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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BadgerLB" data-source="post: 868330" data-attributes="member: 7145"><p>From what I've read, there aren't many con's for handgun cast, but when you get to high power rifles you start to see leading at high velocities even with a high bhn.  I've read rumors about the lube screwing with the gas systems of some rifles (ar 15 and the like that aren't piston driven) due to it blowing back on the bolt carrier group thru the gas tube.  Again, rumors, because some folks report shooting thousands of cast bullets out of an AR without so much as a hiccup to velocities shy of 2k fps... I'm no expert on this stuff, I've just gotten into casting and for me its not just the economics, its another hobby to keep me off of the couch.</p></blockquote><p></p>