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Old August 23, 2012, 01:23 AM   #5
Edward429451
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Join Date: November 12, 2000
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I started out with that load of 6.5 gr of Unique under Lymans excellent 452374 lead round nose. It never has leaded up my gun, though I did switch powders to 231 as my standard 45 load awhile back. I've pushed this 225 gr LRN to over 900 fps and it has never been a problem in any gun I've ever shot the load in which includes a 16" Beretta Storm which achieved 1000 fps or a little more in it.

The pros of lead boolits are the cost. At less than 2 cents apiece it's a no brainer. There cons of lead bullets seems to come into play when you buy them commercially. My somewhat limited experience with commerical cast is that, typically, they are under sized. Then you can expect them to lead your gun and leave you feeling like lead bullets are crap.

You can scour the commercial world for proper sized lead bullets, or bite the bullet and start casting your own boolits. I size my 45's to .452. Lead is supposed to be sized .001 to .002 larger than nominal for caliber. If you do this then there are no cons to cast boolits.
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