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I like to handload self cast hollow points in my hand guns. Please step into my
office.Let's talk about it.
Who likes to handload for handguns?
I have not shot these hammers at game. I would expect the effect to be explosive, the hollow points are massive and deep, and the alloy is strong and flexible.Looks serious. Do they mushroom well upon impact on soft tissues? .359 sounds right diameter. You got cylinder throats reamed to same diameter?
I have a s&w model 10 in 38 spl. I buy my SWC hytek coated cast bullets from MBC. It shoots really well. And I have a cheapy Spanish clone with 6" barrel. It shoots lousy. It has ranging problem. Couldn't fix it no matter what I did.
-TL
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Three of your pistol calibers, I have never seen the ammunition for sale in a brick and mortar gun shop.I do.
But I haven't cast in ages,.,..commercial casters have met my needs for decades. I load cast or jacketed for my pistols, depending on what I want to do and what is suitable.
.32ACP, .380ACP, 9mm Luger, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .357AMP, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .44AMP, .45ACP, .45 Colt, and .45 Win Mag.
I also reload for all my centerfire rifles as well.
To my eyes 45-70 looks like an enormous scaled up 38 special. Is that how it is to cast and load for that caliber?45-70 is great for casting. Lever gun velocities are very reasonable for casting alloys when you take barrel length into account. The only problem is you go through alloy pretty fast with it.
I have one of Lee's six-cavity molds for 38 wadcutters in the Tumble Lube style. Out of my K-38, the darn things group about half the size of Federal match ammo. Wouldn't use anything else. Ditto their TL 32 wadcutter, though the mold has since been discontinued.
I have cast a fair quantity of 200-grain 45 SWC in the past, as well, but I go through it so fast that I usually give in to the temptation to just buy them if the highest target precision isn't required.
Ranging in a revolver is the alignment between cylinder chambers and the bore. Out of 6 chambers of that revolver, only 2 pass the ranging rod test. The group is about 8" at 10yd.I have not shot these hammers at game. I would expect the effect to be explosive, the hollow points are massive and deep, and the alloy is strong and flexible.
They group on a paper plate. I think if I increase the charge they may group tighter. I size them 358 and can pass the bullets through the cylinder using a pen with one fingers pressure.
What is a ranging problem?
Yes. Didn't Charles Bronson load his wildey pistol with those from those death wish movies?
To my eyes 45-70 looks like an enormous scaled up 38 special. Is that how it is to cast and load for that caliber?