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Once Mr Gibson chimes in, I stop and listen. I’d like to go to summer camp for a week at his place when I grow up. Imagine what you would learn looking over his shoulder!

https://bulletmatch.com/pages/lead-alloy-calculator

That’s quite the accomplishment! I have one of those Lee hollow point molds. I didn’t have great results with it. When I finally got it to cast with a good fill-out, I had more rejects due to the...

Have you cast hollow points from pure/soft lead? Pointers on how you did it is exactly what I’m looking for with this thread.
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Thanks for the tips!

I found those photos on your website. Signed up for the newsletter while I was there.

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I don’t want information on making an alloy. I want information on using lead as it is. The searches are full of how to alloy lead.

Post five in the link said to run the pot hot. That was...

Maybe I missed it. Where did it talk about using pure lead instead of turning it into an alloy with wheel weights or solder joints or other sources of tin?

I’ll admit my search skills are weak. I looked at the stinkies at the top of the section.

I’m looking for tips for casting with soft lead and doing it cheaply. My stash is some lead cable...

So do you select pellet size to fit the choke or do you assemble a load and then tinker with chokes?

I tried it in 38 special and 357 when I first got the mold. It would crimp in the crimp groove and fit the cylinder in 38 special.

Have you done any performance testing with your loads? One...

Million dollar question

For lead buckshot at normal useful buckshot range, is 0.005” to 0.010” of “mash” on the pellets detrimental to patterns?

Personally, I haven’t done enough testing to...

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Look at that! A photo finally posted right side up for a change.

For those of you interested in cat sneeze loads, I found this interesting.

http://guns.connect.fi/gow/arcane1.html

My goal for this 200 grain load was “silent without a silencer” and I got pretty close with a 16” barrel. I would like a 24” barrel for further drop in muzzle pressure. Then hopefully I could...

Welcome to the forum!

Excellent question for a first post! I feel like I read somewhere that H110 loads get a 3% reduction from maximum and most other powder calls for a ten percent reduction...

Was the difference in data for different crimp? Does a roll crimp generate more pressure?

Did you check the weights of the powder and shot dropped?

Congratulations!

Do you need three phase power to run your machines?

6.5 hours. 414 miles one way.

How many buckets full do you want to get rid of?

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What an excellent idea! Thank you!

I have some 0.440” round balls I acquired in an auction and was trying to figure out ways to use them in 12 gauge. Buried in shot worked but is wasteful and...

There are some loads in the bpi Coyote manual using longshot and blue dot. OB16 gas seal and nitro cards on top of that. Teflon wrap around the shot, if you are placing an order. Or I can give you...

All this talk about 410 buckshot has me thinking. I bought some TPS wads for tungsten turkey loads. Now I can’t wait to get home and see if number one buckshot fits in them?

Six of the #1 BAM...

I’d like to see photos of the contents of the bucket of “lead” you got. I bet it’s rich with antimony and was someone’s stash for enriching soft lead before you got it.

And I really really like...

Isn’t Vista Outdoors selling the ammunition side to a foreign entity already? It is in the works, if it isn’t done already.

I wonder if Alliant powder will become even more difficult to find?

Do you have another nifty formula like that for stacking by fours?

Somewhere in all the chapters before the load data, Richard Lee says it’s okay to substitute a slightly lighter bullet in place of a heavier one. Modern Reloading Second Edition by Richard Lee.
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I wouldn’t be afraid to swap 0.311” in place of 0.330” (00)buckshot. The column might get a little shorter for crimping, so put a card or felt wad under them if needed.

I’ve seen recipes for 00...