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alloy
what do you boys consider to be the best alloy to cast 54 cal x-mas tree bullets? how about lee 54 mini bullets?
for plinking and target shooting in '63 shiloh cav carbine?
Loophole
for plinking and target shooting in '63 shiloh cav carbine?
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Re: alloy
Howdy, Loophole;
I don't think you can go wrong casting these bullets out of pure lead. The originals were usually swaged or cast out of pure lead and they work just fine in my Shiloh 1863 NM rifle in .54.
Steve Brooks crafts an absolutely superb Mould for this bullet.
Matt
I don't think you can go wrong casting these bullets out of pure lead. The originals were usually swaged or cast out of pure lead and they work just fine in my Shiloh 1863 NM rifle in .54.
Steve Brooks crafts an absolutely superb Mould for this bullet.
Matt
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Re: alloy
Yup, I use pure lead as well with the Lyman .54 minie. Works great.
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Re: alloy
I shouldnt say this But have you tried moose's version of the Bagdon sharps mold. I love it. nice clean holes like the Hodgens Minnie.lmcmahon wrote:I'm using pure lead w/ Moose 544480 mold. 43.5 ffg Swiss black powder.
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Re: alloy
It's not listed. I requested it a few years ago Al O. from the same team as Moose had the drawings and an original mold. I gave Moose a few Samples also Al was kind enough to lend me the original the mold..the few he had where bought I by me the rest by al (as the story goes ) from what I hear. To keep it off the market as long as posable
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Re: alloy
Glad I found this post. I am getting items together to use to cast and shoot bullets and I do have some pure lead I can use. I plan on getting a Brooks ringtail mold. I found a 1862 CS Robinson Shiloh SN #20x in .54 caliber. Real nice shape, hardly used. I plan on calling Charlie Hahn after I cast bullets and measure the size tubes I need. I also plan on starting off with KIK 3F as I have some of that. Swiss 2F is next on the list to buy. I'll be shooting 50 yards and 100 yards at N-SSA events as well as paper punching. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Bob
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Bob,Buzzard II wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:44 pm Glad I found this post. I am getting items together to use to cast and shoot bullets and I do have some pure lead I can use. I plan on getting a Brooks ringtail mold. I found a 1862 CS Robinson Shiloh SN #20x in .54 caliber. Real nice shape, hardly used. I plan on calling Charlie Hahn after I cast bullets and measure the size tubes I need. I also plan on starting off with KIK 3F as I have some of that. Swiss 2F is next on the list to buy. I'll be shooting 50 yards and 100 yards at N-SSA events as well as paper punching. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Bob
I also shoot a CS Robinson Shiloh in 54 cal. Try the Swiss 2F.
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Re: alloy
Works very very well.
To my knowledge them molds are still available on e-bay. Worth every penny IMO.
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