I have a very recent AR Stoner. I'll have to blue dye a dummy round and spin it in the chamber, see how much support there is. My unfired chamber is .378" at the throat.
I will work on the 11FS loads and report back.
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I have a very recent AR Stoner. I'll have to blue dye a dummy round and spin it in the chamber, see how much support there is. My unfired chamber is .378" at the throat.
I will work on the 11FS loads and report back.
I can't do anything until I can get my hands on some brass.
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.c...t-raw-unwashed
The batch I got was all Winchester, 6 had expanded bases as in the picture I posted but the rest were all good.
I shoot most of my cast thru my bolt gun. So no worries about gas or function.
One of my best loads is a single hole shooter. 12g of Blue Dot and a NOE 180g cup point sized .356. Velocity is about 1500 from its 16" bbl.
4198 moves a Saeco 396 to 1400 and shoots almost as good.
H4227 and a MP 170g hits 1600 and also almost always touches holes.
CW
Edit: Know you can use any 357 Maximum data as starting load in Legend. So PLENTY of data out there knowing that! I find max loads @ or just above starting loads in my Ruger.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/10...ampaign=756483
RCBS 82154 - 180 SIL powder coated range scrap, no check, to .356 eleven grains BlueDot or IMR Blue.
Midway has a six banger lee mould for sale 358-150-1r solid base round nose for $29.24. I am going to give it a go on the old legend. Ill let you know how it goes.
My first casting session with the Lee 358-200-RF
https://i.imgur.com/K3bpN9s.jpg
I use a hot plate to preheat my molds to just under casting temp. The old method was to put one corner of the mold in the lead until the lead no longer sticks to the mold.
Most hotplates use an infinity control like ranges and Lee pots. The temperature can creep up over the first hour so start on the low side.
I was late to using Hotplates. It was suggested to me for years and I didnt listen...
Then twice in one session NOE HP molds topled into the molten lead...[smilie=b:[smilie=b:[smilie=b: I bought a plate! OMG WHAT A IGNORANT ASS I WAS!!!
Next to a PID the best tool for making proper bullets easier!!! GO BUY A HOT PLATE!!!!!!!!!!!
CW
I use a propane torch to heat my molds. Quick and easy.
No biggie really. I use a trigger piezieo ingniter type torch, dial the flame low and keep it moving. Heating the entire mold block surface evenly. I use aluminum molds from Accurate and Lee. So, It doesn't take long. Heat it a bit, and cast, if they come out wrinkly, dump 'em back in the pot and heat it some more. A couple times like that and yer off and running. I have a feel for it now and usually get it right the first time. You know when you over heated the mold because you will have to wait a bit for the sprue cup to solidify. Other than that, just trial and error till you get it right. Go easy and don't cook the mold.
I slugged the barrel it's about .355/.3555.
I like Alliant 300-MP, around 23gr under NOE’s 190gr 350L boolit
Yep. I Turn on my hot plate and put the molds on right after I load up the pot and start it heating. If it's a mold with points, I put it points on the plate. Otherwise, it is sprue plate on the plate. I've only had to resort to the torch with this weird Turkish slug mold I have that actually does get stuck at times...