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Long Path · September 15, 1999, 07:45 PM

David's link to Laser Cast didn't work, unfortunately. Bridges Bullets used to make some superb bullets out of pure linotype that was nice'n' hard.

With some experimenting, I'm sure I could get a pretty hard cast bullet. But I'm still looking for that jacketed.

I've always sort of blinked at the Fed P.D. load, and wondered why I'd want to downgrade my .45 to a less-penetrative .40!

In all fairness, it should be a really high energy load that has the advantages of a .40 with the larger hole of a .45, but I want more momentum in my hit, so I shoot the .230 almost exclusively in my .45. Comparitively, the 185 is LIGHT. 165 is FEATHERWEIGHT, and 120 is... is... photon-esque! (C-speed, but no mass!)

But, once I've got my BSB (Big Slow Bullet) blinders on, I can't be made to see reason! Just a caveat

Sooooo, what's the Brinnel Hardness on Laser Cast? Anyone know? Looks like I'm huntin' with Elmer again this year! (Trying to remember why that would be bad, exactly...)

September 15, 1999, 07:45 PM	#10
Long Path Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: N. Texas Posts: 5,899	David's link to Laser Cast didn't work, unfortunately. Bridges Bullets used to make some superb bullets out of pure linotype that was nice'n' hard. With some experimenting, I'm sure I could get a pretty hard cast bullet. But I'm still looking for that jacketed. I've always sort of blinked at the Fed P.D. load, and wondered why I'd want to downgrade my .45 to a less-penetrative .40! In all fairness, it should be a really high energy load that has the advantages of a .40 with the larger hole of a .45, but I want more momentum in my hit, so I shoot the .230 almost exclusively in my .45. Comparitively, the 185 is LIGHT. 165 is FEATHERWEIGHT, and 120 is... is... photon-esque! (C-speed, but no mass!) But, once I've got my BSB (Big Slow Bullet) blinders on, I can't be made to see reason! Just a caveat Sooooo, what's the Brinnel Hardness on Laser Cast? Anyone know? Looks like I'm huntin' with Elmer again this year! (Trying to remember why that would be bad, exactly...)