Bullet casting for a Norc

tigrr

tigrr

CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Rating - 100%
46   0   0
Location
Burns Lake BC
I was having feeding issues with a Norinco M1911A1C and I hope I've cast the answer: 230 grain tumble lube round nose bullets.
latest011.jpg

The setup. Turning 15 pounds of lead into bullets. Duh they stuck to the fleece. Turn sweatshirt over next time.
latest010.jpg

Already tumble lubed
latest012.jpg

A TIP: I liberally spray my entire mold and pivot points with liquid graphite. It works great, no more smoking, no more waxing pivots. I can get 1000 or more bullets till the bullets start sticking a little in the mold. I can give it a quick shot while it is hot for spot treatments.
Enjoy.
 
Thanks for sharing the pics.

I use the Lee tumble lube mould for my .45 as well, with the 200gr SWC mind you.
It works great without having to mess around with a Luber/sizer.
 
I too use a LEE mold, TL452-230 TC
I use straight WW and tumble lube them 2-3 time's to get a generous amout on them.
I use them in my M1 Carbine that's been converted to 45 Win Mag.
No leading or feeding issue's thus far.
 
I have the Lee 200 SWC as well for my other 45's. I have an order to go in and one on the list is that truncated cone one(how does this shoot?). I want to stock up on every mold I think I might want. 23 so far. 2800 lbs of range scraps mixed with WW's all in 3 pound ingots. That way I will cast almost all my bullets and then the rising cost of factory stuff will not affect me. Time to place my order for more molds.
 
I was just looking at the photo of the lubed bullets. You may find that those will gum up your seating die after a while. That's what I found anyway. I solved the problem by going to 45-45-10 lube. It's 45% caranuba wax, 45% Lee liquid ALOX and %10 mineral spirits by volume.

Make sure you heat it up before you put it on and use ONLY enough to JUST coat the bullets. The real advantage to tumble lubing is that the entire bullet is lubed and there is no lead to bore cotnact (at least initially) as you get with bullets sized in the 'classical' way.

Nick
 
Yup, those round nose bullets will be ultra-reliable on Norkie 1911s. I had about 3-5 percent Failure to Feed with Lee Truncated Cone (but Lee calls them SWC) TL 230 grainers (comes out almost 240 grains), but with bullets exactly like yours....no FTF's, no hiccups. I load 5.3 grains Universal and will try 5.0 on next batch. Accuracy is great (for me) with almost all shots going into 4 inches at 15 meters on my Norkie Government, standing two-hand hold.

The 1911 was designed for 230 grain Hardball RN so we are not asking any more than what JMBrowning designed the gun for.
 
I do those exact 230 grain bullets with my Norc 1911 and Sparten without issues. They are tumble lubed. I do light Unique loads at 4.8 to 5.0 or so. That's about the minimum to expand your case and eject the case normally.
 
Success!! They breeze through, just like there suppose to do. No hiccups.
Dr Nick I have found that if I use a thinned down version of Alox it doesn't gum up my bullet seating die on the dillon XL650. After 1000 rounds I stop and lube the press and clean out the seating die. Now just have to cast about 2000 of those bullets, so I have some for the norinco. I cast 5000 45cal 200gr SWC every year. I cast 5000 125gr 9mm cal bullets every year. Summer fun here we come. I will be applying for a range permit on my own land this summer, wish me luck.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom