Early last year I bought a box of cast bullets for my CAS loads and it was $32 for 500 (240 gr. SWC .44). I just checked a couple weeks ago and the same bullets from the shop are now $52! My dad and I are kicking around the idea of casting our own if it'll save us a lot of money. We'd probably cast mainly for CAS, at least to start, so we'd be looking at a single mould - a .45 250 gr RNFP (I may drop the .44s mentioned above) - probably about 1200 - 1500 bullets a year.
I really don't know a lot about casting, so roughly what would it cost to get a basic setup? My dad is going to look into getting wheel weights from a couple mechanics he knows, so the price of lead is up in the air.
Thanks for your help.
I really don't know a lot about casting, so roughly what would it cost to get a basic setup? My dad is going to look into getting wheel weights from a couple mechanics he knows, so the price of lead is up in the air.
Thanks for your help.