Hensley and Gibbs #20 ..

[Digger]

Was able to finally get around to using some molds I had available and was pacing myself between two at the same time.
One is a lyman 311-332 and the other I did not look to closely until I started to see the results ....
It was given to me some time back and as stated in the header ....looked much closer and it is a Hensley and Gibbs #20.
After initial warm up , it was dropping some very nice boolets ! ..
with sizing and lubing in my "old" 45 .. they weigh very consistently a 176.6 gr. with my alloy mix .
Looking forward to trying them out in my 308's .
Does anyone here have any further information on this mold as I suspect it has some history with it .
Will be using it in a bolt and semi auto action here on top of some 4064 behind it .
I will be grateful for any info/history , particulars as to load .
appreciate it much.

[varmintpopper]

#20 - .30 Caliber. Squibb-Miller 170 grain design. Gas check, one grease groove then grease/crimp groove with no forward bore diameter flat section before start of nose taper. Sharp point. "See August 1948 issue of American Rifleman, page 59- "One-hole groups" "January 30, 1951--Stafford Lewis--Size .308--1" at 100 yards." "June 27, 1955 J.C. Kotas Good 200 and 300 yards" "April 24, 1950. "Elrick- Iron sights, 1" at 75 yards" "March 29 1949” Harl Lee Jr. "Excellent results"

Good Shooting

Lindy

[Digger]

#20 - .30 Caliber. Squibb-Miller 170 grain design. Gas check, one grease groove then grease/crimp groove with no forward bore diameter flat section before start of nose taper. Sharp point. "See August 1948 issue of American Rifleman, page 59- "One-hole groups" "January 30, 1951--Stafford Lewis--Size .308--1" at 100 yards." "June 27, 1955 J.C. Kotas Good 200 and 300 yards" "April 24, 1950. "Elrick- Iron sights, 1" at 75 yards" "March 29 1949” Harl Lee Jr. "Excellent results"

Good Shooting

Lindy
Wow ... thank you much for the reference there varmitpopper !
looking forward to using this one .. will find out which gun likes it best !
Fun using a mold that is older than I am ..quality , it drops very clean and free most every time.

[avogunner]

Digger,
I got this mold a couple of years ago and it's a great performer for me out of my Win 1895 and RIA 1903. Actually, I use this bullet in Garand matches with my 'ought 3". Anyway, I got some good info from a couple of fella's here...see this thread.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?318425-H-amp-g-20

Good Luck and Semper Fi.

[lightman]

My H&G molds are a joy to cast with, as yours is. You may want to google H&G molds. The H&G website has lots of interesting info. You mold probably has a serial number and possibly can give you the date it was made. The website is in one of the stickies on here but I don't remember which one.

[dale2242]

I just started loading my H&G #20 in my Garand.
32 gr. of 4064 with a dacron filler gave me 3/4 in. group at 50 yds not counting a flyer.
The boolit weighed 160 cast from 50/50 WW/Lino. Lube was NRA 50/50.
Functioning was flawless......dale