Article: Cast bullets ... ... and great Sixguns.(HANDLOADING)

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My first Colt Single Action .45 Colt was one of the first 7-1/2" 2nd Generations out of the factory. I bought a Lyman No. 310 Tool, a single cavity Lyman No. 454424 Keith bullet mold and I was in business. I cast bullets on my mother's stove and both the side of her stove and refrigerator were covered with specks of lead. She never complained. Moms are like that.

A half-century later I find I have accumulated nearly 300 bullet molds and we now also have several companies supplying nearly every type of bullet we might want. Sorta gives us the best of both worlds. When it is too hot, or I do not have the time, or I am just too lazy ...

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