38ExtraSpecial
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Ahhh I see. I figured they all came with that option.
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Bullet Casting & Coating MegaThread
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Jay77
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Wonder if it’s because of the profile.. not much diameter to play with at the tip. Round nose would have more volume to take advantage of. In the oven baking now
38ExtraSpecial
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Makes sense. Maybe the 200 would have enough room.
My 200 RN came with round and penta. For the life of me I can’t find the penta pins shucks suck because they open up sooo nice.
Jay77
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I sent them an email out of curiosity to see if it comes with the penta pins. Coating them up today and the first coat is done. Hope they shoot good…
38ExtraSpecial
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Can’t wait to see the results
Jay77
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Little on the brown side but I’m going to load em up. They averaged around 195gr.
38ExtraSpecial
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Nailed it man. They look awesome.
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Fabulous results, awesome coating results and hardness after 4th light coating with water drop finish. Probably 20 brinellshout out to rcbs for sending ram retaining springs within a week of emailing asking if they were available. For free even !!!
Any real reason your going 20bhn are your pushing them hard
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A little harder than expected. I figured they were 50ww and 50pure
38ExtraSpecial
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Nice man! That’s hard enough for whatever you need to do
Jay77
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Way to organized.
Jay77
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Has anyone tried Silhouette in a 38 Special with a 158gr coated bullet? I might load up a few for testing.
38ExtraSpecial
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We need to get some loads into the ballistic gel man.
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I would love to do that! I have the blackout coming together with adjustable gas block and some test loads ready to go. when i get things running smooth and that 260gr mold comes in we are in for some ballistic gel slapping good times youknowhatimean!
38ExtraSpecial
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Oh yeah! I haven’t done much rifle gel testing. Other than some 7.62x39 and some 5.56
Jay77
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Is this a call for a NES casters range day?
38ExtraSpecial
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Let’s make it happen! I would love to get the crew together if someone has a range that will host all of us.
No but interested
Silhouette really likes to be run at higher pressure.
I use it in 380 and 9mm - the 9mm cases are pretty much clean but the 380 soots up.
Needed to try out an MP slug mold and replenish my 380 supply.
Pot cover works great - can preheat a couple of ingots and I get almost no oxidation in the melt.
The bad - hard to see the level. I have to keep an eye on the PID and refill ass soon as the temp drops (thermocouple uncovered)
Like always the MP mold is great - But it is heavy, really heavy.
Only cast a few as I'm not setup to load shells yet - maybe once supplies are more available I'll be able to get 209's and wads.
Cast up a couple of pots before I realized I grabbed the 125g 356 mold not the 102g. So now I have an extra 2k of 9mm to coat and size but still need to cast for 380.
Should have realized my mistake since the 102g only comes in 2 cavity and the 6 cavity 125 was dropping like rain.
Amazing how fast you can go through 40+ lbs of lead when your equipment is running right.
Pot cover works great - can preheat a couple of ingots and I get almost no oxidation in the melt.
The bad - hard to see the level. I have to keep an eye on the PID and refill ass soon as the temp drops (thermocouple uncovered)
Like always the MP mold is great - But it is heavy, really heavy.
Only cast a few as I'm not setup to load shells yet - maybe once supplies are more available I'll be able to get 209's and wads.
Cast up a couple of pots before I realized I grabbed the 125g 356 mold not the 102g. So now I have an extra 2k of 9mm to coat and size but still need to cast for 380.
Should have realized my mistake since the 102g only comes in 2 cavity and the 6 cavity 125 was dropping like rain.
Amazing how fast you can go through 40+ lbs of lead when your equipment is running right.
38ExtraSpecial
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Damn that’s beautiful.
Meet up with me sometime this week and I’ll set you up with some supplies.
AA hulls AA wads and 209s. I have some to spare and hardly ever load shotgun.
Jay77
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Hoping to load up some of those fancy HP 45’s and test them out tomorrow.
There is enough room to see the level if you look at the opening by the valve. It's just easier to look at the PID display.
The melt stays the same temp until the thermocouple is uncovered so you can run down lower than a stock pot.
At this point if I add anymore gizmos it's going to turn into an automatic casting machine.
Now I just need to convince myself I need another mold and choose which one
MP 358-93 HP PB 4 cavity mold
Best moulds for casting lead bullets. Hollow point, hollow base or solid bullets. Molds are Brass or aluminum.
www.mp-molds.com
Lee Precision, Inc.. Mold 6 Cav Tl356-95-rf
Lee Six Cavity Mold produces a .356 diameter 95 grain round nose bullet suitable for cartridges like 380 Auto, 9mm Luger, and 38 Super Auto..
I know what the correct answer is - just need to get past the inner skinflint.
38ExtraSpecial
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There is enough room to see the level if you look at the opening by the valve. It's just easier to look at the PID display.
The melt stays the same temp until the thermocouple is uncovered so you can run down lower than a stock pot.
At this point if I add anymore gizmos it's going to turn into an automatic casting machine.
Now I just need to convince myself I need another mold and choose which one
OrMP 358-93 HP PB 4 cavity mold
Best moulds for casting lead bullets. Hollow point, hollow base or solid bullets. Molds are Brass or aluminum.
Lee Precision, Inc.. Mold 6 Cav Tl356-95-rf
Lee Six Cavity Mold produces a .356 diameter 95 grain round nose bullet suitable for cartridges like 380 Auto, 9mm Luger, and 38 Super Auto..leeprecision.com
I know what the correct answer is - just need to get past the inner skinflint.
Put one of your Lee molds beside one of your MP molds. Just stare at them for about 15 to 20 seconds. You’ll make the right choice
Jay77
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1-2 seconds….
Right and order both lee is cheap enough to use while you wait for the M&P
I read this and was wondering about this comment "I hit it a few times with a pencil." Are you saying this because the the graphite in a lead pencil will help the cavity with sticking?
Yes - graphite the pins on a hollow point/base mold if the bullets don't release easily
if you shoot a lot of those coated bullets - how is the barrel lead build-up situation there? do you need to clean the barrel somehow once in a while, or is it efficiently not an issue for a pistol?
