358 Win, 173gr Keiths, & PatMarlins PB gas checks

[oldcanadice]

In case there is any doubt, PatMarlins PB checkmaker and .004 coke can material works. Gun is a 358 Win. Load was 2.5gr Bullseye & classic Lyman-Keith to make a mouse fart load. I put checks on them as a test and they definitely stay on. Bullets were caught at 50 feet in a bucket of rubber mulch. As you can see, the two on the left have their checks still on them, while the two on the right show how the checks were literally torn off of them (also recovered) in the mulch.

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[IraqVet1982]

I love the rifling marks on those Boolits. Very cool looking.

[oldcanadice]

Shillin on a short Rem 700.

[Bigslug]

Nice! Just for clarification - is that a GC mold, or a GC on a PB bullet?

[oldcanadice]

That's the original Keith 358429 flat base bullet for the .38 Special and .357 Mag. The PB checks are for flat based bullets and I just ran them into a 450 sizer with the checks over the bottoms. The rebated ridge you see on the right side bullets was swaged in as the bullet was sized. Maybe I should add that they were also tumbled in Ben's Liquid Lube after sizing, so there was no leading at all and probably why they came out looking so good.