Re: cast lead bullets in a semi-auto
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blboyd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Glocks use polygonal rifling which is alot different than conventional lands and grooves cut into the barrel.
Here's a nice article to sum it all up.
Polygonal Rifling on Wikipedia
The company my dad use to work for before retiring used forklifts quite extensively. The forklifts they used had scales built in so when you picked up a pallet it would weight it for you. Well they had a calibrated weight which was a 1684lb block of lead. This one fell out of date and they replaced it so my dad was able to buy it from the company for $.01 - quite a steal if you ask me. We've had it sitting for 6 years now because I never could find a way to break it down. Tried axes, woodsplitters, oxy-acetylene, you name it... then my cousin suggested a chainsaw. So over Easter break I took a 16" Poulan chainsaw to a ~1684lb chunk of lead... like a hot knife through butter.... hehe.
Here's the original block... measures 2ft x 2ft x 1ft
Brandon
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bryan27</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blboyd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have cast alot of 230 RN for my Gov't .45. You'll have no problem. I even load them for my dad's Ruger Blackhawk in .45Colt.
I shot mostly Glocks and all mine are in .40 so cast bullets are a NO-NO but the Springfield XD you're GTG.
In fact, here's what I did over the Easter weekend. Turned out 550lbs of pure lead.
Brandon
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A guy at the range told me the same thing about cast bullets being a NO-NO in Glocks but never offered up an explaination. Why is that? Where'd you get all that lead from? </div></div></div></div>
Cutting up that block of lead with a chainsaw would have been a youtube classic, i would like to see the chain and bar off that saw when you were done..rofl.
My father in law shoots pretty much cast bullets only. he shoots them out of everything, from his SAA, to his old garand, and like bohem said, he adds a fair bit on antimony or tin to get them to the propper hardness. There is very little issue with the gas system in his Garand. You can make a cast bullet pretty hard while still maintaing wieght. I am just getting into this, I am tired of buying bullets for my 1911.
