Steve H
Member
Over all my years of shooting and reloading I have really never used much, if any, hard cast bullets. I have always loaded either jacketed or plated ammo (9mm, 38 & 45). Now that I am going to step up to more shooting and more reloading I started looking a bullet prices and cannot believe what I am seeing i the cost of 230gr fmj (~.18/ea) and plated (~.14 ea) vs hard cast (Berrys @ ~.12 ea.) So my question is is I start loading Berrys Hard Cast 230 gr .45 do I have do do anything different that what I have done loading fmj or plated? Do I need any "lube" or a gas check for this bullet? I drive by the Berry's plant weekly so it's easy to call and order direct. The Berry's bullet I'm looking at is their #00154, it has what I think is a "lube ring" in it. Am I missing anything?