I tumble live rounds all the time...im not worried about it. Just wondered if tumbling live lead heads would make a difference. Obviously if I had something funky like a .308 boolit load with some of the lube grooves exposed I would have a problem. But I dont see one with regular loads with boolits. Is there one?
Why do you cast, or why dont you cast?
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IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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TV?? What's that? 
m&p45acp10+1
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Let's see here. I started casting a couple of months ago. I started because:
1 I do not make a lot of money. Most of that goes to rent, bills, truck payment, and food. Not to mention that I have a girlfriend that likes to shoot as much as I do. What is left is not much.
2 I like to shoot a lot. (Due to what is writen in #1 affording to do otherwise just would not be possible.) I picked up brass at the range for a year, a 1 quart freezer bag or so at a time. I was given a tumbler, I sorted, tumbled, bagged, and labled the brass. I traded that for a Lee Breech lock Challenger kit. I started reloading. I had a lot of ammo, yet having to buy bullets was difficult.
3 I have a former roomie that works at a tire shop. I did not buy any molds at first. When he saved me 3 buckets full. I used 2 old iron skillets. 1 10 inch to melt with. one 8 inch for a mold. I did a detail job on a car and made enough spare cash to buy 2 molds. \
4 I can not shoot a lot, spend very little, and have some cash left to take my girfriend out to dinner.
1 I do not make a lot of money. Most of that goes to rent, bills, truck payment, and food. Not to mention that I have a girlfriend that likes to shoot as much as I do. What is left is not much.
2 I like to shoot a lot. (Due to what is writen in #1 affording to do otherwise just would not be possible.) I picked up brass at the range for a year, a 1 quart freezer bag or so at a time. I was given a tumbler, I sorted, tumbled, bagged, and labled the brass. I traded that for a Lee Breech lock Challenger kit. I started reloading. I had a lot of ammo, yet having to buy bullets was difficult.
3 I have a former roomie that works at a tire shop. I did not buy any molds at first. When he saved me 3 buckets full. I used 2 old iron skillets. 1 10 inch to melt with. one 8 inch for a mold. I did a detail job on a car and made enough spare cash to buy 2 molds. \
4 I can not shoot a lot, spend very little, and have some cash left to take my girfriend out to dinner.
sc928porsche
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I cast because its fun!!!!!!!
I know several people that shoot cast bullets in poly bores,proper bullet size and lubed they work fine. http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=59
Rangefinder
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As I've already stated---it's fun, and it's cost effective. I now have several loads worked up for my AK that put the price of shooting it back down where it use to be before the cost of ammo went insane---around 8 cents a pop. That's roughly what the powder, gas checks, and primers break down to---the lead I get for free. Plus--do you know how satisfying it is to be one step closer to NOT having to rely on available components? I have seven different firearms now that I will never have to buy another bullet for unless I WANT to. I like that.
"I didn't; I don't; I don't plan to
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I can buy superb yet affordable lead bullets from Penn Bullets and Meister.
For certain applications I can buy Beartooth, and Cast Performance, Oregon Trail, or Leadheads, or Lyman, or a million others.
I can buy them easier than make them."
That's very true, and you can buy complete cartridges easier than you can make them too.
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I can buy superb yet affordable lead bullets from Penn Bullets and Meister.
For certain applications I can buy Beartooth, and Cast Performance, Oregon Trail, or Leadheads, or Lyman, or a million others.
I can buy them easier than make them."
That's very true, and you can buy complete cartridges easier than you can make them too.
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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^^^ +1 on that. Plus, what is "affordable" for one person may not be for another. We are all in different financial situations.
I don't cast or even reload at all that matter. I tried reloading for a little while but just didn't get into it and gave my reloading stuff to my father. For me it just wasn't worth my time and the saving's wasn't enough to justify my time either. I know alot of people that don't care about the savings but do it just for the fun of it, as it's just another hobby for them.....I'm not one of those people. I'd rather just go to the store and buy my factory ammo.
sc928porsche
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How much you save when reloading really depends on what cartridge you are loading. Factory ammo for something like a 300WM runs in the the 30+ dollar range. When you can load premium bullets with better balistics than factory for about 12 dollars, it dosnt take long to pay for your equipment.
Second point is that once you have the equipment, about all you have to do to change cartridges is to purchace a set of dies.
Third point is what would be refered to as obsolete cartridges. They cant be purchaced any longer, but some can be made from other exhisting ones.
Second point is that once you have the equipment, about all you have to do to change cartridges is to purchace a set of dies.
Third point is what would be refered to as obsolete cartridges. They cant be purchaced any longer, but some can be made from other exhisting ones.
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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I see a wrinkle..... J/K...that is a pile of fun!
J/K...that is a pile of fun!