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Rising lead prices expected in 2013

Good news for the auto industry is bleak news for the shooting industry.  As demand for new autos increases so does the demand for lead.  The major use of lead is in lead acid batteries in vehicles.  Even though the...

Summer shooting, mosquitos, flys and no-see-um’s

Summer shooting, mosquitos, flys and no-see-um’s. We have all been there, nice night to shoot but getting eaten alive by the bugs!  Nothing is worse than staying indoors rather than shooting your favorite cast bullets.  I know for years it...

The American Rifleman on casting bullets, part 2.

  This is the second in a series of three articles published in the American Rifleman magazine on casting bullets from pigging out the alloy to reloading.  Since we are commercial casters and consider ourselves experts at casting bullets we...

Glenn Beck weighs in on McMillan / Bank of America controversy

Central Plains Enterprises,llc is a small cast bullet manufacturer and a very small piece of the firearms industry.  We found it interesting that a large bank would turn down one of their existing customers for continued business because they now...

Banks and the Gun Industry

I am an avid reader of the website 6mmbr and take special interest in their daily bulletin blog.  It is very informative and when they do reviews I think they are honest reviews, not bought and paid for articles.  If...

The American Rifleman on casting bullets, part 1.

“We all want to shoot more, but the cost of ammunition is as much a limiting factor, as is finding the extra time to shoot. With the cost of factory ammo averaging nearly a buck a shot, it doesn’t take...

Cast bullets and a Smith & Wesson model 29

At a recent gun show I came across a Smith & Wesson model 29.  It was probably made in the late 50’s or early 60’s according to the guy selling it. The gun showed little wear and was in excellent...

An interesting thread on cast bullets, barrel leading and bullet obturation.

An interesting thread on cast bullets, barrel leading and bullet obturation. I ran across this thread: http://levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=39338 (All excerpts taken from the form are highlighted.) If you read that thread and have read our blog posts on barrel leading and...