Boolits in the mail

[snuffy]

No problemo Kyle, um, er, one problem, I don't have 50 cast right now. BUT I'll be firing up the pot soon to make some rifle bullets for 30 cal and try 2 new molds. I'll be using some "so called" linotype lead, that I suspect is a bunch of letters and spacers all melted together. It results in a BHN of around 18 air cooled, would probably water quench quite a bit harder.

Will you be using them in your triple deuce? You should be able to push them to 1900-2000 with a gas check and tamarack 50-50. I can size and lube while seating the gas check to .224.

BTW the new molds are a double cav in C-312-155-2R and a 2 cav 430-310-RF. The first one is mainly for the 7.62 X 39, but it can be sized down to .309. The second I actually have a gun to shoot them in is a heavy weight for 44 mag, both are gas checked bullets.

As a side note, one individual has taken advantage of my offer, he should be getting his bullets in a couple days. Kyle, all I ask is for you to cover the postage, which cost ONLY $4.80 for the small flat rate box to anywhere in the U.S. I can print the postage and ship right from my home!

 

[kyle663]

that be what i'm gonna load them for snuffy. just let me know when your eady for me to send the money order and your address. thanks so much.

 

[jmorris]

Received a box of 30 slugs in two different alloys and load data, thanks a million for the effort!

jm

 

[angus6]

snuffy I'd sure like to try some 55gr. .223 and also the .243 , I could see if a ingot would fit a small flat rate box , I've got some 2/6 and some 2/7 again , along with a prepaid label

 

[kyle663]

boolits showed up today snuffy. now i just gotta get home to load em.

 

[snuffy]

I'm going to bring this TTT, To The Top, again to give new people a chance to maybe get a few bullets to try out. The conditions are the same, just reimburse me for the postage.

 

[458winshooter]

Answer to a prayer

I posted about a year ago about something like this and did not get any bites so I bought 3 molds in March but still would like to try others before I buy the molds so tell me what you have and I will let you know if there is something interesting to me.Thank you very much for the offer.

 

[GP100man]

Helpin out

I`ll help out a little , I have a bunch of lee& lyman 38/357 molds .

I have a 358156hp that`s had the GC removed.
The obsolete 357446 swc ( works good above 1,000fps)
The lee 158 rnfp that shoots beatifully in all the 38/357 I own .

A lee 150 gr. 30/30 mold & a lyman 314299 is all the rifle I have at the moment.

44 I have 429421 429215 that`s had the GC removed lee 310 gr sledge hammer.

Most of these I have cast in a semi soft isotope alloy that is 10.5 bhn.

I usually don`t lube until I`m ready to load.

Sorry no tumble lubes .

 

[snuffy]

I'll get to work on some new pics, as soon as I get the garden planted, AND I figure out how to run my new DSLR Canon rebel T2i. I have several new molds for boolits,,--oops bullets, more than what's listed in the other thread;

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371328

 

[snuffy]

Just trying out the new camera! Here's a few of the most recent molds I've bought.

Anyway, posts #10 and 14 on this thread are what I make. I missed a couple on this photo session, I just gotta clean the reloading room!

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371328

 

[Rangefinder]

Whatcha got there Snuffy? Lets see how close I can get... L to R...

Looks like an 8mm, a .284/7mm (could be a .30, just looks a tad small if the first is in fact a .324 something), a heavy .45, a heavy .44, a .30 cal, a .40 cal, and a 9mm? Don't ask me the mold numbers, I could probably get closer by banging my head on the keyboard a couple times...

 

[Renfield]

are you gentlemen deliberately misspelling bullets? why?

 

[Edward429451]

For people that shoot jacketed and cast bullets, it is a quick way to differentiate that you are shooting a cast boolit. Bullets wear jackets.
They frown on the terms use here at TFL and probably rightly so because it's use could contribute to the slack jawed yokel sterotype.

I think it's hilarious term and boolit is good shorthand for cast bullet, but when in Rome...

 

[Renfield]

thanks

bullets were used for centuries without jackets, in fact jacketed bullets are a relatively recent (in historical terms) phenomenon

 

[snuffy]

Whatcha got there Snuffy? Lets see how close I can get... L to R...

Looks like an 8mm, a .284/7mm (could be a .30, just looks a tad small if the first is in fact a .324 something), a heavy .45, a heavy .44, a .30 cal, a .40 cal, and a 9mm? Don't ask me the mold numbers, I could probably get closer by banging my head on the keyboard a couple times...

Wow! Not too far off. L-R 1 is a 303 bullet, 180 grain .313. 2 is a 308 170, made for the thutty-thutty. 3 is a 300 grain .452. 4 is a 300 grain .429. 5 is a 7.62 X 39 bullet, @ 150 grain, casts at .311. 6 is a Lee TLTC @ .452. for 45 acp 230 grain. 7 is a 124 9mm also a tumble lube.

1, C312-185-1R #90371 2, C309-150-F #90366 3, C452-300-RF #90359 4, C430-310-RF #90858 5, C312-155-2R #90385 6, TL452-230-TC #90286 7, TL356-124-2R #90464

All are Lee molds. I do have some older Lyman's and one on the way, a 150 SWC GC, to try to duplicate Skeeter Skelton's favorite load.

 

[snuffy]

Renfield, go here to see why that term/misspelling is used.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/index.php

Here's the reasoning behind it by the originator of the spelling.

From 45nut, owner of cast boolits.

Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena,the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.

Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.

 

[reloader28]

Snuffy
Have you tried the 300gr Lee 44 and 45 yet? They sure look wicked. I'm thinking of ordering them both shortly for myself. And the matching 357. Should be a heck of a hunting boolit.

 

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

I shoot that heavy gc'ed 45 in my T/C 454 Casull. It has some SERIOUS energy when pushed to 1800 FPS! Mine come out at 315 grns lubed and checked.

 

[GP100man]

Lee 310gr.

I call the lee 310 a 2 holer 1 going in & 1 going out !!!!

I run em with IMR 4227 `bout 1100fps & that`s enuff for me !!!

 

[snuffy]

Snuffy
Have you tried the 300gr Lee 44 and 45 yet? They sure look wicked. I'm thinking of ordering them both shortly for myself. And the matching 357. Should be a heck of a hunting boolit.

No to both. I only have a 45 colt in a 45/.410 combo, so I'm not in a big hurry to try it. The Comanche is hardly an accurate gun! Makes a great short .410 though!

As for the 300 44, i jst got that mold, haven't had time to size any, it's one project on a long list that I intend to do this summer. First is to get the garden planted.

I hope my super blackhawk will like that bullet.