New to the Bullet Casting club

[Cat City Slim]

Do you plan on using Lee push-through sizers or a lube sizer?

 

[Calamity Jake]

Been casting boolits for over 40 years.
My advice; don't try to make it rocket science, because it's not,
I'm in SW okc, it you want some F to F instruction give me a shout

 

[Camo]

I am relatively new to it myself but it’s addicting.

 

[OKCHunter]

I have not checked hardness of my bullets on a scale.
But I have ran thousands of Wheel weight clip on mixed with 50% soft lead like stick on weights or shower pan or plumbing pipe.
Straight clip on wheel weight in a 30-30 are good for 2000 fps easy with a gas check and Lee Alox.
That is for a Lee 170gr bullet.

On powder coated bullets I can run the 50/50 clip on/ soft lead mix in all my pistols without any issues and great accuracy.
Powder coated lead in other words does not need to be all that hard.
Softer alloy will bump up and seal quickly.
Too hard as we know is not good as you remove the ability of the bullet to seal the grooves.
Then the powder that is ignited blows past the bullet through the grooves and eats lead off the bullet and deposits it in the grooves.

Slug the barrels you have and size the bullet accordingly.
Usually 1 thousandths over bore I have some that run fine at 1/2 of that .
.0005" over.
I have some 45 pistols that measure .453" and I can't get anywhere close to that So I run a 50hard/50 soft lead powder coated and Bullseye or Red Dot powder which are fast powders and bump up the soft lead quickly and seal the bore.

I tried Alox lubed in those 45's and they did fine unless I shot quickly (mag dump) then the bore would get a lot of lead in it.
Powder coat I do not have that issue.

You will enjoy casting.

I have only empirical evidence to offer regarding bullet sizing. I believe that you are correct. Optimum bullet sizing works well to help with leading in the barrel. Coating the bullets (I’ve used Hi-Tek Supercoat) minimizes / eliminates leading issues with softer alloys and offers the the added benefit of not needing to lubricate the bullets.

 

[gl89aw]

I powder coat and lube bullets for my 30 carbine, very minimal cleaning required after several hundred rounds and I think the barrel will outlast me

 

[Mats]

Do you plan on using Lee push-through sizers or a lube sizer?

I ordered a Star lube-sizer and some dies. It seemed like one of the quickest setups for lubing/sizing a large amount of bullets.

 

[Mats]

Been casting boolits for over 40 years.
My advice; don't try to make it rocket science, because it's not,
I'm in SW okc, it you want some F to F instruction give me a shout

Thank you for the offer! I have @Dumpstick helping to steer me in the right direction for now, but it's good to know there's other experienced casters close by

 

[Cat City Slim]

I ordered a Star lube-sizer and some dies. It seemed like one of the quickest setups for lubing/sizing a large amount of bullets.

If you want to powder coat, the push through dies work very well and are fast. My casting alloy is pretty soft. I run the bullets through the die unlubed, powder coat and shoot.

 

[Dumpstick]

I ordered a Star lube-sizer and some dies. It seemed like one of the quickest setups for lubing/sizing a large amount of bullets.

Damn! You jumped right into the big time, didn't you!

 

[Mats]

Damn! You jumped right into the big time, didn't you!

I shoot enough between my 38 and 10mm that I could justify it! I figured that faster sizing meant more time for shooting