I have 1000 pre-primed opportunities coming my way soonish and I have located 250 rds Nosler 150 JHP in .40 S&W. I would like to reload at least half of this brass with SD bullets. Does anyone have a suggestion on what to buy and where?

I have gotten some Hornady XTP'S from Bass Pro and some FTX's from Midway a couple of weeks ago. From looking around a couple days ago, Optics Planet had some stuff available.

Find a local reloading supply. You don’t list your locale, so I can’t help you there, but I just visited my semi-local guy in the Tampa area today and he has a good stock of SD bullets. He was limiting me to 200 rd of all the lead bullets I’m stocking up on, so I try and get by there at least every couple of weeks. Still no SPP, just LPP & LRP in stock.

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If you can't find them locally, just order some cast lead bullets.

Just purchased .45 ACP, Federal 230GR HST....from Bone Frog....

You are coming to the Game Late

However, Look to GB

Over the last 3-5 months I have sold about 80,000 jacketed handgun projectiles mostly for 9MM/380, 357/38, 10MM/40 and 45

Most of the JHPs sold off fast.

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Midway has some Sierra Sig Sauer V-Crown in 165. Those will get me going forward. Those, plus the 250 Nosler 150 JHP.

I've never used lead cast bullets. As you all know, I'm green to reloading. I would need to read up a little.

I always give the locals the first opportunity and check most of them at least once a week. They are tapped out. I can pick up some FMJ in 9mm and every once in a while some FMJ or plated in .40 S&W.

That is a tall order in these times. Your best bet is somebody that has a supply that they are sitting on and is willing to sell some off.

You mean like 1000 Hornady .400" 155gr. XTP?

Private message heading your way.

I don't reload (yet), what is a SD bullet?

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I just got a couple thousand Zero bullets delivered from Roze distributing.

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Ain't that "Self Defense"?

Self Defense. I should have spelled that out.

And if you can't find cast lead bullets just order a bullet mould .
A double cavity Lee mould is only $ 18.94 ... make all you want with it . Lead bullets ..." Will Kill "
Gary

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Gwpercle and Dr. Mordo, I just spend a lot of time reading about casting, alloys and molds. If I go out and spend $ on this, my wife will use the first ingot on my head as I try to explain how much more economical it is

Seriously, that's a good, old school alternative. Arguably, $150.00 would set you up with a mold, sizer, lube, melting pot and lead for the first 600 bullets at .25 per bullet. The next batch would be around .09 per bullet if you purchased lead ingots.

I searched this forum and saw some info on casting. I haven't had time to read much of it. I can see that there needs to be an understanding about lead hardness, alloys, reload data, prevention of barrel leading, pro's/cons and techniques of powder coating, and so on.

Now I already want a set of MD hollow point molds... Look what you have started!!

Go here. Cast Boolits Everything you need to know, and then some. Getting lead on your own, well, that's another story but you can find it there too.

Good luck on your new adventure.

Casting is a little more involved than this!

Look at your Lee mold as the affordable mould. If I were starting to cast, I would go the poly coated route. First, get a dedicated toaster oven (used only for baking the coated bullets), a Lee sizing die, and some poly coating powder from Harbor Freight. Your start up investment would be about $70, depending on your shopping methods. You can buy ingots online, or you can use clip-on wheel weights. A casting furnace can be expensive, consider using a melting pot, a ladle, and a Coleman-style (white gas or propane) camp stove, something you may already have.

If you do polycoat your bullets, don't drop them in cold water (called quench casting), just drop them into an old towel to let them cool.

If you cast, make sure that you do it outdoors!

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what is accomplished by coating?

By powder coating, you eliminate the need to apply bullet lube, which reduces "smokey" ammo. Also, by powder coating, you eliminate the need for a very expensive lubri-sizer, plus the corresponding H & I dies. A Lee bullet sizer can be had for about $25 per bullet family, versus at least $150 for the lubri-sizer, maybe $30 per bullet diameter, and $10-15 for each top punch.

Powder coating can be had from Harbor Freight for under $10 a bottle, and other name brand powder coating powder may run about $20 a pound. Your start up cost will be significantly less.

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I'm going to have to read up on this. It's hard for me to wrap my head around using basically paint pigments as a substitute for lube.

On that Cast Bollits site i mentiioned above go to Coatings and Alternatives for all you want to know about powder coating. Then go to this guys thread for coatings. VS - Hi Quality Powdercoating Powder For sale I tried PC'ing with his powders and BB's and it worked great.

My experience is that it worked great to stop leading in my 40. I have a bunch of 38's now ready for loading but haven't tried them yet but i also get no leading in any revolvers so for me it's not worth the extra work. One thing to watch is humidity, PC doesn't like it but so far in NC I haven't seen any problems with his powders. I actually enjoyed it, somewhat. The bullets sure look purdy.

A lot of guys like to stand them all on end. I got real tired of that and used a sheet of non-stick AL foil and just dumped them in and spread them out. Some will stick together but the spot they leave is so small I don't care. And it went much faster.

A pound of this stuff goes a LONG way. Pick out your favorite color and go for it.

Thanks for the info and links! I'll spend some time reading the posts when I have a chance. Quick question. Do you resize after PC? I would think yes, but not sure.

You resize after baking the PC. You don't need a lubri-sizer for this sizing, you just can use a Lee sizing die.

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Something like this puppy:
402-165 TC Hollow Point Mold (Multi Choice) - No lube groove ~ MP-molds

Cast your own hollow point, powder coat it and never need a jacketed bullet again. I can push .223 powder coat and gas check pretty hard (no chrono) without issues.

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Here's the method I use to powder coat:

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