cast boolits

[maverick18]

Just ventured over to the cast boolits forums........WOW. my eyes are bloodshot and my head hurts........and I havent even got past the FAQs/ stickys!!!!!! I feel like Quagmire when he discovered online, um, 'adult material'.

 

[rockhopper46038]

'Tis a great forum, to be sure.

 

[Leadeye]

Excellent and informative forum.

 

[hrearden]

Im on there too. Youre right, theres stuff there you never even dreamed existed.

 

[maverick18]

I thought, 'melt lead, cast boolits, load, shoot'. Didn't know people could make it so in depth. It will take months just to read the articles that catch my eye!

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

I've been researching it for almost 6 months, and I'm still learning all the ins and outs of casting.

 

[hrearden]

On that site, theres also swaging, wildcatting, primer conversion, metallurgy, and countless links to all said topics. Ive also seen a lot of posts on powder and primer substitutes/fabrication. Honestly, I think it would be cool to grab an old rifle (prolly a mosin to start) and go to town. One of my longer term goals is to develop some simple cast loads that run out of the FAL really well and are made from some cheap, reused components. (Basically a tutorial for how to procure ammo when totally hard up.)

 

[yxc301]

After that start looking into swaging a .40 S&W into a .45 bullet

 

[hrearden]

After that start looking into swaging a .40 S&W into a .45 bullet

Ive seen that already. lol. A lot of those guys who make swaging dies make them to fit popular presses.