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Old September 15, 2010, 11:26 AM   #17
AlaskaMike
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I have to agree on casting your own. For my revolvers I do cast my own, but I still have several boxes of Lasercast .45 SWCs I'm working through. I do have a nice custom mould for a 210 grain SWC, but haven't done much with it yet.

With cast, bullet hardness has very little to do with whether it leaves lead in the barrel, especially at .45 auto velocities. I use a relatively soft alloy (BHN 9 - 10 vs. the BHN 20 or so of Lasercast) in my .357 mag and .44 mag bullets which I push to 1400 fps in my revolvers (1800+ fps in a .44 mag carbine) and have virtually no leading.

Bullet fit is vastly more important, which is why I mentioned bullet fit and/or rough bore in my earlier post.
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