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Posted: 2/3/2013 1:39:26 AM EDT
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I recently started reloading for 300 blk, and want to start loading for 45 and 38. I was wondering, if I buy commercially made cast lead bullets, will I need any special equipment to prep or load then, or are they good to go as is? Want to eventually start casting my own but not ready to drop the extra dough on equipment for that Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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All the cast lead handgun bullets I've ever bought were already lubed and sized. .38 special, .44 magnum, 9MM, .40 caliber, .45 acp, ready to put in the primed/powdered/belled case right out of the box.
You'll find if you shoot heavy loads (.357 or .44 magnum() you'll need a heavier crimp to keep the lead bullet from moving forward in the case on the rounds still in the cylinder as previous rounds are fired. The lead bullets seem to "hesitate" to move with the rest of the gun/cases, etc. on heavy recoil. |
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Quoted: I recently started reloading for 300 blk, and want to start loading for 45 and 38. I was wondering, if I buy commercially made cast lead bullets, will I need any special equipment to prep or load then, or are they good to go as is? Want to eventually start casting my own but not ready to drop the extra dough on equipment for that Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile They just need to be lubed and sized. |
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I recently started reloading for 300 blk, and want to start loading for 45 and 38. I was wondering, if I buy commercially made cast lead bullets, will I need any special equipment to prep or load then, or are they good to go as is? Want to eventually start casting my own but not ready to drop the extra dough on equipment for that Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile They just need to be lubed and sized. I have never purchased a Commercially made lead bullet that had to be lubed and sized. In fact, don't know of any that do not come lubed and sized. |
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Pistol dies come with an expander for the mouth of the case. Rifle dies like 300 blk, do not. So you will need an expander die here. Other than that, no extra tools needed. Lyman 49 is another manual that has a lot of cast rifle and pistol loads. Which expander die works well for the .300 Blk.?? |
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I use a Lee universal expander. Lyman M die is another option, but I have never used one of those.
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