any of you all cast your own bullets for sabbot bullets?

CHAMP198 · 10-21-2009, 01:13 PM

my nephew casts his bullets and most of us in the family that shoot blackpowder get them from him but they are just a round nose bullet...was wondering if anyone had a source for a hollow point bullet that we can get ....i think they are a .451 dia but i cant remember for sure...if thats so all i can find is a round ball mould..dont really want that

cayugad · 10-21-2009, 01:34 PM

Go to some of the on line stores and check LEE, LYMAN, and some of the other molds you can purchase. I cast a .457 423 grains that according to the mold is a 405 grain but they are not using pure lead. I used to case a 200 grain round nose bullet in .451 but sold the mold. I got that for my black powder pistol. There are lots of molds out there.

nchawkeye · 10-21-2009, 01:43 PM

I would think any .451 flat nose bullet cast from lead weighing from 250-300grs would work nicely...

Johnmorris · 10-21-2009, 01:56 PM

I cast 300 gr and 240 gr .430 I also cast a . 458 400 gr that I resize to 452 that I shoot in 50 cal. I have 405 54 cal REAL also 320 gr 50 cal REAL bullets. I cast for my 357 30 cal and 44 mag revolver All shoot well with sabot or full cal.