Nice ! With my '74 Sharps im struggling a bit getting consistency with my PP loads. My Tennessee mould's 540 gr Silhouette greaser bullet and 65 gr of swiss 1.5F is my go to load im at about 3 moa at 200 meters.
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Nice ! With my '74 Sharps im struggling a bit getting consistency with my PP loads. My Tennessee mould's 540 gr Silhouette greaser bullet and 65 gr of swiss 1.5F is my go to load im at about 3 moa at 200 meters.
38ExtraSpecial
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That sounds respectable.
Are you seating it right up against the rifling? Is the throat set up for paper patch or for greasers?
The Pedersoli barrels are throated for using the 535+ gr Creedmoore / Postell / Lyman type bullets. I can only get about 65g of powder compressed with a . 030 poly wad and i can seat just enough to stay off the rifling. Im not sure about throated for pp bullets ? You will have to educate me on how to determine this .
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
I haven’t dug too deep into it. From what I remember the chamber has a gentler leade to help the bullet align in the bore without damaging the patch. It almost sets up so that a smooth sided bullet works like a bore rider IIRC.
A lot of greasers have a bore ride section to help alignment. The leade could be really short and sharp and it doesn’t matter much.
It also depends on if you’re running black or smokeless due to sizing. You run black smaller to leave room for fouling. I bet Shiloh has info on their chamber options online.
A lot of greasers have a bore ride section to help alignment. The leade could be really short and sharp and it doesn’t matter much.
It also depends on if you’re running black or smokeless due to sizing. You run black smaller to leave room for fouling. I bet Shiloh has info on their chamber options online.
38ExtraSpecial
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That looks awesome for a first coat.
Jay77
NES Member
Huge thanks not only do they look great but they also pass both tests. This was two separate batches with three different bullet types. I cooked two pounds for 12 mins and five pounds for 13 at 200 degree Celsius.
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
They look great. I can’t wait for my new mould to show up. Ordered Monday. UPS says I’ll have it tomorrow. Not bad considering it’s coming from Slovenia.
MP 4 cavity 460-420 hollow point arrived yesterday.
Ordered on Saturday. Made it from Europe to my door on Wednesday.
That mold is so beautiful.
I just thought, my ladle won't be able to hold 1680 grains of lead. I guess it will force me to slow down.
Ordered on Saturday. Made it from Europe to my door on Wednesday.
That mold is so beautiful.
I just thought, my ladle won't be able to hold 1680 grains of lead. I guess it will force me to slow down.
EMTDAD
NES Member
me too.. kicking myself I didn't go to this
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
There’s always next year.
Mix of complete noobs and experienced people. So you won't feel out of place no matter your experience level.
I'm on the "I have no idea about any of this" spectrum and it helped me understand it much better than I would have watching videos.
MP or NOE for quality molds, you won't regret them. For aluminum or brass.
For cast iron BACO has some very nice molds.
Accurate for custom molds.
I am a big fan of brass and iron, they take a little longer to get hot, but once hot they drop amazing bullets.
Aluminum drops great bullets from the second or third casting, but gets hot fast. But the bullets look beautiful and the mold is light.
I will ladle cast. I am thinking fill first 2, dip the ladle in lead, fill the other 2.
Then go in the opposite direction.
I should have thought of thst before ordering a 4 cavity. But I think it will be a good thing, it will force me to slow down a bit.
pastera
NES Member
looks like you have a mix of 105 and 125 grain - the 105's run fine in both my bodyguard and 380EZ.
I know I load them with both 231 and silhouette so I'd need to check to see the loads (but I don't push them like I do with 9mm)
Jay77
NES Member
@pastera great eye on the different bullets. I coated the 125’s and a few 200gr to test my process with the copper Hi-Tek you sent me home with before I hosed the 100 grain from the class which I don’t have the mold for yet. Both bullets passed both test. I can’t thank you enough because I was getting a really frustrated. I’m going to pimp out my pot with that awesome cover and pour some more HP 45 from the MP mold I picked up in the spring. More pictures will be coming.
