Bullet Moulds- The Good and the Bad...

[PJgunner]

Originally Posted by Adam Helmer

Rapier,

Thanks for the reply. If the 2012 elections go the WRONG WAY, expect to see another "Assault Weapons" BAN and bullet moulds and reloading equipment will be as illegal as a Whiskey STILL or DRUG Pharaphenalia.

Remember, I told you so0.

Adam

I don't doubt that if the erection in 2012 goes south, anything having to do with firearms of any type will be a federal felony.
A very long time ago when I was a little kid, there as an old Dutchman (I think he might have been German but this was during WW2) who was into serious bullet casting. I remember him doing his thing with pot and dipper and when I got old enought (16) to have my first handgun, he gave me a Lyman pot for the stove, a single cavity #358495 mold for a 140 gr. wadcutter bullet. Brass I had, all 100 rounds of it and a Lyman 310 Tong Tool. I fed that S&W 38/44 Outdoorsman many a round using that stuff. I still use that Tong Tool loading some of my rifle stuff and the ammo is as good as any made on the fanciest press.
I never learned that old man's last name but we all called him Louie. One thing he beat into my head was this. There may come a time when for one reaon or another, cartridges for your firearm will be either difficult or impossible to find. If you have powder, lead, primers and the tools to make bullets and load your ammo, you can be able to shoot, for whatever reason you want to shoot. Guess I must have listened for a change, I have something like 93 molds for my various shootin' irons. I've taken game up to deer with cast bullets and I have at least one load for the .308 that is 1.5 MOA at 200 yards. Not too shabby for a very lightweight sporter.
During WW2, ammo for most cartridges was almost impossible to get. About all that was available was .22 Long Rifle and that went to farmers to shoot varmints eating their crops. For ranchers, they could get 30-30 ammo to keep predators away from their livestock. Most of that foodstuff went into the war effort and was rationed to we who were here at home. If you had a .270, for example, you were out of luck unless you knew somebody.
Louie died sometime around 1951 as I recall. I still remember listening to him as he taught me the ropes of bullet casting, the smell of that stinky old pipe he'd smoked for so long that part of the stem had been chewed away. I also emeber is tolerance of my sometimes very stupid questions.
Is it any wonder that "Big Brother" wants to outlaw the use of lead. No lead means no way to make bullets. Just another form of back door gun control. I'm glad I'm at the winter of my life. My heart cries out for those who will be left behind after I'm gone. My kids and grandkids and their kids do not deserve what Obama and is corrupt gang of communists have planned for them. it leaves me sick to the soul and there isn't a damn thing I can do to prevent it.
Adolph Hitler said it very well when he said, "What good fortune for government that the people do not think."
Paul B.