Lee 309-113-F surprise

[arlon]

I had a few of these cast up and loaded in LC Match brass with 10g of red dot. Shooting my old sporterized Model 1917 (1-12 twist, 30-06) with an old weaver K-10 scope at 50 yds gave me some pretty decent accuracy.

Scope was zeroed at 200yds with Federal Match 168 gr ammo, didn't want to mess with scope settings..

Cast with WW, tumbled with alox, gas checked and sized .309.


10 shot group at 50 yds.

[Grmps]

Sweet

[Bookworm]

Your new squirrel and rabbit thumper.

Good shooting !

[mwells72774]

Did you use a filler?

[jimb16]

Very nice. Definitely a squirrel rifle load.

[MT Gianni]

I noticed a few decades back that that bullet seemed to be Verals 35-185 fn downsized. It shoots even if it doesn't engrave.

[arlon]

Did you use a filler?

No filler.

[quilbilly]

It is also my favorite for my 10" Contender in 32/20.

[mwells72774]

It is also my favorite for my 10" Contender in 32/20.

Same load?

[Hickory]

It is also my favorite for my 10" Contender in 32/20.

Me too.

[308Jeff]

I feel really dumb for asking... What caliber?

[waco]

I feel really dumb for asking... What caliber?
If I had to guess, .30-06
Maybe .308????

[KenT7021]

Sounds like it has been rebarreled from the twist rate.

[arlon]

Yes, 30-06. New barrel for the old Model of 1917 but with 1-12 twist.

[quilbilly]

Same load?
9 gr of 2400 is my favorite but I am switching to either Bullseye or 4198 since 2400 is now made of unobtainium. My Contender 32/20 seems to like an MV of about 1300-1350 with that boolit.

[bedbugbilly]

Very nice! Don't you just love it when something work out great? Nice shooting!

[waco]

9 gr of 2400 is my favorite but I am switching to either Bullseye or 4198 since 2400 is now made of unobtainium. My Contender 32/20 seems to like an MV of about 1300-1350 with that boolit.

2400 is available now at our local Bi-Mart. Do you guys have the Bi-Mart chain up in Quilcene?

[Texas by God]

I like this because I have recently bought that same mold. By the way that is a wonderful looking 1917.

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[6622729]

Is this clamped in a sled or from your shoulder?

[flint45]

Very nice shooting.

[arlon]

Is this clamped in a sled or from your shoulder?
Shoulder, rested on a bean bag.

[quilbilly]

2400 is available now at our local Bi-Mart. Do you guys have the Bi-Mart chain up in Quilcene?
My nearest Bimart is over the Cascades in Ellensburg but whenever I make the pilgrimage to NCBS, Bimarts are included in my list of must visits. Since I wholesale fishing gear, I keep an eye out for 2400 at my customers who sell powders and have a permanent backorder at one of them. I haven't seen a fresh can of 2400 around here for a couple years. I have largely quit using it except for a couple guns that particularly like it (308 and 32/20).

[EMC45]

Great shooting. That will definitely be a great squirrel/bunny load. Headshots all day.

Are they pretty quiet?

[arlon]

Great shooting. That will definitely be a great squirrel/bunny load. Headshots all day.

Are they pretty quiet?

Noise level is more in the .22 range. It is on order of magnitude less than a factory 06 round. This barrel is also 24" which I'm helps keep some of the noise down.

[Matuku]

arlon,
Did you just drop the 10gr of red dot in the cast and bullet on top?, what mold was the bullet from,
Thanks

[jerry6stl]

Has anyone achieved similar results with a standard 1-10 twist barrel in 30-06 or 308W ? If so, what loas ?

[HABCAN]

That boolit is also a very fine 'gallery load' on five grains of Red Dot (no filler) in a .303 Brit #5, scoped.202407
Ref: Top Right corner of this target. The group on the Left is of a LEE 7mmx130 gr. paper-patched up to .314 and shot with the same load from the same .303 at the same time for 'comparison', LOL. POA was upper left corner of the black squares. Yes, range (indoors) was very short........but..........! Both 'loads' are very satisfying out to at least 100 yards. I have two of the LEE mold: one I drilled out with a 5/16" drill to be a plain base, the other I left as a gas check type for 'high velocity' loads. I also use them both in the .32-20 Contender. What's not to like?

[arlon]

arlon,
Did you just drop the 10gr of red dot in the cast and bullet on top?, what mold was the bullet from,
Thanks

Yes, just ran the red dot out of an RCBS powder measure (not individually weighed). Mold is an old single cavity lee mold #90361 (C309-113-F). I just got an old Lyman mold 311316 that is almost identical. The only difference I can see is the Lyman mold has more of a thinner crimp band. Lee mold, both bands are identical.

[TCLouis]

arlon

6 o'clock hold on black bullseye, or center hold on the red?

[45-70 Chevroner]

I feel really dumb for asking... What caliber?

The OP said in the first post that he was shooting a 30-06.

[gwpercle]

Holey Moley....
I've got that exact mould , a 1903-A3 Springfield 30-06 with a Weaver K4 scope , a can of Red Dot , a .309 sizer die and buckets of brass.....Lets give this load a whirl.
My old 10 grains of Unique load might just get revised....I enjoy clover leaf groups that a quarter can cover....they just make my day.
Gary

[10x]

I shoot that bullet powder coated, with gas check sized to o.310"
Accuracy improved over 'LL alox

[Thin Man]

Back when I first joined this site there were so many references to the Lee "soup can" I had to ask just what it was. The reply was this described boolit. Many of the posters spoke frequently about their accuracy and enjoyment of using it in various loads. After reading through this thread the only reference to that name is written on HABCAN's target. This note is a salute to the "soup Can" which I enjoy using in a H&R 30-30 (pre-HandiRifle variant) over 5.0 Unique for more fun than I can describe. I speculate a MV at close to 1,000 fps and tight groups.