Let me give you some reasons why normal cast bullets let you down...

1. Alloy, many casters advertise "virgin alloy" but the thinking man says so what virgin? Alloy needs to be clean and of a known nature. After that its all a sales pitch. You need the Minimum hardness to make your gun shoot the best. There is some value in a soft bullet but not if it leads your bore. Most Bore leading is caused by cheap lube, its usually just paraffin because its cheap. With the right lube you then look for the softest alloy you can use for the accuracy without bore leading. That is why I offer 2 degrees of hardness of bullets. That's so you can choose the softest bullet that will give you the performance you want.

2. Lube or wax used in the grease lube. This I have found to be one of the most important parts of a good bullet.

1.     Have you ever had wax that constantly broke out and left your bullet without lube? Or have you ever gotten a box of bullets that are covered in sticky goo, and collect dirt like a magnet? Both of these problems are on each end of the scale, to hard, and to soft of lube. I use a lube that I have devloped, its red in color, takes heat, and pressure to make it move. It is the best balance of not breaking out of the grease groove, and not ultra sticky. It doesn't break out, and is not sticky like the 50/50s out there. I think you will agree it is one of the best of both worlds.

2. Have you heard of guys complaining of smoke, not being able to see there target after 2 or 3 shots? Its normally the lube again, this lube doesn't do that, the lowest smoke of any lube I have seen used. In my opinion it doesn't smoke as much as the others on the market.

3. Bore leading; I don't have any bore leading with this lube, not to speak of anyway. I shoot about 100 rounds a week min, and go months with no accumulated lead in my 45 ACP. I do get some ( not much but some) in my 357 right at the forcing cone, but none in the bore. Its stock barrel and has a rough forcing cone that need to be re-cut. But I do not consider trace lead after 500 rounds to be of any consequence.

3. Another way a cast bullet can let you down is if its sized so it isn't round. I word it this way because that's what can happen if you size a bullet from the nose as many seizer are made to do. All bullets are slightly out of round, no as cast bullet is perfect, so it needs to be shaped to be as round as it can be for the barrel. If the bullet is "held" when its pushed through the seizer then it can easily keep a deformity, or flat spot (remember we are talking about less than .001 of an inch some times). If the bullet is pushed through by the base and allowed to find its own center then you get a "rounder" bullet. This is not rocket science but amazingly there are a huge number of seizer that push on the nose of the bullet. I size all hotshot bullets from the base for more consistency in roundness.

4. How to select that bullet that will work the best in your gun. This method isn't easy or quick but when your done, you will know that its the best its going to get, if it needs to be better work on other things like powders, primers, seating depth, gun modifications ect.

    A. Each gun has a different liking of what size bullet works best, and there are no hard fast rules here, you really need to try a few different sizing's to get exactly what works best in your gun to get it dialed right in. Here is a link on how to get the right size bullet for your gun.

I will be adding more check back later. Email me if you have had an experience where cast bullets have let you down, its always interesting to here from others.