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.

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 .....