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The following is an excerpt from the CBA forum by Larry Gibson. 32 S&WL; 311008 115 gr SWC; Bullseye& Unique PSI TestA fellow CBF member, JoeJames, who is an aficionado of the 32 S&WL offered up a sufficient quantity of 311008 bullets for a comprehensive test of Alliant’s Bullseye and Unique powders.  The nominal weight is 115 gr but Joes’, cast of COWW + 2% tin,

FROM THE MAIL BOX  32 ACP Actual Diameter? QUESTION: What is the correct diameter for bullets in 32 ACP? I have a .311 mold but I've seen bullets being sold specifically for 32 ACP that are .308 diameter. I've shot .308" bullets out of my FN 1922 but they lead the barrel. So I would ask what y'all do? ANSWER: Most important in .32 ACP is how large your cha

By Jeff BrownIn 2018 my family and I travelled to the USA for a four week vacation and whilst visiting a friend in Indiana I was introduced to poly coating (PC) of cast lead alloy bullets.  I had been aware for many years of practice of powder coating and oven baking a synthetic coating on to bullets but had not seen it done or partaken it shooting of cast alloy projectiles treate

By Jeff Brown.   Many years ago I had a .22RF Martini action rifle converted to centrefire and rebarreled to .32-20 (click here for the article).  In short, the reason for the build was to create a small game rifle shooting subsonic ammo through a suppressor that would still have generous knock down power on the very large European hares we have in NZ.  My loa

By Jeff BrownI like to brew up batches of lead alloy for my bullet casting sufficiently large that I can rely on a decent degree of consistency in my projectiles over a reasonable run of casting.  Ideally a batch would be 100-200lb at the time but like with so many other aspects of the hobby I am limited by the equipment available.  My basic smelting/batching set up is a form