A Favorite Cast Bullet?

CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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Im sure we all have them!!

I windering if there is continuity in our choices. Mine are governed by hunting over all else.

As a design I like a WFN, I also like the Ranch Dog bullets.

Here is mine.

.22 Ranch Dog 60g. (The Bator is close second)

I dont cast for 24,25,26,27 or .28's.

30's. I have a few for diff calibers and velocities. Im searching for my fav 30/30 bullet. I like the LEE 155 and Lyman 311284 bullets. (Both for 30-30) I have ahot and like the RD and just bought a Accurate copy. So this may change)

35's. Well I really do like most of them!! :)

40's. I like a 200 WFN and LEE 175 lube grove bullet.


.410 Arsenat WFN 220g

I dont really do 44 but I like the 429421 a aweful lot.

In 45's. There is two SM & LG.

SM H@G 130 Then Lymans 454429
LG Lees 430-350 RD HANDS DOWN!

Whats yours?

CW
 
oscarflytyer

oscarflytyer

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429421

And same design for 38s/357/32s/45s. SWC for 45 ACP also (although not quite the Keith).

Still really getting into rifle cast, so... basically a RN FP - as all mine are levers.
 
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abj

Active Member
Mine is the Lee 38-105 swc or the Magma 38-100 swc not much difference on target. I wore out a couple of lee's so I switched to the Magma on the master caster. Very close call against a full wadcutter but the 100 grainers are less recoil.
Tony
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
Picking a "favorite" is like trying to nail Jello to a wall. I have loved SWCs in revolvers for 45 years, and round flat-noses in leverguns for that same length of time. Two moulds I have been Jones-ing over for a long time I have recently located--Lymans #366408 and #452423.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
By caliber ?
22 , 225-55 NOE @ 62 gr .
25 , still a work in progress but the 260-120 fp NOE is working well .
26........ The 260-120 PP is the best so far in 264 WM .
27 , 27-130 FP @141 gr is fine , 278-124 NOE is faster and higher BC .
28 , not enough data still looking for a 175ish SIL like bullet
30 cal 312-155 Lee for shooting 311-165 RD for game if I ever get back to that again .
32 ...... nothing great here in fact anything other than plinking is just real thin in 32/8mm .
35 , I'm just a tramp . The 358-158 RNFP Lee is very agreeable and if someone were to scale it to 127-130 I'd be pretty set for 9/38/357 .
The 358 Win thrives on the 35-250 and I think it's probably a well suited bullet for any hunting in north America .
40 I guess by virtue of volume and the others I've used not being any better the 401-175 TCSWC ish Lee , I do have a 40-175 and had the 403-175 LBT .
452 , loving the 454424 NOE version for Colts and S&W , 1917 S&W don't care for them so the 452-255 RNFP wins from the 6 banger .
458 , I really like the 462-425 MP but the 45-70 disagrees and says I have to love the single 458193 .

The 6.5x50 is getting the 270-140 or one of the 270 cal Cramer's . So a favorite 26/6.5 may change .
 
Matt

Matt

Active Member
For me it’s the bullet I’m casting, lubing, sizing, loading, or shooting. Casting bullets gives me more time in the shop doing gun stuff.
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
My most hoot-to-shoot rifle is the Pedersoli/Navy Arms Buffalo Rifle .45-70 rolling block, and it's most hoot-to-shoot bullet is Lyman's 457193.

The bullet that sees the most action is Lee's 358-158 RNFN* that I de-bevel based. It's used in the Blackhawk, New Vaquero, .357 Magnum Rossi 92/EMF Hartford Sporting Rifle, and .38 Special Uberti/Cimarron 1866 Sporting Rifle.

Bullets that defied me and I didn't have the desire to try to straighten them out were two Lyman .35 caliber wadcutters and a NOE .44 wadcutter.

The bullets I'd like to re-test are a single-cavity Lyman 308291 and a six-cavity Lee 311-41.

*I won't mention kids and wives.
 
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Walks

Well-Known Member
Lyman;
#287405
#31141, #311413 & #311332
#358315
#375449, #375248
#457193, #457122 & #457124

#311252
#356402
#358156, #358429, #358429, #358311

#42798, #429478, #429251, #429421,
#429667

#452488, #452374, #452424, #454190

RCBS
#40-180-FN
#44-250-KT, #44-200-FN, #44-200-CM
#45-201-KT, #45-225-CAV, #45-270-SWC

Lee;
#311-93-1R
#356-125-2R
#358-158-RF
#401-175-TC
#429-200-RF, #429-208-WC, #429-214-SWC,
#429-214-1R, #429-240-2R, #429-240-SWC
#452-230-TC, #452-255-RF

N.O.E.;
#TL432-249-RF
#453-247-SWC

Accurate;
#45-210J


I had not realized that I had so many Lee molds. I have more then listed, but these are the bullets sitting on my shelves. I think I like the discontinued molds more then most of the current offerings.
Same with Lyman & RCBS. I have many more molds, but these are the ones I really like.

Just too many to choose from.
 
Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
RNFP, unless it's for a semi-auto, then a TC.

Spitzers for my AR-10............won't feed anything else with 100% reliability.
 
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Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
In 30 cal rifles of 30-30 case size or larger- RCBS 30-180FN. In 311-314 rifles (ex-military) the Fat 30 GB. In the 32-20, 311316. 357, 358156, 44- 429421, 45- BD45. Those are just few. My favorites get more varied as I list the more obscure cartridges I load.
 
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