Buckshot question

[pbraceguns]

I was thinking of buying the Lee .360" diameter black powder mold to use as a mold for 00 buckshot pellets. It's 36 caliber just like 00 buck. This should work shouldn't it?

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=128396

[HammerMTB]

It will work as buckshot, but it is a bit bigger than 00 buck.
Lee has just come out with a mold for 00 buck that casts 18 (I think it is) at a time. Now we're cookin' with gas!

[walker77]

Do we have any idea when that will be hitting the stores? I have yet to find it any place other than the lee site

[pbraceguns]

It will work as buckshot, but it is a bit bigger than 00 buck.
Lee has just come out with a mold for 00 buck that casts 18 (I think it is) at a time. Now we're cookin' with gas!

Just looked at it on the Lee site. Looks good but a little "spendy" for my budget. Maybe it will be a little less when it hits the stores.
I thought 00 buck was .36 caliber?

[cephas53]

Here it is at Lee's site: http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1292249961.4069=/html/catalog/blackpow.html#shotgun

[HammerMTB]

Thanks, Do You have a link to this?

http://leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1292689512.1928=/html/catalog/blackpow.html#shotgun

To answer Walker's question, I have not looked for it elsewhere, but I like Graf's, and usually if it's a Lee product I don't see at Graf's, they have it or can get it, for somewhat less than the Lee price.

[c3d4b2]

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1292689615.3417=/html/catalog/blackpow.html#shotgun

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[pbraceguns]

Thanks guys!

[chajohnson]

The following has them a little cheaper than Lee.

http://www.titanreloading.com/18-cavity-00-buckshot-bullet-mold

[nanuk]

00 = .36?

I thought 000 = .36 00 = .33 and 0 = around .32

[blaster]

I'd go with the .319 mold. Fits in shot cups better. You can still call it 00 since it is within saami speck of .33+/- .015".

[Nazgul]

I bought one of the Lee buckshot molds last week. They are shipping them now, I received mine in a couple of days. Only used it once so far. Have to find the right temp/alloy to fill out. Got it to work ok, not 100%. Am convinced it will work with the right conditions.

Don

[rbstern]

I've been using the .310 roudnd ball mold for a few years. Works great as either buckshot or for lightweight plinking out of .30 cal rifles. Definitely interested in that new Lee mold.

[USSR]

I'd go with the .319 mold. Fits in shot cups better.

+1. Nine of those in front of 28gr of Unique is a good load.

Don

[MakeMineA10mm]

Who makes the .319 RB mould? Lee?

[USSR]

Who makes the .319 RB mould? Lee?

Yes, Lee makes it. Note: many of the reloading retailers list it as a single cavity mould, but it is in fact a double cavity mould.

Don

[Baron von Trollwhack]

Yes ! 000 = .360, 00=.330 BvT

[RMc]

... Federal 000B pellets run .345"

... Remington 00B measure .325"

... Rio 00B tops out at .340"

...Winchester # 1B slips in at .290"

...check the rest yourself!