While bullet casting can be a rewarding and cost-effective way to create custom bullets with a precision size and fit for the intended firearm, there are some common mistakes that beginners should be aware of. Below are some of the more common bullet casting mistakes...
Bullet casting is the process of creating bullets by melting lead or other metal alloys, pouring it into bullet moulds, allowing it to cool and solidify, and then removing the bullets from the moulds. It’s a useful skill for gun enthusiasts who want to load their own...
Bullet casting is a popular method of creating custom bullets for firearms. This process involves melting lead or other alloys and pouring them into a bullet mold. There are several benefits to bullet casting, including cost savings, improved accuracy, and...
I recently purchased an NOE , 358, 136, FN RG 2 hollow point mould. The mould makes wonderful HP bullets just about as fast as I can cast with a conventional 2 cavity solid mould. The mould ( with my alloy ) makes a nice round .359” dia. cast bullet. Easily sized to...
I have many single cavity and two cavity moulds. However, when it comes to “ production “, a 5 cavity mould can really turn out the bullets. I’ve always liked “ bore riders “ in my .30 cal. rifles. I recently obtained this one from Al at NOE Bullet Moulds. It is a...
I don’t know about you but getting access to nice clean bullet alloy around here is getting to be a real problem. For me, when I buy wheel weights , more than 50% of them are FE and ZN weights. Useless as far as I am concerned. My grandson does a lot of shooting...
My Ruger # 1, 30-30 shoots this cast bullet real well. I’ve had a Lyman 311008 single cav. for a couple of months. The single cav. mould cast a fine bullet, but trying to keep ammo loaded for my grandson with a single cav. is tough. I’ve been trying to...
Recently, I began looking for a RN .40 cal. pistol mould for my .40 S&W Ruger automatic. There are scads of truncated cone and flat point style moulds , but a nice round nose style , NO ! I wanted the mould so I could produce some ammo that would have kinship to...
There certainly seems to be many more .30 caliber moulds ( and rightfully so ) than 7mm moulds. However, I own several 7mm moulds and have had great results in several 7X57 mm rifles that I own right now. Because of the fast twist rate ( 1- 8.66 “ ) in 7mm rifles,...
This one is quickly becoming one of my favorite .30 Cal. plain base bullets. Fantastically accurate in my 30-30 T/C Pistols ( both 10” and Super 14 ) , Handi Break Open 30-30’s, 308 Win. and 30-06 rifles. Certainly not my favorite hunting bullet in .30 cal., but...
My NOE , 5 cavity, 9mm , 128 gr. RN mould is one of my favorite moulds to cast with . Very few rejects with this mould and as long as the alloy last, you can accumulate many hundreds of A grade cast bullets very quickly. It is a super versatile mould. My grandson...
I recently purchased a 314316 NOE 115 Gr FN , GC version, 4 cavity mold. I have several single shot 30-30’s. This cast bullet style seems to shoot very well in those rifles. Not a bad choice for the 32-20 either. I also have a T/C .32 H&R Magnum that should...
A lot of people enjoy using a cast bullet with a lot of meplate ( frontal area ). It is hard to beat the full wadcutter for this. There are about as many wadcutter manufacturers as there are stars in the sky. The heavy weight .35 cal. Wadcutters thin the...
I own several Lyman 358477 moulds, both single cavity and double cavity that I’ve accumulated throughout the years. None however were HP moulds. I’ve always thought that the NOE 360 152 SWC RG2 looked a lot like the Lyman 358477. The Lyman 358477 has a very...
