CavSoldier3ACR Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Does anyone have any experience using cast bullets in their Kahr Arms 1927A1 semi auto Thompson? If so, what worked and what didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wh20crazy Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 I have some reloads w/ cast lead pills. I haven't talked to the guy who loaded them since I shot some. The pills seem to run fine in my West-Hurley 1927 A1. The problems have been failures to eject (leaving the empty case in the chamber) and failure of the trigger to reset. I've noticed that the empties don't fly as far with these as they do factory loads. This leads me to believe that they may not be as hot a load as factory. My guess is this is causing the action to not cycle fully, nor as strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin601 Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 The lead fouls the compensator. You just have to clean more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 That's all I use in mine 10" w/cuttscast 230's run through my .451 set on my lubrisizer-4500 using Orange magic.Zero issues/stoppages in I dont know how many rounds so far. The compensator gets filthy regardless, BUT no fouling in my barrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavSoldier3ACR Posted March 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 StooperZero, What kind of bullet mould are you using? What is your lead/tin/antimony mixture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 lee mould.it's been a minute since we made up about 300lbs of ignots in one shot , just one huge smelted pot full of pure lead, wheel weights , linotype and about 8% tin. we just used ghetto scratch methods to test hardness till we got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 shot another 250-300 rounds yesterday. All cast using 3 different 230rnloads. Only thing dirty is the ramp from powder residue and the compensator has some buildup. nothing a toothbrush cant clean.one load we tried was a unique load using 230rn . it had just enough power to get the bolt back to pick up the next round. Recoil felt like shooting a 10/22 . Only 1 failure to feed ( limp wrister who had a death grip on the magazine while shooting ) now in 1300-1400 rounds since I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike in pa Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 The lead fouls the compensator. You just have to clean more.Yes, the only downside that I found for shooting lead with a '28 comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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