Thanks everyone for your help. I found some green dot I will be playing around with and I will try other loads.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks everyone for your help. I found some green dot I will be playing around with and I will try other loads.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am sure this topic has been discussed before. I am having trouble finding the Berry copper plated bullets that I used to use with my 30-30!
So, I am taking the plunge in using 30-30 cast...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Awesome thanks all!
Seems like the range is 35gr to 58gr for 1895.
Need to chronograph the loads.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I head that Hodgdon manual #26 has a BL-C(2) load for the 45-70.
I use BL-C(2) for both 308 and 30-30 with great results. It would be a bonus if I can use it for the 45-70 however I would prefer...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I recently tested out how much grains of the BL-C(2) my new PMC cases would hold versus the winchester cases.
Win = 57.1gr
PMC = 53.7gr
That is quite a bit!
So if my normal winchester...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |