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Hey mate, Its not that they are hard to get, just that rifle bullets (particularly 243) are rather expensive projectiles, normally around 60 dollars for 100. Since I work 12 hour days when I get home casting seems like a fun and economical pass time. I would be lying if I didn't love the scientific process of testing and maybe coming up with a good alloy. 223 projectiles are dirt cheap and not worth the hassle. I plan to shoot a lot of pistol and 308 so I will want to find an economical alloy for that too. One issue is there is in some places over 1000 roos per acre, which makes centerfire hunting prohibitively expensive on mass culls. The 17hmr or even 22lr has been knocking down roos with well placed shots for a century, however for 17hmr at $17 dollars per 50 even that adds up. If I can cast cheap enough I can be hunting without getting the wife mad. I got on the lathe and turned up a fitting i can weld into a lee press to turn 22lr rounds into brass jackets and make my own die for hollow point 243 rounds, but I want to see how powdercoating plain cast bullets goes first, I saw an excellent video of a guy on youtube taking the brass jackets and simply filling them with cast lead in a mold designed to achieve the right point. Fantastic idea i'm reserving for now. Right now I want to see if I can hit 3000fps with an accurate bullet, and i'm hoping with the right WW + babbit alloy and a powdercoat we can get there.

Hey fellas I'm bout to cast my first loads with wheel weights, water quenched and another group of 25 with a small quantity of Babbitt then powdercoat. I'll be using a Cast Bullet Engineering 90grain mold in 243. I was wondering what a good starting load recommendation might be for around 2800fps using Ar2208 or 2209- I won't be using gas checks. I also have a custom mold coming for a 243 with a flat base but it's still a while off. I'll powder coat with your lacquer thinner method and try also a shake n bake method. Thanks for any and all tips on loads. Regards Jim.

I have joined this forum initially to simply read this thread... initially. I then realised what a supportive and wonderful bunch of guys you all, pushing into new territory particularly for rifle bullets. I'm casting for a 243, 90 grain cast bullet, and given a 243 relies massively on it's BC it's motivated me to make my own molds and powdercoat using the laquer thinner method. I have recently seen people dumping the hot bullets out of the oven back into water i just wondered what you all thought of that. I will definitely post my results! Thank you all so much on your persistence getting this to work! Did anyone work out a good alloy for around 3000fps for hunting? Cheers!