dang...what have i been missing...

[mike in co]

i mentioned i picked up a like new 311410 lyman 4 cavity mould at my last gun show. i did not get to use it till today.......oh my is it fast. i certainly hope these little puppies shoot......more than three hundred cast in less than an hour.....so now my eyes are looking fer more 4 cav blocks of steel !! i tried casting some 311359's afterwardsin a 2 cav that i picked up at the same show....lol...got bored and could not keep my concentration on the job....only did about a hundred of them....

[castalott]

Hi mike!

That's my favorite mold..... shoots good enough in everything offhand...( think fast powder and 1100 fps) If you don't like it....I'd take it off your hands

look under my 'homemade caster' thread to see 2 big boxes of 311410's in 3 hours.....

Dale

[Buckshot]

............Mike, mine drop at about .314" and they've done well in a 30 Carbine Ruger, 30-30, 30-06, and 7.65x53. As Castalott says, watch the velocity. I had some lube-sized to .312" and decided to try'em in the 7.35 Carcano, so sized'em on down to .300" and they did fine.

..............Buckshot

[David R]

Just waiting for that group buy. Patiently.

David

[mike in co]

my 44 win mag shoots well with plain base, but i have not tried a lite plain base in rifle. two first guns will be an 03a3 (.30'06)and a 98/parkerhale(7.62x51 nato(308win),26",1/13 twist).

feed me some good data....

i have been looking at quickload. what kinda speed should i be looking at ? these are water quenched ww with a bit of tin. was guessing 1000 to 1200..then saw that someone posted 1350 in the other string on plains.

want 100yd results......

most rifle powders showed burn after bullet left muzzle, while aa2 was burnt quickly.

the burn on the aa2 showed a big pressure bump, and then quit burning.
was thinking the least about of flame time at the base of the boolit was a good thing.
lets hear from all'y'all

[Buckshot]

............Mike, dug out the 7.65x53 data. Fired 9-98, alloy unknown, hard. Dia .313" as cast, lubed in a .314" die with Javalina. Fed 210 primer, OAL: 2.775". Rifle: 1891 Arg infantry, 29" bbl. Fired benched at 50 yards, issue sights.

Red Dot:
7.0grs, 1328 fps grp 1"
8.0grs, 1416 fps grp 1"
9.0grs, 1525 fps grp 1.25"
10.0grs, 1603 fps grp 1.5"

Unique, no chrono data:
5.0grs, .75"
6.0grs, 1.25"
7.0grs, 2"
8.0grs, 1"
9.0grs, 4 @ .75", 5 @ 2"

W231, no chrono data:
7.0grs, 1"
8.0grs, 1.25"
9.0grs, 1.25"

............Buckshot