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Just happened to be at the range with my Yugo, testing IMR4227 powder (I got a few pounds from a neighbor). I use the Lee 8x56 mold an size it down to .329". 212 grain boolit. I still have some...

FYI: Besides the deceptive site warning, i have been getting sent to extremely squirrely sites when I return to a Castboolits tab after it's been open a while. I'm using foxfire.

I just put money down on a Ruger M77 7x57 (tang safety). I'll be picking it up in the next month or so. I've got a Spanish x57 sporter that shoots 139gr jackets well (2" at 100), but the .291 bore...

Welcome original poster! You picked a challenging cartridge to begin casting. I've had five so-called .303s that shot jacketed phenomenally well and cast awful. I hogged out the Lee "Enfield" mold to...

This thread reminded me that I've never gotten around to getting cast to shoot well out of my wife's 7mm Spanish sporter. it's a nicely done sporter, reblued, and a nice bolt job--also a sporter...

Great semi .22 rifle, far more accurate than the Ruger. Crazy thing is that my Mod. 60s were always more accurate than my bolt action Marlins!

i just wish the marlin 60 trigger could be improved....

thanks! That makes life simpler. I've been sorting by head stamp, anyway.

I make .222 Remington cases out of .223 range pickups. Should i sort them by weight or headstamp?

Does weight = case capacity = velocity differences like it does with .308 military cases?

i've...

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In goes in the Lee expander die that just bells the opening of the case. Putting the NOE expander plug...

Many of my .30 cal cast loads are based on 4759 and 2400. Can't find 2400 locally (or Unique). I've got quite a bit of 4227, but I can't get it to shoot as well as 4759, but maybe I just need to...

Informative thread! It took me a year to find one, but I stumbled into a .22 Hornet Topper a few weeks ago. I just fed it its first CBs (Lee 55gr) and it shows promise. I'm going to try Lil Gun.
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I have four pounds of it and tried it in my .22 hornet, but at the starting levels in my Lyman manual for 50 grain cast boolits, it wasn't particularly accurate. I'm going to back it off and see if...

In the shops, around here the price depends on condition, more than anything else. In good condition, figure $650-$750, no matter the rarity.
Poor condition, $300-$400. I saw a 30-30 Sav. 99 in bad...

Range day was extremely gusty, ranging from 6 o'clock to 3 o'clock. But I figured I could check function and fire form the new cases.

The trigger is great, 2-3 pounds and crisp.

the groups...

Loaded 75 rounds. I used the NOE neck expander and the 55 gr. Lee boolits went in easy-peasy.

+1 I have a 6x Burris Mini that's just about perfect on my CZ Triple Deuce. I sold a K6 that I wish I still had. I've got K4s, that pretty much fit the bill on my .30 cals. A Nikon 4x (beautiful...

Thanks. I stopped at the local gun shop, which never has brass beyond .223, and they had Winchester Hornet! Bought 100 for $0.27 a case including tax. That's the best I've seen..

I'll do some...

Yep. Confirmed it with a rod.

i got a second-hand Lee collet die & seater. Cast a bunch of 56 gr. Lee flat points (I guess that's the latest version of the Bator). I ordered brass through my local...

I dropped a trigger from a NEF Pardner shotgun into the .22 hornet. Much lighter trigger--I haven't measured it yet, but i'm guessing under 5 lb. I've also temporarily converted it to an extractor...

1.5" is nothing to sneeze at! I've often wondered about the credibility of sub-MOA claims (especially with cast).

I'm going to get methodical with this Topper and see what she'll do. I've gotten...

I'm guessing 1:12, but I'll run a jag down it. thanks. I plan to be intimate with the Topper's internals this weekend to fix the trigger, so i'll check it.

From what I've read about reloading the...

I took a look at the trigger/hammer surfaces and it appears the hammer release surface is mucked up. Part of it seems chipped. I've got two other NEF--shotgun and .22 lr, so I may swap one of their...

After a year of searching, I finally found a .22 Hornet (that I could afford). It's a lowly H&R Topper, but I stumbled on to it at a fair price locally. It came with a Simmons .22 rimfire scope,...

This is my kind of approach! It's aluminum + Lee ($20) + old = I'll go for it. If I blow it, I'll write it off to education. Thanks everyone for the info.

Thanks! Very helpful for my haphazard approach to load development in my Triple-deuce CZ. By mixed cases do you mean commercial AND military, cause I've found wide variation in weight between...