Cast Lead Thread ?

[rambo-6mmrem]

I have 2 pound fishing sinkers in the shed

[rambo-6mmrem]

See camouflaged as lead is catching ( for small bullets )

Attachment 234677

Seriously looks alot less out of place especially to camouflage experiments
Like the 458 groveless 542gn

[akaroa1]

Seriously looks alot less out of place Attachment 234678 especially to camouflage experiments
Like the 458 groveless 542gn

Bullets in drag

[rambo-6mmrem]

45-90 with the experimental 542gn groveless

[akaroa1]

Time for some more cast lead

I finally got a mould I've often thought might be useful to have in the mould hoard

Lyman 457 330 grain hollow point Gould mould

My new old Army & Navy 45-60 was the primary reason to get this mould .
That rifle just loves a case jammed full with Black Powder

This mould might also be useful in some of my British 450 Express rifles

Despite the extra nose plug and single cavity it turns out good bullets at a reasonably steady pace



Off to the powder coat oven and tried the Ford Blue ( coats best ) and blend of grey and white ( grey alone is quite difficult to get a decent coating )



The hollow point is 12.5mm deep
elm wide tapering to 1.75mm



The PC needs to cure for a while and then I will load a few cases and devise a practical expansion test to compare the hollow point and solid bullets

And of course an accuracy test

[Friwi]

Do you have a picture of the 45-60 rifle you are shooting?

[akaroa1]

Do you have a picture of the 45-60 rifle you are shooting?

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....s-when-104097/

[akaroa1]

Did some expansion testing today on the 45-60

This is my bullet baffle box
12mm MDF with 25mm gaps
A pretty brutal test medium but good to test two different bullets with



The solid nose 360 grain went through 10 baffles
The Hollow point 340 went through 9 baffles
The hole size was identical through the first few baffles and then the Hollow point left a bigger hole



The Hollow point is shorter and fatter

[akaroa1]

Wrong photo
This is the bullet box

[akaroa1]

I really think either bullet would be good to hunt with
But wanted one of these Lyman Gould hollow point mounds

[Micky Duck]

Oooooh they do look great. They will be awesomeness on game going by how your .44ones went.these are just more of a good thing.

[Oldbloke]

Anyone casting for 223?

[Jhon]

Did some expansion testing today on the 45-60

This is my bullet baffle box
12mm MDF with 25mm gaps
A pretty brutal test medium but good to test two different bullets with



The solid nose 360 grain went through 10 baffles
The Hollow point 340 went through 9 baffles
The hole size was identical through the first few baffles and then the Hollow point left a bigger hole

Attachment 256436

The Hollow point is shorter and fatter

Attachment 256438

Surprised how close in size they look. Is the HP worth the effort? How about cupping the flatpoint like you can get in 32-20? With a large drill bit on a depth stop. Be interesting to see that alongside these two.

[akaroa1]

Surprised how close in size they look. Is the HP worth the effort? How about cupping the flatpoint like you can get in 32-20? With a large drill bit on a depth stop. Be interesting to see that alongside these two.

When you see them in the flesh there is a little more difference than the images show.
My bullet box is maybe not a very good comparison to a decent sized game animal though.

That is the next test to be done

[Machurite]

I make my own moulds for 45/70, and im using lead at around 10 to 14BHN depending on the mould also use the pencil check method it works fine, shooting out to 960 yards with open sights