i am late on this thread, but....
i use certified copper babbit with other metal added for a full magnum load in my 350 remington magnum....
the goal was the lightest, toughest cast boolit...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
i am late on this thread, but....
i use certified copper babbit with other metal added for a full magnum load in my 350 remington magnum....
the goal was the lightest, toughest cast boolit...
I use that exact mold. I cast it with copper and high tin. it weighs 245 with gas check.
I use cci 200 primers and 56 grains of 4064. i have .5" freebore and I get 2400 fps from a 17" barrel. its...
Forum: Factory Rifles
there are a bazillion powders for reduced loads that shoot ANY .358 boolit just fine. I have shot everything I wanted to in my 350 Remington magnum. at low velocities also.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have no problem using the casting as a 180 grain fp. hardness is the question here. I shoot plenty at 1800 at the range. a little 5744 does that. I want to have the accuracy and flatness for 200...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
a little background.
firearm is a 350 Remington magnum 17" encore pistol.
just killed a 15 point 6x6 450 pound dressed red stag.
load was 60 grains of 4064, 200 grain TTSX barnes BT shot...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
haven't been here in a little bit.
my concern was alloying with enough tin to keep the copper dissolved without need such a high temperature. then adding lead for the final weight.
im working...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
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17" MGM 350 Remington magnum and factory 460 smith
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
BTW all of the tin is not for hardness, but rather weight. i wanted about 70 percent normal weight. a long boolit has a better BC than a short one with the same weight.
im using an 1:12 17"...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
new to casting boolits. just cast some nice ones. did a lot of reading first.
melted:
2 pounds of kester 60/40 heated to 750 f before adding the roto metals
1 pound of rotometals no3 super...
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 |