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Just inquiring, what’s the story with cast bullets. Is it just another way for a shooting hobby, to save money instead of using regular bullets, a more controlled way for reloading, better and more accurate loads, good for hunting, easier on the firearm?...

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Cast bullets are much more economical than jacketed bullets for practice with handguns. Although they arn't recomended for use in Glock pistols,as they lead the barrels heavily. I use them anyway but I clean the lead out often while shooting. They work fine in most other handguns. The heavy hard cast hunting type bullets designed for handguns and rifles may cost as much or more than good jacketed bullets,but for their intended use they are hard to beat. The problem is some guns just want shoot them accurately. You've probabily heard how tuff a big hog can be, a heavy hard cast bullet from a 45-70 or 444 will take the tuffness right out of them. They will penetrate far better than any soft point will!

martinfaw

I use cast bullets to save money I enjoy shooting light loads for plinking
and small game, wife likes them less recoil, but I use jacketed bullets
for hunting.

James

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Thanks guys...

Charley

Almost all of my handgunnnng is done with cast bullets,and a good part of my rifles, especially the larger bores are cast bullet shoters. I've got some rifles that have never had a jacketed bullet thru them.

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Why is it that cast bullets are so common with hand guns and large bore rifle? It just has to do with price?

martinfaw

Trailer, the back of a lead bullet is too soft for the pressure of a high
velocidy rifle load and the big bore rifle and pistol loads run with lower pressures and speed.
You can put a gas check on the back( a small cup thats pressed on the back of bullet) and make it hotter.

James

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Now it all makes sense. Thank You...