Lyman 45 Caliber Semi-wadcutter
06-23-2015, 05:01 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Lyman 45 Caliber Semi-wadcutter
I was digging through my bullet casting supplies, thinking about casting some 54 caliber LEE REAL bullets, when I spied a box marked Lyman mold handles, which I thought were long gone. Inspired by my find, I dug deeper and found a two cavity mold marked, 'LYMAN 452424', a 255 grain Keith style semi-wad cutter.
Then the wheels started turning. What if I cast some of these? With a 45/54 sabot, might these make a good paper punching, perhaps deer hunting, ball? Moreover, stretch my dwindling lead supply.
What say you?
Then the wheels started turning. What if I cast some of these? With a 45/54 sabot, might these make a good paper punching, perhaps deer hunting, ball? Moreover, stretch my dwindling lead supply.
What say you?
06-23-2015, 05:40 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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I was digging through my bullet casting supplies, thinking about casting some 54 caliber LEE REAL bullets, when I spied a box marked Lyman mold handles, which I thought were long gone. Inspired by my find, I dug deeper and found a two cavity mold marked, 'LYMAN 452424', a 255 grain Keith style semi-wad cutter.
Then the wheels started turning. What if I cast some of these? With a 45/54 sabot, might these make a good paper punching, perhaps deer hunting, ball? Moreover, stretch my dwindling lead supply.
What say you?
Then the wheels started turning. What if I cast some of these? With a 45/54 sabot, might these make a good paper punching, perhaps deer hunting, ball? Moreover, stretch my dwindling lead supply.
What say you?
If you get a chance... post a pic of some of the cast bullets. By what you've described, they're probably the same Lee bullet an old timer I knew years ago when I was getting into muzzleloading used for target shooting and called "trash cans" because they kinda resembled miniature garbage cans. He said they were very accurate, but he was not a deer hunter so I have no idea how they would be for hunting as I have never used them (or shot them for that matter) myself.
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06-24-2015, 08:23 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
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Sorry Palehorse,
Don't bother posting a picture. I looked it up and it doesn't look like the bullet I'm thinking of. The one I remember didn't have a tapered nose, it was almost flat on top with the exception of having a small raised dimple in the center. I believe the lube grooves were a lot finer and close together and ran from top to bottom, so it looked like a little can.
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Don't bother posting a picture. I looked it up and it doesn't look like the bullet I'm thinking of. The one I remember didn't have a tapered nose, it was almost flat on top with the exception of having a small raised dimple in the center. I believe the lube grooves were a lot finer and close together and ran from top to bottom, so it looked like a little can.
BPS
