Jim Taylor
Making Bullets
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 17:39

This afternoon was cool, breezy and overcast and I spent a few hours casting bullets. Somehow I had gotten low on my .38/.357 bullets and needed to catch up!

I used my old Lyman 4-cavity #358665 bullet mold. The bullet has a nice large meplat for .38/357 .. it has a generous grease groove and good crimp groove. Over the years it has proven accurate in my .38's and .357's including the leveraction rifle. They feed well in it.

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Total weight of the bullets I cast plus the cardboard box is nearly 17 pounds. I figure there's an honest 16 1/2 pounds of bullets. At 160 grains each, that around 730 bullets. Not a bad afternoon's work. The four-cavity mold made it go pretty fast.

Now all I have to do is size and lube each one .....


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