Thread: 454 Casull any good?

Originally Posted by tanqueray

I don’t have explicit experience with the the 454, but I do have a bit with lead bullets. You typically need a bullet that’s a thou or two over groove diameter, otherwise you’ll get leading from gas cutting, even with a gas check.
Hardness also plays a part, although a bullet that is too hard for a given speed will also often lead.
Also, there’s bullet/lube groove design, and the type/amount of lube used.

Obviously unless you cast your own bullets, you don’t have much control over these.

Forty years ago in Darkest Africa, thanks to Lee, we would shoot anything that wouldn't stick in their terrible alloy moulds and load them in 357 and 44 cases. Candle wax for flux and bees wax for lube...For 38 years, I've avoided casting bullets like the plague ( except for 12g slugs). Needless to say, the smell of molten lead and the still to be experienced medical consequences linger...