If you want to shoot steel make sure you come out to the "Bang Ping" steel shoot competitions out in Hutchinson. Starting soon and plenty of information on this site for the where's and when's.
I have tried a few, and the only one that I find Comfortable to use is made by Mitch Rosen. Mine is the STYLE-EXP made for a Glock 30. http://www.mitchrosen.com/index.html
Going to suggest something that is a bit out of the box. As you have mentioned that money is not the big idea here, have you considered taking a class like this from Cylinder and Slide? http://www.cylinder-slide.com/classes/PistolsmithingClass.pdf Not cheap, but you build a top 1911 with the help an...
I cast the bullets using a Lee mold, then size using a Lee sizer, no lube. I have a small Harbor frieght drum tumbler, put in about 50 bullets and 1/2 teaspoon powder. Tumble for about 3-5 minutes, stand them up on a cookie sheet, put them in my toaster oven, bake for about 15- 20 minutes--repete t...
floydster wrote:Here are some of my powder coated bullets, 200 gr. RNFP. Dry tumbled in my small drum tumbler, 1/2 tps. powder. Baked at 400 degrees for 20 min.
Those look a lot better than most I have seen done not using a powder coat spray gun, care to elaborate on your techniques???
I also have been interested in the coated lead bullets. After reading a lot about them, I think that the most interesting part is the do it yourself method of using a powder coating gun and baking them in the oven. Just no time to try it right now.
I just received, in the post, the new issue of gun test magazine and what do you know, a full test, review and compare of the commander size 1911's from Sig, Kimber and Ruger. If you can't find a copy let me know. As a recap, the Kimber came first with an A rating, the Sig second with an A- and the ...