Quote Originally Posted by villiers View Post
the original bullets (for my Werder) were made by compressing the lead and had a cavity at the base.
Swaged pure lead bullets were the standard for US .58" Minie ball production as well. Far more uniform and easier to do in large volumes. I would think most all BPCR rifles used swaged lead bullets as standard, but it's not a common option for small lots of projectiles. So we seem to be stuck with cast projectiles for the odd obsolete arms we attempt to shoot.

There are folk who do commercially produce swaged lead Minies around here. I much prefer them to the cast variety.

Vibratory cleaner's motor seems kaput. Can't find a replacement, so it may be a case of forking over US$50 for a replacement base assembly. IF Lyman have any in stock!

Just got a four cavity mould. Very nice. Except there's no handles to be had! Aieee!!!

It's bad enough that the expenses keep piling up, but the product shortages are maddening. This is turning into a handgun shooting year, not sure why except it's hard to focus on both feeding and outfitting rifle and pistol at the same time.