Bullet casting
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10/18/2010 11:31 PM
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Grendel
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Does anyone here cast their own bullets for the revolver? And if so, where is a good source of info on the subject?
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: Whitworth]
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10/18/2010 11:40 PM
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racksmasher
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Try the lyman cast bullet handbook,that's how I got started.
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: racksmasher]
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10/19/2010 12:48 AM
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TCTex.
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I love my Lyman book!!! They have cast loads for there molds for 95% of all the cartridges listed in there book. I am looking at casting some 270 and 7mm bullets for my 270 Win and 7mmO8 handguns for my Sons latter!
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: Whitworth]
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10/19/2010 1:52 AM
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Vance in AK.
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The guys on that site are great, & if you tell them you are a rookie they will go out of their way to help you get atarted. The books are great because they have pictures. I like pictures Might do a search on you tube & see what you find.
Br careful, casting can be addicting. It's amazing how quickly you can pile up the molds...
Vance in AK.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: Vance in AK.]
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10/19/2010 2:35 AM
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Grendel
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Well, I have a lot of lead. I muzzleload, and have been saving as much lead as possible,and some of what I have is "hardened" bullets, but I have no "guage" for how hard. I need to learn that kind of stuff. Thanks for the info so far. I really love this site!
Last edited by Grendel; 10/19/2010 2:36 AM.
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: Grendel]
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10/19/2010 1:22 PM
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LouisB
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Hold off and do not buy a Lyman third edition if you can find one, fourth edition is supposedly just around the corner.
Let's hope it is even better with new information, not a step backwards.
Last edited by TCLouis; 10/19/2010 1:23 PM. Reason: ypo
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: LouisB]
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10/19/2010 1:22 PM
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LouisB
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Hold off and do not buy a Lyman third edition if you can find one, fourth edition is supposedly just around the corner.
Let's hope it is even better with new information, not a step backwards.
Hunt, fish, go shooting or just fritter your life away
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: LouisB]
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10/19/2010 1:58 PM
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Bob Roach
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I have heard rumors that the 4th edition is supposed to be updated, and not just a reprint of the old outdated information. It would be great to have good cast bullet loading information on something you are using for a change.
Do not take this wrong, the older Lyman Manuals still have lots of good information about casting bullets. If they are all you can find, they are still a very good source of information.
It would just be great to have lots of good cast bullet loading data on a 454, 460 S&W, 480 Ruger, 475L, 500L, 50WE, 500 S&W, etc. Up dated loading data covering some newer powders for older stuff like a 41, or 44 Magnum would be good also.
The cast bullet website is great also. You will find several from this site over on it as well.
I just missed the mother load. A buddy told me about a flee market that has some lead. I showed up a couple days later, and he had hauled it to a recycle place a week before and got $0.50 a pound for several hundred pounds he had gotten in an estate he had bought.
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: Bob Roach]
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10/19/2010 2:14 PM
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Russell
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Another good source of info is the lasc web site. Lots of good info on there.
It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
Sheriff Russell Cottle, Ret. USMC; 1967-1970; Vietnam-'68-'69
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Re: Bullet casting
[Re: Russell]
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10/19/2010 4:43 PM
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Vance in AK.
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Another good source of info is the lasc web site. Lots of good info on there. Yes! The technical info there is great. By the way, that's Los Angeles Silloutte Club (not sure how many missspellings there are in there).
Vance in AK.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
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