THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

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So in my absense from motor vehicle projects, I've been doing a lot of gun stuff lately. I started reloading and casting my own bullets. The left ones are 200 grain semi-wadcutter-esque bullets for .45 and the right two are 160 gr SWC for .38 special/.357 mag. I have a 4 cavity mold for each of these... Last night I made somewhere between 1200 and 1300 .45 bullets in under two hours, with interruptions. Can't wait to shoot these suckers.

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asp said:
So in my absense from motor vehicle projects, I've been doing a lot of gun stuff lately. I started reloading and casting my own bullets. The left ones are 200 grain semi-wadcutter-esque bullets for .45 and the right two are 160 gr SWC for .38 special/.357 mag. I have a 4 cavity mold for each of these... Last night I made somewhere between 1200 and 1300 .45 bullets in under two hours, with interruptions. Can't wait to shoot these suckers.

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What's the rough cost savings over buying ammo?
 
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when casting bullets, roughly massive. when buying bullets, depends on what you're reloading

anthony- try and figure out a day in the next few weeks for a casting party. I ought to have a bucket of wheel weights and I'm hoping to order a casting block for 9 and maybe a cool one for 38/357. Speaking of which, PM me a bullet/mold that would be good for making badass loads, something along the lines of having the effect of that dude's s&w 500 fireball :D I know a 357's not gonna be THAT awesome, but along those lines...know what i'm sayin? good.
 
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that's pretty awesome. I have some old lead packing from cast iron sewer pipes I removed from my house that I should melt down, probably 5 or 10 pounds, plus a bunch of old lead flashing. Will need to skim off a substantial amount of slag and junk though.
 
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I towed 11k pounds today simce my boss' truck was at the shop. it was pretty badass, pulled good and now I know my brake controller works and junk.
 
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squashman702 said:
What's the rough cost savings over buying ammo?
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Travis is pretty much right. I can shoot cast bullets for about 10-13% of the cost of factory ammo. Purchasing bullets and reloading will put you between 25% and 50% cost of factory ammo depending on the caliber.

5spd_xj said:
when casting bullets, roughly massive. when buying bullets, depends on what you're reloading

anthony- try and figure out a day in the next few weeks for a casting party. I ought to have a bucket of wheel weights and I'm hoping to order a casting block for 9 and maybe a cool one for 38/357. Speaking of which, PM me a bullet/mold that would be good for making badass loads, something along the lines of having the effect of that dude's s&w 500 fireball :D I know a 357's not gonna be THAT awesome, but along those lines...know what i'm sayin? good.
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Bucket of wheel weights would be sweet. I need to get a turkey frier from Bass Pro or something to have a big pot to smelt the wheel weights in.

I have a cool one for .38/.357 :laugh:

Eddie Coyle's 500 mag fireball is due to the powder choice and running a tight crimp. I'm sure we could work up a similar load for .357 mag. I think H110 is the stuff they use in .44 mag to make a big fireball so I'm sure we could do the same to this.

kastein said:
that's pretty awesome. I have some old lead packing from cast iron sewer pipes I removed from my house that I should melt down, probably 5 or 10 pounds, plus a bunch of old lead flashing. Will need to skim off a substantial amount of slag and junk though.
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Thanks.

Sweet. Scrap price is about 45c/# near me right now... but I'm cheap and won't pay anywhere near that. Plus, pure lead is almost too soft to shoot. It needs to be alloyed with tin (95% lead, 5% tin works well).

I would even want spent bullets (collected from berms or bullet traps). Those need to be fluxed like crazy, but the lead can usually be had for free. Plus, when it's smelted you can skim off the jackets and scrap the copper.

vetteboy said:
Anyone wanna make me some .380? :)
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Get me brass and bullets and I can. I don't have the stuff to cast for .380. Same dia bullet as .38 spl and 9mm but bullet shape and weight is totally different. I have powder and primers that will work. When will you be up this way next? I don't really feel like jumping through the appropriate hoops to ship live ammo.
 
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asp said:
Bucket of wheel weights would be sweet. I need to get a turkey frier from Bass Pro or something to have a big pot to smelt the wheel weights in.

I have a cool one for .38/.357 :laugh:

Eddie Coyle's 500 mag fireball is due to the powder choice and running a tight crimp. I'm sure we could work up a similar load for .357 mag. I think H110 is the stuff they use in .44 mag to make a big fireball so I'm sure we could do the same to this.
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I'll call my friend again and ask about the bucket at his shop :thumbup:

Sweet deal on having a BA mold already, wonder what I oughta buy?!

And yeah, I remember seeing him recommending the Hodgson h110 before in relation to fireball loads. It's a relatively slow burning powder right? I'm excited. I'd love to hand someone a handful of those and say "hey try these out, it's my mild .357 load, lemme know what you think" then wait for hilarity to ensue :D
 
I'd be game for some 9mm target loads. Any shape that will reliably cycle in a glock is cool. My problem is my g19 chews up casings to the point of not being very usable.
Thanks Anthony <3
 
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that's cuz glocks suck. Why didn't you just get it in .40 to make it ultra awful? :D
 
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Glock :puke:

But in all seriousness, if it destroys cases I'm going to charge you more. Are the cases getting stuck in the chamber and the extractor pretty much rips them apart? Time to clean your gun?

edit: if the gun is clean, it might need to have the chamber polished? or the extractor reshaped? I'm not a gunsmith... yet.

edit2: Keith, I remember how filthy your 10/22 was the time you cleaned it in front of me and Travis... Have you corrected your filthy ways or do you still clean the bore with the next bullet?
 
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asp said:
Glock :puke:

But in all seriousness, if it destroys cases I'm going to charge you more. Are the cases getting stuck in the chamber and the extractor pretty much rips them apart? Time to clean your gun?

edit: if the gun is clean, it might need to have the chamber polished? or the extractor reshaped? I'm not a gunsmith... yet.

edit2: Keith, I remember how filthy your 10/22 was the time you cleaned it in front of me and Travis... Have you corrected your filthy ways or do you still clean the bore with the next bullet?
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It just puts nicks and stuff in the casings. I'll buy the casings that's not a big deal to me. I clean this one, and it's brand new, not even 500 rounds through it. The gun is fine, I've noticed a lot of glocks do that to the shells. I ain't scurred. :D
 
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send me a picture of one of your fired cases, then... I wonder how bad they really are.

I reiterate, Glock :puke:
 
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it's because it's a gen4. extra POS status unfortunately :)
 
asp said:
send me a picture of one of your fired cases, then... I wonder how bad they really are.

I reiterate, Glock :puke:
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I'll try to find a casing or I'll send you a pic next week if I go shooting.

5spd_xj said:
it's because it's a gen4. extra POS status unfortunately :)
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Gen3 slut puppy! I got and old stock from out back at Riley's.
 
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well that's good at least. There's been a bunch of problems with shitty gen4 frames I guess
 
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Glocks and AK47's... probably my 2 least favorite guns.
 
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