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Old 05-05-2014, 09:58 PM
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If you really want to save money, cast your own. My current batch of 45 ACP components cost 7 cents per round. Before Obama got elected it was 5 cents per round. Inflation's a b*tch

To put it in perspective: $3.50 per box of 50. $70 per THOUSAND rounds.

My SIG Ultra Carry has never had a jacketed round through it since I bought it. Neither has my 44 Special Charter Target Bulldog.
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Old 05-05-2014, 10:09 PM
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I may have to look at lead a bit more searosly for range shooting. I dont' worry about the leading, I can clean that out....

I can not cast at home, not set up for that and really don't want to..someday maybe...
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Had anyone had any ACME lead? Just saw it today at a LGS here, looked ok cheap enough but never heard of it...
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I've tried lead cast...ok for outdoor ranges...too smokey for indoor ranges. I'll stick to plated bullets from Xtreme.
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Old 05-05-2014, 10:44 PM
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I've tried lead cast...ok for outdoor ranges...too smokey for indoor ranges.
What creates the smoke is the lube. I use Lee Liquid Alox (tumble lube), and there is not much smoke. My cast loads with Trail Boss burn cleaner than the jacketed loads with HP-38 I was using previously.
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No lead for me. I try to limit my exposure as much as possible.
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No lead here also. Never used it and never will. Well except in a shotgun!!!

I will stick with the plated bullets that I have. Besides, my carry and range practice ammo are one and the same.
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What creates the smoke is the lube. I use Lee Liquid Alox (tumble lube), and there is not much smoke. My cast loads with Trail Boss burn cleaner than the jacketed loads with HP-38 I was using previously.
Gotcha. Well, I've had home brewed lc and one's I bought from Falcon. Both loaded over W-231 and both smoked something awful, the Falcons more that the homemade ones. Only time I enjoyed shooting them was outdoors on a windy day. I traded the last of my lc for some grips.

No offense, I'll stick with plated.

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No lead for me. I try to limit my exposure as much as possible.
This also came to mind.
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