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a bulletty looking bullet as Dean Grennell used to say
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missouri bullet company .430" 165 gr. t.c.f.p.
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Image Reminds me of mine...
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That is a good looking bullet. All of my .44specail loads are 240 gr. cast swc bullets with the Skeeter load. A few months ago the caster that I buy from told me that he was now casting a 250 grain round nose hollow point that is real deep. Now that is what my carry loads are. I'll see if my Texas grandson still has any and post a picture for you to see them. Look at Matt's Bullets on the web. He is about 40 miles north of me.
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What is the name of the caster that you use. I have been looking for some .44 SPL LSWCHP. Disregard, I see it is Matts bullets now.
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Looks nice but....... :D ---6

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Jack, how do you get a .45 ball to weigh 175gr. ? Add mercury or gold maybe ? My potluck range scrap and w.w. .495"s weigh about 176 gr.
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JerryB wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:19 pm That is a good looking bullet. All of my .44specail loads are 240 gr. cast swc bullets with the Skeeter load. A few months ago the caster that I buy from told me that he was now casting a 250 grain round nose hollow point that is real deep. Now that is what my carry loads are. I'll see if my Texas grandson still has any and post a picture for you to see them. Look at Matt's Bullets on the web. He is about 40 miles north of me.
I have ordered full-wadcutters from Matt. He offers unique designs that the big melters don't so I order when I don't need enough to justify a new (or used) mold.
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I add uranium which I think is much denser than lead. Makes it easier to find when the electric goes out. Sometimes I use gold but I try not to use that as it leaves a lot of golding in the rifling.

You say .495 at 176? Maybe that's what I have. What did you do when you saw my pic....hurry up and find some round balls, then weigh them? :D ---6
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horsesoldier03 wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:08 pm What is the name of the caster that you use. I have been looking for some .44 SPL LSWCHP. Disregard, I see it is Matts bullets now.
Ain't you the guy who wanted the 214gr. Lee hollow point that I got from Honest Jack ?

If so, P.M. me your snail mail address and I'll see if I can find the mold in all of the shop clutter.
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I haven't found a source of lead. Casting sounds fun to do, and my .480 has done well with cast from several sources in the past.
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Sixgun wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:22 pm I add uranium which I think is much denser than lead. Makes it easier to find when the electric goes out. Sometimes I use gold but I try not to use that as it leaves a lot of golding in the rifling.

You say .495 at 176? Maybe that's what I have. What did you do when you saw my pic....hurry up and find some round balls, then weigh them? :D ---6
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Ray,
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Sixgun wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:38 pm Ray,
Man! Your too organized! You German?---6
mutt......little bit of this and a little bit of that ! two of the eight g.g. grandparents are listed as "free persons of color" in the 1860 censuses.....

makes me at least kin to pochahontas warren and possibly distant kin to jesse jackson :cry:

jack, you has to be the quickest draw on the keyboard in the east ! I hardly finish "submit" and you answer.
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Ray,
Yes...I'm the fastest typist in the east. (Not really...the wife is in bed, I'm in their L.R. with the dog on my lap focusing 100% on Leverguns.....all of which means I have no life...at the moment

Jessy Jackson kin? I guess he is the one who gave you the idea for your avatar?


Hey, if we keep this up we can beat Pitchy's record of 6 pages. :D ----3. (Getting tired)
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Sixgun wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:55 pm Ray,
Yes...I'm the fastest typist in the east. (Not really...the wife is in bed, I'm in their L.R. with the dog on my lap focusing 100% on Leverguns.....all of which means I have no life...at the moment

Jessy Jackson kin? I guess he is the one who gave you the idea for your avatar?


Hey, if we keep this up we can beat Pitchy's record of 6 pages. :D ----3. (Getting tired)
tired ? been working nights and sleeping 3 to 4 hours during the day for nigh-on 30 years.....all work and no play (and little sleep) makes ray the grumpiest levergunner next to blaine g.
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Sixgun wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:22 pm I add uranium which I think is much denser than lead. Makes it easier to find when the electric goes out. Sometimes I use gold but I try not to use that as it leaves a lot of golding in the rifling. :D ---6
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Now that's a great lookin' bullet Griff. I'll bet if I loaded that over about 30 grains of ffg and fill the rest with Cream O Wheat would give a great gamer load for SASS. Or a case full of fffg in one of my 44-40 73s might just kill a deer.
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M. M. Wright wrote: Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:10 amNow that's a great lookin' bullet Griff. I'll bet if I loaded that over about 30 grains of ffg and fill the rest with Cream O Wheat would give a great gamer load for SASS.
That's the load I use in my .45 Colt with that bullet... er... w/o the Cream O Wheat. 32 grains just touches the base of the bullet (2F or Cartridge). Oh yeah, it's a RCBS 45-225-CAV mold.
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Griff wrote: Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:46 pm
M. M. Wright wrote: Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:10 amNow that's a great lookin' bullet Griff. I'll bet if I loaded that over about 30 grains of ffg and fill the rest with Cream O Wheat would give a great gamer load for SASS.
That's the load I use in my .45 Colt with that bullet... er... w/o the Cream O Wheat. 32 grains just touches the base of the bullet (2F or Cartridge). Oh yeah, it's a RCBS 45-225-CAV mold.

Actually I don't use Cream O Wheat either, I use a Circlefly wad that is about 3/16 thick with about 30 grains Goex ffg. Never weigh it, just use enough to get a good compression. This in 44-40 with a 200 grain bullet.
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