[samara]

hello everyone, Im just starting out to cast bullets for my .50 muzzleloader. Ive got about 130lbs of roof lead waiting to get cast. Im thinking of getting this mold for my first one: Lee 1-Cavity Improved Minie Ball Bullet Mold 500-360M (500 Diameter) 360 Grain


I was looking for a hollowpoint mold but I cant seem to find any, they all look to be a hollow bottom mold? am i just looking at it upside down?

anyways thanks and HI from Grand Junction Colorado!!

 

[Ole1830]

The .50 caliber bullets all arrive on target pre-expanded, so you don't need a hollow point.

Is this for target practice or hunting?

 

[samara]

they are for both.....I dont use separate rounds for hunting and target.

 

[twodot]

is this an inline or traditional ML?
if it is a traditional you might be better off with a round ball.

by design Minnie's are hollow base bullets. they are supposed to be a little undersized to load easy, when fired the base expands to fill the grooves & form a gas seal.
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[samara]

i have a traditions inline

ok cool im not nuts thinking the mold looked like a hollow bottom........

 

[baddad457]

The .50 caliber bullets all arrive on target pre-expanded, so you don't need a hollow point.

Good answer !

 

[GKUCKES]

really depends on the twist rate 1-60 its a ball shooter 1-48 ball or connie 1 -28 connie or sabo

 

[Jack]

That Lee mold does have the pin at the bottom.
I've used that bullet for years in my ML (which is traditional). The Minie ball is easy to load- easier than either a roundball or any of the other conicals I've tried, and the Minie is quite accurate, too.
I agree with the others that a hollow point isn't needed- big hole in, big hole out.
I have only shot deer with mine, and have never recovered a bullet. Never had to shoot twice, or chase a deer, either.

 

[Marshal Kane]

. . . Ive got about 130lbs of roof lead waiting to get cast. . .

Not quite sure what the composition of roof lead is but adhesive type wheel weights seem to be close to pure lead and may be a future source of bullets.

 

[hornetguy]

roofing lead is pretty much pure lead.

 

[Tom W.]

That or the REAL mold by Lee or the Combo mold that's a REAL bullet and a roundball mold ..

 

[swampdoc]

LEE 50 Cal. 360 Gr. Minie

I've gotten consistent two inch or less groups at 100 yards using either wheelweights or pure lead, my gun can't tell the difference