Does anybody cast their own 45's?
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Does anybody cast their own 45's?
Anybody casting their own 45's?
Tim:H11- Posts : 2133
Join date : 2015-11-04
Age : 36
Location : Midland, GA
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
Yes. I suspect many of us do.
ChipEck- Posts : 198
Join date : 2015-11-15
Location : Wisconsin
dronning- Posts : 2581
Join date : 2013-03-20
Age : 71
Location : Lakeville, MN
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
I started casting for the 45 with a Lee two cavity HG 68 type mold. It's a great little mold to get started with. Very inexpensive and drops
great bullets about 196 gr. from range scrap.
Later I went to a four cavity Noe 200 gr HG 68 type mold. Beautiful tool and easy to use. Drops bullets at 215 gr. from range scrap.
My current favorite is a Noe 200 gr. HG 130 type that I borrowed from Chip. I'm hoping he forgets who he loaned it to.
A lot of satisfaction can be had from casting your own bullets.
Jim
great bullets about 196 gr. from range scrap.
Later I went to a four cavity Noe 200 gr HG 68 type mold. Beautiful tool and easy to use. Drops bullets at 215 gr. from range scrap.
My current favorite is a Noe 200 gr. HG 130 type that I borrowed from Chip. I'm hoping he forgets who he loaned it to.
A lot of satisfaction can be had from casting your own bullets.
Jim
JKR- Posts : 763
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ChipEck- Posts : 198
Join date : 2015-11-15
Location : Wisconsin
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
I cast my own 45's with range scrap using a 6 cavity Lee 200 SWC mold. Works great. I also powdercoat mine too.
igolfat8- Posts : 163
Join date : 2013-04-06
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
I cast a lot of round ball for muzzleloading so I have a lot of soft lead. I don't suppose that will work in conventional projectiles...?
Tim:H11- Posts : 2133
Join date : 2015-11-04
Age : 36
Location : Midland, GA
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
Soft lead? Not usually. A good mis is 92 pct lead 2 pct tin and 6 pct antimony. Makes good hard bullets that cas well. It is usually referred to a 50-50 Lino/lead.
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Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
Wobbley wrote:Soft lead? Not usually. A good mis is 92 pct lead 2 pct tin and 6 pct antimony. Makes good hard bullets that cas well. It is usually referred to a 50-50 Lino/lead.
Isn't that wheelweights and linotype?
jmdavis- Posts : 1409
Join date : 2012-03-24
Location : Virginia
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
I've been casting my own for about 12 years now. I got frustrated with all the dinged up bases from shipping. H&G 68's, H&G 130's, H&G 78's, Lyman 460's.
Pretty much use straight range scrap with 20% linotype thrown in the mix to add a little tin to the mix. Lot of our range lead is 22's, hence the additional tin.
Al
Pretty much use straight range scrap with 20% linotype thrown in the mix to add a little tin to the mix. Lot of our range lead is 22's, hence the additional tin.
Al
Al- Posts : 650
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Age : 69
Location : Bismarck, ND
Re: Does anybody cast their own 45's?
I cast WW with a bit of 50/50 solder mixed in to bring it up to approx. the old lyman #2
here are some combinations
http://www.lasc.us/castbulletalloy.htm#alloyrecipes
here are some combinations
http://www.lasc.us/castbulletalloy.htm#alloyrecipes
jglenn21- Posts : 2620
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Location : monroe , ga
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