Hard Cast in .357 big bore

[RM.510bigbore]

Good set of stainless digital calipers

Thats all you need..Slug your barrel ...Most of the cast pistol slugs you can buy are powder coated or high tech same thing..The lead isnt super hard...Im using wheel weights from the 1970's..Extremely hard...I had 200lbs of it for free...Why not try...My .510 Texan with shoot same slugs powder coated and lubed sized to .510 the same wether pure soft lead or extrememly hard lead wheel weight..Im shooting 1ounce and 650 grain slugs..They burn through lead...

 

[RM.510bigbore]

You bring me to another good point. By the time you're equipped to do everything you need, what have you spent? What is your time worth? I realized this and stopped casting 355 and just bought bulk powder coated stuff. Not for an airgun tho tbf.

It's like my whim to hot rod a notos I don't own yet, by the time I'm done I'm most of the way to a gun that came the way I wanted. I love the adventure and the process more than shooting tho. Problem solving is my joy. If that rings true for somebody else, by all means chase that project. I won't talk you out of it.

For my .510 Texan slugs are .50 to $1.00 a piece..Owww..I took 200 lbs of horded wheel weights and turn them into powder coated slugs that shoot targets and critters equally well..I have shot 300 lbs of lead through my .510 Texan at 450 grains at piece mostly..For my .22 cal condor i cast 39 grain .225 powder coated spire points . I have to buy pure lead for it at a wopping $1.25a pound...I could not afford to shoot my Airforce PCP on my budget if i didnt cast....22 cal slugs for airguns are $15.00 to $20.00 a hundred...Too much for me