Cast bullets

[CraigC]

Hunting with cast bullets will show you how much velocity you don't need.

Very well stated!

I guess that it was maybe 25 years ago that Ross Seyfried wrote of hunting Australian water buffalo with lead bullets in his .454 Casull. 300 grains? Something like that. Cross-body shot, one-shot kill and I believe an exit wound. As I recall, he mentioned "large meplat" in the bullet design.

Seyfried never cared for the .454. He ended up taking after Cape buffalo with his custom .45Colt El Dorado. Using heavy handloads and 360gr cast bullets at 1400fps. The penetration of these heavyweight cast bullets is nothing short of amazing.

http://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/article.cfm?tocid=321&magid=24

 

[Cob]

I will clarify a bit...Some commonly available lead sources (such as old tire balancing weights) use lead as the primary source of metal, and contain tin & antimony within the alloy as secondary "hardening agents". some wheel weights are made of zinc or steel so that the weights are more durable once attached to the tire... Discard these if casting your own.

You should be aware of the lead content of the medium used to make your cast bullets. Old Wheel Weights are generally 75 -85% lead,( if memory is correct). In my first post, i said zinc, i meant tin or antimony. reading the previous post messed me up a bit

Some shooters actually shoot Zinc bullets, they are lighter and harder than lead, although riccochet shots are much more common- Dillon was a.Mfr that offered them. Copper, Bismuth, and other bullet alloys are sometimes used as well- Heck if after werewolves, Silver is the casting medium of choice.

Commercially available sources of metals specifically for cast bullets from Midway ($3.50 to over $20/lb)
http://www.midwayusa.com/find?&newcategorydimensionid=5702