Just ordered up a bunch of ball .45 from Missouri Bullet Company. Any tips for reloading cast? All I ever do is FMJ up till now...

 

what gun ar you shooting it out of? it kinda sux when you lead a barrel. certain guns dont like lead like Glock unless you get a lone wolf barrel

 

I've been shooting cast outta my .38 special for a while now. The ones I buy already gave grease in the grease grooves, which makes it easy. If yours aren't already lubed, you'll have to get the grease and an application die.

Loading is pretty much the same as jacketed bullets. All the same steps are used. The bullet may or may not have a "crimping groove" cast into it. If not, a sturdy roll-crimp will do.

As stated above, leading can really become an issue. Loads pushing the bullet too slow, and especially too fast, can lead the crap out of a barrel in short order, and any weapon with polygonal rifling (i.e. Glock) will hate you. Most loading manuals have a "cast bullet" section with the proper powder charges.

Shooting cast actually saves you money in 2 ways. Number one is obvious... the bullets are substantially cheaper when compaired to jacketed bullets. Number two, because there isn't near as much friction going down the bore, it doesn't take as much powder to get a given bullet weight to a given velocity when compared to jacketed bullets.

Another thing you may consider in your .45 are PLATED bullets. They're almost as cheap is pure cast ($69.00 for 500 here) but don't lead the bore!

 

Thanks dude, I figured they were more or less the same to load. I'll look into the plated bullets.