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Good Afternoon
Price of Jacketed Bullets (heads) going through the roof so thought I would try loading some hard cast,gas checked,lead bullets for my 7x57 Mauser.
problem. Shellhouse bullets only cast a 168 grain 7mm bullet & the Lyman #4 book only shows data for a max bullet weight of 160 grains.
Would welcome info regarding location of load data for a 168 grain hard cast lead bullet using the powders which are actually available here in the UK.
Thanks
Yamavira.

Contact the manufacturer of your powder of choice and ask the question.
I have gone down this route in the past with several manufacturers and found them in the main to be very helpful.
BTW, bullets are not `heads` in spite of some retailers marking them as such.
In shooting parlance head refers to the case head.

Like yourself I avoid the use of the word "head" when referring to a bullet. Hence the reason "head" was shown thus.
Unfortunately when currently asking questions regarding Bullets there is a tendency for lots & lots of people to think you are talking lve rounds.
regards

The Lyman number 45 reloading manual dated 1970 gives a starting load of 9 grains and a max load of 14 grains for Unique powder. For Alliant 2400 the starting load is 14 grains and a max load of 18 grains. This is for a 168 grain cast gas check bullet of #2 alloy. Mould number 287308.
It might be prudent to check the powder manufactures web site for more up to date information.
Regards
Peter.

The Lyman 3rd edition has data and is available as a free pdf download.