question about rifle boolits

[opcon4]

which is best for hunting?
air cool or water quench the wheel weight boolits?

277 diameter and 309

[Cherokee]

Guess that depends on what you are hunting and what your rifle will shoot good.

[Sundogg1911]

are we talking gas checks or no gas checks? How fast are you pushing them?

[9.3X62AL]

If you're talking game animals like deer and not varmints--I would be prompted to make those calibers into soft-points as per Bruce B's method. For small game and varmints, I just use Taracorp alloy in the 24's, 25's, and 30's. I also think that 27 caliber is as small a caliber as I would use on deer with soft-point cast boolits--and would favor the 30 greatly. A soft-point Lyman #311041 in 30-30 or #311284 in 30-06 would be very fine deer medicine, I would think.

[jhalcott]

I am prejudiced toward the heavier for caliber slugs. Also ,I wonder how soon AFTER casting you plan on using those water quenched boolits. They will soften up after some time . A 24 caliber cast bullet for deer IS doable but leaves NO room for error.

[Dale53]

Hey!! .24 caliber, then .27 caliber and .30 caliber for deer with cast bullets" Humph!!
Cast bullets for deer are sufficient if they start with a .4 (.41, .44, .45 etc). Humph! Never heard of such a thing...

LOL (I DO have a prefence for the bigger calibers for big game). That way I just use a wide flat meplat and don't worry overmuch about expansion, and such... (stated in my best hillbilly tone of voice - not making fun of hillbillies cause I pretty much are one).

Humph!! LOL

Dale53

[pdawg_shooter]

Im like Dale, bigger is better, and I prefer heavy for dia. bullets. Ill stick with my 45-70, hasent failed me yet !