Who sells cast for 8x57

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Who sells cast bullets for 8x57 in Canada?

A friend of mine had some he picked up a few years back at a gun show. He insists that they load easy and shoot quite well. He did not know the source or where they came from.
 
I still don't have a mold for .32/8mm... CGNer Jethunter sells cast. The 170gr .323 works in 8mm mauser, although admittedly I didn't get mine from him. I can't recall which CGNer I bought a few hundred of these from in the EE.

http://www.jetbullets.com/hardcast-rifle-bullets-.html
 
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fiddler said:
What kind of velocities are you getting with the 170gr?
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I push as close to 1000 as I can (without going over) with Titegroup. Honestly gc, lubed, cast is overkill for what I've been doing. I got sick of chasing cheap, bulk, rimfire so started loading some beloved CF that way instead... now I cast for most (not 8mm yet which is why I bought some) of my favs.

Need for speed...have found a lb of I4198 destined for pushing cast faster instead of slower, and I have no doubts those flat pointed, 170gr, gc, lubed gems will be in "full on mode" from both 8mm and .32winspcl. Powder ETA is April (frugal shooters are patient), and I've still a hundred or so gems to launch while finding a mold.
 
What I do is cast them myself, all you need is a lee mold and bullet sizer, a supply of lead and some gas checks. I use Lee Liquid alox and the results are excellent, no leading, surprising grouping at 50 and 100 yds. 170 cast and 27 gr. of IMR 4198 drives tacks. Casting supplies are available from various sources, I got mine from Amazon.
 
bibatoad said:
What I do is cast them myself, all you need is a lee mold and bullet sizer, a supply of lead and some gas checks. I use Lee Liquid alox and the results are excellent, no leading, surprising grouping at 50 and 100 yds. 170 cast and 27 gr. of IMR 4198 drives tacks. Casting supplies are available from various sources, I got mine from Amazon.
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Casting yourself is not only an easy n' cheap way to find the right bullets, but I have found the processes (finding cheap/free lead, sorting, making ingots, throwing "real" bullets) involved to be as fun a hobby as squeezing the trigger. That said it started with hungry rifles... To sling cast for starting, buy some and try them...if they work, set up n' go. Once set up for one the rest come too easy...
 
I'm in the same boat and have been considering trying out some 322 diameter bullets with "shake and bake" powder coating to bump it up a couple of thou.

If I can get it to work I'll post a video.
 
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