What About Hard Cast Lead Bullets In A 9mm?

[glock_556]

Anyone use hard cast lead bullets? Do you like them and would you advise to use them in USPSA competition?

[yoshidaex]

cheap, and pretty accurate. Depending on the powder you use, you might not like how much they smoke compared to a plated or jacketed bullet. Cleaning the barrel might be a pain also. Try looking into the moly coated bullets that are available. Costs just a fraction more than plain hard cast, smokes a little less, doesn't lead up barrels excessively (I only shot 1000 rounds so far and the barrel still looks clean) and accurate as hard cast bullets.

[glock_556]

Where are you getting your molly coated bullets?

[yoshidaex]

its either from masterblaster or Precision bullets . I'm using the 40s&w now and may use the 9mm bullets when my jacketed supply runs out. Though i'm leaning more toward precision since they don't have the grooves for the lube. Just a personal preference.

[glock_556]

Thanks for the links, but for $5-10/thousand, I can get jacketed bullets.

[George]

If you can get them CHEAP and they truly are HARD cast, then shooting them in Glocks up to 1000-1050 FPS, even 1100 is A-OK. I ran a hard cast 147 from Billy Bullets in 9x at 850-900 fps for years and the same 147 in super at 1200fps+ for years, no issues other than normal (not excessive) leading. I would shoot a few rounds of jacketed after each shooting session and BAM, the bbl clened up real quick at home.

[Matt Cheely]

Local guy makes a 147 hard cast bullet that I used when I started shooting USPSA with my glock 34. Stock barrel too. Couldn't beat them at the time for $33 per thousand.

[glock_556]

Local guy makes a 147 hard cast bullet that I used when I started shooting USPSA with my glock 34. Stock barrel too. Couldn't beat them at the time for $33 per thousand.

Is that guy still around and making bullets?

[Matt Cheely]

Is that guy still around and making bullets?

As far as I know. Precision bullets, somewhere southwest of Lansing, MI. I don't have his info on me and I'm sure his prices have gone up a bit in the last year. I bought the bullets from a fellow PPC shooter. He'd buy them buy the tens of thousands and get a deal. Name is johnhurd here on the forums. Send him a PM.

[glock_556]

Thanks a lot for the info. I'm gonna send him an IM.

[bpowe]

Artie Mitchell from The Bullet Works in Breckenridge, TX. Makes excellent hard cast bullets in lots of calibers, weights, and styles, but doesn't do moly as far as I know. Shipping a couple of thousand rounds by US mail is pretty economical now.

http://www.bulletworks.com/

bp

[yoshidaex]

Thanks for the links, but for $5-10/thousand, I can get jacketed bullets.

Thats a good price for jacketed bullets. Whos the manufacturer?

[glock_556]

Try precisiondelta.com or Angus' site, I believe it is ghost holster or something like that.

I believe that precisiondelta.com has their 147gr bullets for like $60/1000

[TonyT]

In my experience only the 147 gr. lead bullets at900 fps or less produced good accuracy without leading.

[HHjr]

The bullet maker Matt refers to is Precision Cast Bullet Co out of Springport MI. Run by a wonderful fellow named Larry Moss. You can try 517 857 2700 to see if he is still in business since his wife's death. I spent many many visits in his shop and have shot a truckload of his bullets. The quality and hardness is superb. Harold H.