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How to Cast Your Own Lead Bullets


How to Cast Your Own Lead Bullets (On the Cheap)

This article gives you some ideas of what is involved in casting bullets for your handgun and prompts you get started.

Casting Lead Bullets - YouTube

A four-minute video detailing the process of casting lead bullets from wheel-weight ingots. Re-shot in HD!

Bullet casting for dummies : r/reloading - Reddit

14 votes, 49 comments. To anyone who casts their own bullets: What's your favorite resource to learn the process?

A Beginner's Guide to Casting Your Own Bullets - Outdoor Life

A. Lead and Tin: Pure lead is required for casting muzzleloader bullets. A mixture of lead, antimony, and tin is required for other cast bullets ...

Lead Bullet Casting 101 - General Reloading - Brian Enos's Forums

Procedure is straightforward, the moulds need to come up to temp first. I cast with one while the 2nd heats up. Fill 1st mould and set down to ...

How to Cast Bullets : 6 Steps - Instructables

Step 1: Prepare the Mold · Step 2: Prepare the Lead · Step 3: Heat the Mold · Step 4: Cast the Bullet · Step 5: Release the Bullet · Step 6: Lube the Bullets.

Formula for casting - Cast Bullet Association Forum

Actually it pretty much is just a matter of "turning on your pot, dropping in the lead and casting bullets." There very few things you have ...

Advice. how you mix your lead for hard cast bullets.

Myself, I just melt down lead wheelweights and cast bullets. Any zinc weights will float to the top, zinc has a higher melting point, scoop 'em ...

How To: Cast Bullets [Complete Guide] - Sniper Country

Bullet weight, diameter, nose configuration, driving band, lubrication…you get it. Casting your own allows you to be in control. Add in the ability to tailor ...

How To Cast Your Own Bullets

However, the easiest source of lead for basic casting is used wheel weights, available by the bucketfull at any tire shop or auto dealership. Bring your own ...

Educational Zone #102 - Casting Lead Bullets - pt. 1 - The Box O' Truth

You just tap the hinge with the hammer and the bullet will fall free. ... Close the mold and fill it again, and you are on your way. ... When you first start ...

Introduction to Bullet Casting - YouTube

Introduction to casting your own bullets. ... Lead Hardness FAQs & How to Mix Bullet Alloys For Hardness. FortuneCookie45LC•133K views · 52:06.

Is it cost effective to cast my own bullets? - Quora

It can be. The gear needed to cast is basically a way to melt lead and pour it, and a mold. This might be a repurposed hot plate and cast iron ...

Anyone cast their own Rifle bullets?? - The Firing Line Forums

Yes, you can cast rifle bullets. You will want to use a harder alloy, and most rifle bullets call for the use of a copper gas-check crimped onto ...

Casting Lead Balls | DIY Ammo - YouTube

I had no idea that people once made their own ammunition, this was very cool to watch so thank you for making the video.

Casting Bullets: A Do-It-Yourself Guide - Outdoor Life

A good all-purpose alloy for both pistol and revolver bullets is 10 parts lead to one part each of tin and antimony. Depending on your source of ...

Casting Your Own Bullets - Belted Magnum Collet Resizing Die

Electric melting pot. This is the old discontinued Lee electric "Lead Pot". It used to be a popular piece of equipment for casting bullets.

Bullet Casting Gear ~ What's needed? - YouTube

Coating Your Casted Projectiles with Hi-Tek Supercoat. FHA•18K ... Copper Plating Lead Cast Bullets. Boolits Builders LLC.•20K views · 28 ...

Equipment for Bullet Casting: How to Make Your Own Ammunition

Equipment for Bullet Casting: How to Make Your Own Ammunition. Part of the series ... bullets, or how to make bullets by melting-down lead.

How to Cast Bullets At Home - Start to Finish Guide - Athlon Outdoors

When I started casting, I melted lead in an old iron pot on a Coleman stove. Add a dipper and a mold, and you can turn out very serviceable bullets. As your ...