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<blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 1697690" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>I've been casting and sizing bullets for almost 40 years, and I'm still learning. Some of the Lee molds I use when using</p><p>wheel weights for my lead source cast bullets that slide through the lee sizing dies unchanged. Softer alloys and harder</p><p>alloys may both require more effort to size. For rifle bullets, I almost always use a Lyman size and lube press with hard</p><p>high speed lube. I have to use a heater with that combination or the lube won't flow in the press. Liquid alox with the </p><p>cast bullets rolled in it to give a uniform coating is usually all I need for 9mm hard cast bullets from the Lee mold and die.</p><p>All of the magnum handgun cast bullet loads get the high speed lube. We have been shooting 30-30 and 8mm mauser with </p><p>hard cast gas checked bullets with great success. They are accurate and have much softer recoil. very pleasant to shoot.</p><p>I even have a 00 buckshot mold from Lee. All I have cast at this time is hard alloy, but I will be casting some dead soft</p><p>shot in the near future. I bought a Lee lead hardness tester and when making up large batches of casting ingots, I use the</p><p>hardness tester adding linotype, tin and other secret ingredients (antimony) to get the hardness I want. I find that water</p><p>quenching the bullets out of the mold gives me a bullet that is just the right hardness for my plinking and target shooting.</p><p>Lead is somewhat like aluminum in that it will change its hardness as it sits for long periods of time after being annealed </p><p>or tempered. I did some experimentation with tempering bullets but figured out that for all intents and purposes (my purposes)</p><p>tempering beyond water quenching isn't worth the effort in terms of increased accuracy of the bullets. I'm fortunate in that</p><p>I have a labratory grade temperature controlled oven to play with. </p><p>One other area to be aware of is that if you are casting for a revolver, the cylinder throat diameters have a larger impact on</p><p>accuracy and leading than the bore diameter. If you match the bullet diameter to the chamber throat diameters, you will see</p><p>a large improvement in performance. Just some of the observations I've made over the years. Good luck and good casting. Blitzfike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blitzfike, post: 1697690, member: 807"] I've been casting and sizing bullets for almost 40 years, and I'm still learning. Some of the Lee molds I use when using wheel weights for my lead source cast bullets that slide through the lee sizing dies unchanged. Softer alloys and harder alloys may both require more effort to size. For rifle bullets, I almost always use a Lyman size and lube press with hard high speed lube. I have to use a heater with that combination or the lube won't flow in the press. Liquid alox with the cast bullets rolled in it to give a uniform coating is usually all I need for 9mm hard cast bullets from the Lee mold and die. All of the magnum handgun cast bullet loads get the high speed lube. We have been shooting 30-30 and 8mm mauser with hard cast gas checked bullets with great success. They are accurate and have much softer recoil. very pleasant to shoot. I even have a 00 buckshot mold from Lee. All I have cast at this time is hard alloy, but I will be casting some dead soft shot in the near future. I bought a Lee lead hardness tester and when making up large batches of casting ingots, I use the hardness tester adding linotype, tin and other secret ingredients (antimony) to get the hardness I want. I find that water quenching the bullets out of the mold gives me a bullet that is just the right hardness for my plinking and target shooting. Lead is somewhat like aluminum in that it will change its hardness as it sits for long periods of time after being annealed or tempered. I did some experimentation with tempering bullets but figured out that for all intents and purposes (my purposes) tempering beyond water quenching isn't worth the effort in terms of increased accuracy of the bullets. I'm fortunate in that I have a labratory grade temperature controlled oven to play with. One other area to be aware of is that if you are casting for a revolver, the cylinder throat diameters have a larger impact on accuracy and leading than the bore diameter. If you match the bullet diameter to the chamber throat diameters, you will see a large improvement in performance. Just some of the observations I've made over the years. Good luck and good casting. Blitzfike [/QUOTE]
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