That's right, I fired my hand cast reloads for the first time ever yesterday and I'm hooked! They shot very well for my first try, much better than I had anticipated. In fact they shot better than the factory ammo I bought to sight in the rifle. Granted, it was “cheap” Turkish stuff I had never seen before, but they held just over an inch at 100 yards. I figure it can only get better from here. A couple questions I had though 1. I noticed some powder in the barrel after I fired most of the rounds. My guess is that some of the powder is sticking to the Lee Liquid Alox that I'm lubing my the bullets with and depositing in the barrel. Is this normal with cast bullets and will it affect the barrel in any way? I was shooting ~26 grains of Varget under a 171 grain LBT flat nose. I do plan on buying Star sizer and some White Label lube pretty soon, maybe this will solve the problem?
- Most of my .357 bullets have a dent in the base after going through the sizer. It seems like the nose pushing the preceding round out of the die is what's doing it. I only roll flat nosed bullets but it doesn't happen on my .308, just the 357. I know Veral talks about cupping out the punch a bit so that just the perimeter makes contact with the gas check and sort of straddles any imperfection in the bullet base. Any thoughts?
Thanks for everyone's help making my first cast bullet experience a blast!!!:dude:;}
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