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Bullet Casting: Loading ’Em Up (Page 2)
Putting the finishing touches to your newly poured bullets will make them perform much better.
By Dave Campbell (RSS)
April 09, 2012
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Keep an eye out for bullets starting to seat deeper during the loading process. Bullet lube can start depositing in the seating plug and push the bullet further into the case. A wooden toothpick can clear out the offending lube without disassembling the die and having to reset the seating depth.
If you haven’t shot cast bullets, it will open a whole new world of shooting to you. What I have presented here is just to get you started. There are ramifications and minutiae regarding alloys, lubes and heat treatment of bullets. As to the cost issue, I can’t truly argue that shooting cast bullets will save you money. Considering the tooling costs, the amount of money and time you spend scrounging lead alloys—or in some cases actually buying it—you’ll likely spend as much, if not more, money than you do now. But you should get more shots per dollar.
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