I use them all the time on nearly every cartridge I load. Never had a problem. Ad long as the alloy is not too hard,it will obterate back up just fine if it sized down.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I use them all the time on nearly every cartridge I load. Never had a problem. Ad long as the alloy is not too hard,it will obterate back up just fine if it sized down.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Buy an hp mold of 270-300grs. Use the largest pin.Cast a 10bhn alloy. Keep it between 1200 &1300fps.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I most often use a 357mag or a max loaded with the Keith bullet cast 15-18 bhn and gas checked or a 500 Linebaugh loaded with a 355swc at 1350fps. I like the double lungs with the 357's and double...
I use CCI small rifle primers or magnum pistol interchangeable with H110,4227,300-mp, or #9.
Everything else is standard primers.
I have been using Accurate #9 starting data for heavier bullets less one grain to start. Working up slow.
Try Shooter's World Heavy Pistol. It's very similar to AA#9 but more affordable. A double charge is impossible. Very consistent metering.
Check the reloading forums over on Mewe. There's almost always 38/357 range brass for sale.
I had my cylinder throats opened up by Fermin Garza to .358". It shoots cast powder coat bullets sized .3583" beautiful, but still shoots factory ammo fair.
In my military career and as a contractor I witnessed that people react how they are trained. This has proven itself out time and again.
I was trained to identify then neutralize the threat. That...
Forum: Leverguns
I can't find enough primers to shoot that much anymore.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Casting depends on the bullet weight. I'll do alot more for the 38 than for the 500. Same for the loading. Usually 250-300 for the smaller rounds and 100-150 for the bigbores.
For the rifles I use...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My first revolver was an Old Model Blackhawk .357. My dad got it for me when I was 12 once I healed a bit after being injured by a stock animal that was having a bad day.
I shot a ton of 38s...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Contact Fermin Garza. He does excellent work opening up the throats so the heavier carbine style bullets will seat in the crimp groove and chamber easily. He's done several for me so I could use the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I hunt thick brush in bottoms and funnels so s second shot usually just doesn't happen. Been exclusively a handgun hunter for 20 years now and usually use a 357 mag or max blackhawk for deer. I've...
I cast the mp version of the 358429. Solids in the maximum and for hogs in the 357 mag. Small hp pin for deer works perfectly. Large hp pin for 38sp and varmints regardless of how many legs they have.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Ditto on 357 max. But I recommend a Thompson Center carbine.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Use which ever is most accurate in your gun and wait for the broadside double lung shot. I've killed dozens with the 358429 in the 357 over max loads of h110
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Maybe I now have an idea what to do with the 215gr wadcutter 475 mold I picked up.
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Forum: GB RUN BY Wasalmonslayer
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
I culled a buck last year that had a broken shoulder more than likely from a run in with a car. Some people just can't understand what a crippled deer is suffering like. I too hope the deer died...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
For the 450-600# bear common here in NC, I use 50/50 coww/soww+ 2%tin for my 435gr 500 Linebaugh @ 1350. Haven't recovered one yet, but the damage is significant.
Stopping power is simple. Load up anything you can shoot well. Practice alot. If you have to use it the Mozambique drill. Even the 22 is a stopper with two in the chest and one in the head, but if...
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 |