Looking for lead advice.

jfischer · December 18, 2012, 05:56 PM

Looking for some advice on loading for 45 acp, bullet is cast from zinc.

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max it · December 18, 2012, 06:01 PM

Does that stuff really shoot?
more to the point will it not bounce off a paper target?

Shootest · December 18, 2012, 06:18 PM

Something about a 114g bullet in a 45ACP just don’t seem right. I would just use lead.

jfischer · December 18, 2012, 06:54 PM

From what limited information I can find it is very effective close range but looses velocity and energy very fast. Not really interested in doing 45 acp but more of a learning tool for future 300 blackout casting. I have a 45 acp mold that I don't use so it became the guinea pig for this project.

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jfischer · December 18, 2012, 06:55 PM

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reloader28 · December 18, 2012, 10:28 PM

Does it cast at the right diameter? I figured it would cast small.

I've thought about making zinc #4 buckshot to use on geese, but aint had the time yet. And I need to talk to a game warden to see how I could prove it was'nt lead. The local warden here knows I cast.

chris in va · December 19, 2012, 02:26 AM

We'll all be casting zinc before long.

December 18, 2012, 06:01 PM	#2
max it Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: near Disneyland Posts: 283	zinc Does that stuff really shoot? more to the point will it not bounce off a paper target?

December 18, 2012, 06:18 PM	#3
Shootest Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2011 Location: Just outside Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 722	Something about a 114g bullet in a 45ACP just don’t seem right. I would just use lead.

December 18, 2012, 06:54 PM	#4
jfischer Junior Member Join Date: September 20, 2011 Posts: 14	From what limited information I can find it is very effective close range but looses velocity and energy very fast. Not really interested in doing 45 acp but more of a learning tool for future 300 blackout casting. I have a 45 acp mold that I don't use so it became the guinea pig for this project. Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 2

December 18, 2012, 06:55 PM	#5
jfischer Junior Member Join Date: September 20, 2011 Posts: 14	Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 2

December 18, 2012, 10:28 PM	#6
reloader28 Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: nw wyoming Posts: 1,061	Does it cast at the right diameter? I figured it would cast small. I've thought about making zinc #4 buckshot to use on geese, but aint had the time yet. And I need to talk to a game warden to see how I could prove it was'nt lead. The local warden here knows I cast.

December 19, 2012, 02:26 AM	#7
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	We'll all be casting zinc before long.