I am casting .512" 975 grain bullets for my bmg and 510 whisper. I decided to invest in a used lyman 450 press because Lee does not make a .512" sizer. Unfortunately, I just found out the lyman 450 will not accept bullets more than 1.5" inches in length. Will the Star or RCBS sizers size long bullets? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Randy

The Magma/Star will but just barely. Lee will make a push through sizer for about 30 dollars.

Ran

What do they run as cast?

Under .515, I'd give them a go as is.

As has been mentioned, the Lee pushthrough on a custom order is your best bet.

Lubing bullets for the 50 BMG! Wow!

I shoot pretty long bullets for the 45s, the longest being the 570 grain Gunn bullet, measuring 1.430 long.

I lube/size these in a SAECO sizer. The bullets are too long for any nose punch to be used at all, but the machine will accept them easily with the nose punch removed: Simply leaving the punch out and using the counter sunk hole to ram the bullets into the die. It does require that the bullet has a fairly long nose ahead of the driving bands to fill all the grooves.

Good evening,
Forrest

Randy,
I can feel your pain, Is your mould a NEI by chance? My NEI doesn't cast those big boys but I will probably look into having one made in the next year. A Fellow caster from work has a few dropped from one of those. My sizers are a RCBS and an older Lyman 45 that was given to me. I need to get the pot fired up and drop a few 500 gr Boolits for my 500 A-Square in order to be right for the 2003 Cast Boolit Shoot in nevada. Let us know what you end up doing...45nut

My mold is a brass one from Cast Bullet Engineering in Australia. About $65 shipped to WA. It works ok, not as nice as my NEI 375 mold though. It casts a 975 grain bullet that is about 2" long. I use it in my 510 whisper and have run a few through the BMG also. I have a Lee sizer on order now. The 450 press is back in the box and will stay there until I find a use for it someday.