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Old 12-06-2008, 11:15 AM
Adam Helmer Adam Helmer is offline
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GOB,

Rapier gave you lots of good advice.

I use a Coleman stove for a heat source, cast outdoors and run 3 or 4 double cavity moulds to put the hot one aside and run the next cold one for max output. I drop the bullets from the mould into a bucket of water to double the Brinell hardness. I size and lube with Aalox and a Lyman 450 Sizer.

Cast bullets are as good as jacketed in handguns and fine for rifles. Jacketed bullets in rifles go faster than cast, but many of the heavier cast rifle bullets will do for deer such as the Lyman 323471 215 grain semi-spitzer in the 8x57mm.

The Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook is a fine source of casting information.

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