. I'm casting, powder coating then sizing.

My question is- do you always use a gas check on gas check bullets even if you are powder coating the bullets? Or are you doing it by how hard you are pushing the bullets, or diameter, or something else?

Photo shows Lyman 457406GC mold on left (490gr GC), a custom Lee 6.8SPC mold (105gr pc/gc), and on the right is Lyman 311359 for the 30 carbine. I don't have 30 cal gas checks yet.

I have gas checks for the molds/sizes that need them but have read conflicting reports on if I NEED to put them on with the powder coat. Some of the sizes I plan to cast are a bit harder to find gas checks for these days (348 win, 35 rem) but not impossible.

Mainly wanted to know if I should load/shoot the M1 carbine bullets or wait till I get the gas checks or if it's even needed.

Not sure it would make a difference but the majority of what I might cast would probably be lower end loads (lots of subsonic loads).

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Hey !

I asked on another Reddit but no one knows.

I’m using a new hollow point mold for 9mil, it makes 145gr bullets. I copper plate all my bullets.

I’m usually using Vihta N320 or anything near that (Accurate Solo 1000, Alliant Red Dot, Hodgdon International etc…) usually with 125 grains bullets and 4 grains of powder.

But I couldn’t find the load data for that weight. It only goes to 130gr.

So is it possible to load my bullets with N320 ? If yes, how much ? I would start at 3 grains. (That’s what they suggest for Ramshot Zip, 3,1 grains. Which is the closest powder I can find data with that weight.)

Would you think this is safe ? Or that weight + powder is really a no go ?

Thanks a lot 🙏

I have some casted 500 grain led bullets what suggestions do you guys have for powder and how many ggrains I normally load soft tip led bullets wanted to try these thanks for info in advance

Looking at some molds for my first time casting and hunting. Accurate Molds 46-405VG, 415VG, and 430VG. All same design, but different weight. What would you pick for hunting white tail, black bear, elk, moose, etc? Or would you get a 350 grain for white tail and a heavier for bigger game? TYIA

Powder coat the size or size then powder coat?

I have a custom mold for 337gr 38-55 bullets, but I've heard reports that a 1:18 twist 30" Uberti High Wall has trouble stabilizing bullets heavier than 315gr. Is there a metal I can add to the alloy (I previously planned to do a 20:1 lead/tin alloy for about 12 BHN) to maintain a similar hardness but decrease the weight to the 300-310gr range?

The bullets are the hollow base out of a lee mold and they are sized to .459

The gun is an original springfield trapdoor rifle