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unspellable · 07-19-2002, 01:17 AM

I have a friend who does a lot of bullet casting. (Sells 'em in several stores in the area.) He is not too fond of the Lee molds. Favours Lyman or RCBS.

I haven't done very much casting myself.

In general, you want to run them through a sizing die after casting. Slug your barrel, round up to the nearest thousandth, and that's your sizing die. For example, a 0.3105 groove diameter calls for a 0.311 sizing die. If the barrel ie 0.3100 go for the 0.311 sizing die. A cast bullet wants to be a tad oversized. This may or may not effect the size of the expander plug in your loading dies.

07-19-2002, 01:17 AM	#2
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	I have a friend who does a lot of bullet casting. (Sells 'em in several stores in the area.) He is not too fond of the Lee molds. Favours Lyman or RCBS. I haven't done very much casting myself. In general, you want to run them through a sizing die after casting. Slug your barrel, round up to the nearest thousandth, and that's your sizing die. For example, a 0.3105 groove diameter calls for a 0.311 sizing die. If the barrel ie 0.3100 go for the 0.311 sizing die. A cast bullet wants to be a tad oversized. This may or may not effect the size of the expander plug in your loading dies.