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Hard cast lead bullets and the reloading manuals

  Recently we have been asked about furnishing load data for our cast bullets.  We can’t furnish load data for several reasons and number one is we don’t have the equipment necessary to test loads.  The main reason for customers...

How hard are cast bullets made from 2/6/92 alloy?

  We continually hear that cast bullets are not hard enough or won’t penetrate as deeply as the latest newly developed jacketed bullets.  Granted they have some fantastic bonded bullets and they come with very high prices.  Are you getting...

My thoughts on shooting undersized cast bullets.

  Recently I overheard a person stating that he had sizing dies for a 38 that measured .355.  I just let it pass in one ear and out the other.  It is both wrong and dangerous to even bring up...

Primers are the most inflexible component to those reloading bullets.

If you consider all the components necessary to reload what single one is the most inflexible to those reloading bullets?  It is the primer.  You can change manufacturers or from standard to magnum but that is about it.  There is...

Internal Ballistics, bullet reloading and why you need to understand the process

 A ballistic cycle is defined as everything between the triggers release of the sear until the bullet has exited the barrel.  The science of defining what happens in this process is internal ballistics. The purpose of this article is to...

I want to start reloading bullets, what is the first step?

 You have made the decision to start reloading bullets on your own.  Having read articles in magazines and knowing a few guys that reload you are ready to start.  It seems the more you read the more confused you become.  Cast bullet, lead...