cast lead or jacketed pistol rds

[brian]

what do you reload more of, in your pistol cartridges.
i shoot way more lead. right now it's actually about 100% lead.

[andrewjs18]

what do you reload more of, in your pistol cartridges.
i shoot way more lead. right now it's actually about 100% lead.

I shoot jacketed only because the places I've been to to buy heads for when I reload have only been a few bucks more expensive than lead heads.

[Bib]

Under 1100 fps, cast lead (45 acp, 9mm, 38 spl etc.)

Over 1100 fps, jacketed or cast lead with a gas check. (44 mag, 357 magnum & 357 maximum)


Rifle...jacketed

[imashooter2]

I've been casting for everything except .223 for years now. I have several guns that have never seen a jacketed bullet.

No way I could afford the various shoot and move games I play if I had to buy jacketed.

[Flash]

I cast for nearly everything I shoot. (5.56, 32ACP & 25ACP are the excetions). Pistol & rifle both.

I haven't done a lot of competition since 1980, but I've cast and shot prob a ton of lead from 1966 to 1986. In the last 20 yrs, maybe half that.

Jacketed bullets do have their place, but if I had to buy jacketed for all my shooting, I would never have been able to afford even a quarter of the shooting I have done.

Flash

[Dextrimental]

For the pistol plinking ammo - Lead
For the rifles - Jackets.


Nothing beats a cheap day at the range.


Brad

[Yoder]

I mostly shoot my G17 so no lead ammo for that. I've looked at plated and found them more expensive than jacketed.

[stephpd]

Mostly lead for the handguns.
Half and half for the rifles, only because I'm working on building up stock. Once I have a few ammo cans full it will tend to be more lead.

[shooter357]

I carry with jacketed rounds and practice with them but mostly I cast my own and shoot more lead than anything. I am now loading up some of my cast .223(.224dia).

[hornady]

Mostly lead. I cast 9MM, 38/357. And 45 ACP. In the 380 and 40 S&W its Barry plated bullets. I don’t shoot the 380 enough to justify a Lyman mold. And the 40 is a Glock 22 factory barrel. Still up in the air on the Glock as to a Barrel change. Or keep shooting the Berrys.