Learn me....cast bullets

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

You see the theme here... Unless you can get the materials for free or close to it...it's just not worth it to cast at home anymore. By the time you get all the equipment and materials - the "break even point" could be pretty far out. I like to reload, but gave up on casting YEARS ago.



I bet they do!

Yup I see the trend for sure.

[UltraMax]

I cast 560 grain paper patch bullets for my sharps. I love casting.

I agree completely with tacticalcowboy except for not valuing time. I can cast about 100 bullets in about an hour with a single cavity mould. It doesn’t take much time away from shooting and other hobbies.

My main question is are they for a gas gun (AR) or a bolt action? Raw lubed lead will most certainly clog a gas port in a AR with several passes of bullets leaving lead deposits sheared in the gas port. No bueno for reliability. You may be able to use a super hard ball lead to get is done but to me it wouldn’t be worth it. I would stick with jacketed in a gas gun.

[UltraMax]

Yup I see the trend for sure.

I didn’t have much of a choice when it came to casting. I wanted to shoot a particular bullet and they didn’t commercially make them so I bought a Lyman furnace (I’ve since upgraded to the RCBS easy melt), ladle, mould mallet, a good BACO single bullet mould, a cheap hot plate and some other stuff. I love it but I’m gonna burn through a TON of lead in that gun. It made fiscal sense to get the stuff.


I also started casting .459 405 grain flat points for the 45-70 you traded me. Man I love that gun!!

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

I didn’t have much of a choice when it came to casting. I wanted to shoot a particular bullet and they didn’t commercially make them so I bought a Lyman furnace (I’ve since upgraded to the RCBS easy melt), ladle, mould mallet, a good BACO single bullet mould, a cheap hot plate and some other stuff. I love it but I’m gonna burn through a TON of lead in that gun. It made fiscal sense to get the stuff.


I also started casting .459 405 grain flat points for the 45-70 you traded me. Man I love that gun!!

I sure miss the ol 45-70 but my grendel I got from you is by far my favorite gun in the house! I’ve killed probably 30 hogs and 15 deer with it since I got.


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[TacticalCowboy]

I cast 560 grain paper patch bullets for my sharps. I love casting.

I agree completely with tacticalcowboy except for not valuing time. I can cast about 100 bullets in about an hour with a single cavity mould. It doesn’t take much time away from shooting and other hobbies.

My main question is are they for a gas gun (AR) or a bolt action? Raw lubed lead will most certainly clog a gas port in a AR with several passes of bullets leaving lead deposits sheared in the gas port. No bueno for reliability. You may be able to use a super hard ball lead to get is done but to me it wouldn’t be worth it. I would stick with jacketed in a gas gun.

I have 5/6 cavity molds and can make 900-1100 an hour and it’s still not worth it haha. I cast in the evenings when my wife is at work, so it usually takes place when I would be sitting on the couch drinking beer anyway. I shoot a lot of pistol bullets.

As far as the AR is concerned, I’ve shot a whole lot of gas checked bullets out of an AR 15 and a AR10, and I haven’t had any issues with plugged up gas tubes. It could happen in the future, but so far, no problems.

[UltraMax]

I sure miss the ol 45-70 but my grendel I got from you is by far my favorite gun in the house! I’ve killed probably 30 hogs and 15 deer with it since I got.


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Man that makes me happy. I would have never used the Grendel even though it shot great. I am very glad you’re getting use out of it.

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Man that makes me happy. I would have never used the Grendel even though it shot great. I am very glad you’re getting use out of it.

Yeah it shoots great that’s for sure. Sill want to get me another lever gun.


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