I went out yesterday to burn a little powder. I had bought a conical mold over a year ago and never had a chance to use it until last week.
Very primitive outside turkey cooker and thrift store pot melter using old wheel weights I got for free AND it was about 38F outside while I was doing it. I had a couple of short pours until the mold heated up then they just started falling in place.
Yesterday I fired about 30 of them range about 35 yards, target a 6 inch steel disk. 23 of them hit. I'm pretty sure the misses were my fault and not the bullet.
Overall I'm pretty happy. They were every bit as accurate as the expensive sabot / 45 cal poly point bullets but only cost pennies each. In the ziplock bag I had a scrap of Teak that I drilled out and used as a lubed bullet carrier.
Very primitive outside turkey cooker and thrift store pot melter using old wheel weights I got for free AND it was about 38F outside while I was doing it. I had a couple of short pours until the mold heated up then they just started falling in place.
Yesterday I fired about 30 of them range about 35 yards, target a 6 inch steel disk. 23 of them hit. I'm pretty sure the misses were my fault and not the bullet.
Overall I'm pretty happy. They were every bit as accurate as the expensive sabot / 45 cal poly point bullets but only cost pennies each. In the ziplock bag I had a scrap of Teak that I drilled out and used as a lubed bullet carrier.