I use the lee 150 grain gas checked in my dads 94 and have never noticed them engaging the rifling. shoots fine and kills deer dead. ;)
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the lee 150 grain gas checked in my dads 94 and have never noticed them engaging the rifling. shoots fine and kills deer dead. ;)
Forum: Cast Boolits
tried drilling a hole in my .44 mag boolits and after shooting it in my wax/Vaseline mix it did nothing. gave up and now leave them as they cast. just too hard to deform but I should get good...
anyone using the Lee 2-Cavity C225-55-RF 22 Caliber Bullet Mold for .223? looking at adding another mold to make bullets in and I realized that I use .22 caliber bullets for 3 different rifles so...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
hope all that fat doesn't mean a bad winter. 53° on Christmas day is pretty warm so hopefully mother nature has it wrong this year.
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finally got the pics of the entrance and exit holes on that doe.....
entrance...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c315/brewster6514/Mobile%20Uploads/2015121495132036_zpscz6kr2gu.jpg
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congrats to you and her. boy does that smile say it all, that is the main reason we hunt, food is secondary IMO.
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nice job. he will remember that for the rest of his life, and every time he see's that skull he will remember the day as if it just happened.
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great job! at least you didn't have to drag both out, nice having an atv to make that more of a joy than a back breaking job.
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this was the group photo we took after I got mine backup the hill, we got 3 deer on that drive. great way to end rifle season. we kicked out somewhere around 16 deer on that one drive, guess we...
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Winchester model 94 rifle, load is using the lee cast .309Ø 150 grain gas checked bullet going about 2150 fps at 10 feet from muzzle. load is 24.0 gr of IMR4198 seated in crimp groove. alloy is a mix...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
this afternoon I finally was able to give my 30-30 150gr. cast bullets that I made from a lee mold a test drive. I shot her as she was running from an overgrown field and into the strip of woods I...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
150517mine is a s&w xvr with an 8 3/8" barrel. only use the hornady 200 grain bullets in it and wont be afraid to shoot 150 yards with it, maybe more if I have a good rest.
this yearling doe was...
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good job. she will remember that for the rest of her life. I still remember my first deer as if it was yesterday. :cool:
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nice!! saw a lot of moose cross the road when we went on our Maine bear hunt 4 years ago, those beasts are huge! :awesome:
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congrats on the doe!! and the two turkeys.
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congrats on the success so far. someday i'd like to go out west and get a pronghorn and a mulie. an elk would be a dream come true that I fear will never happen.
back a long time ago we had a friend...
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http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c315/brewster6514/2015-09-20%2014.07.19_zpsafe8qx1t.jpg
About a 1 1/2" group at 50 sitting and shooting off sticks, with peep sights. Should be good enought for...
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4 blocks of one pound paraffin wax and 4 one pound tubs of Vaseline(Vaseline was 13 oz so adjust accordingly), melt in double boiler(don't get it too hot or it will ignite) and pour into something...
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http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c315/brewster6514/20150906_090312_zpszqupagyz.jpg
shot it into a 50/50 mix of wax and Vaseline at about 10 feet. decent wound channel (8-10")and it exited out the...
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not too sure on what the alloy is anymore added some kind of door or window weight that was too hard for sinkers and now my alloy is on the hard side. did a pencil test to get a little idea on...
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didn't shoot them at paper to test for accuracy but they seamed to hit everything we shot at on our back lawn. chronoed them at about 10 feet and got an average of 2150 fps. little bit faster than I...
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that is the speed I was hoping for, will shoot them over the chrony today at our shootnic and verify. (^_<)
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not sure if this is the right spot for this but anyway....
this is my first 30-30 cast rifle load, cast a 150gr lee .309Ø "boolit" behind 24.0 gr. of imr4198. used a Vulcan .010" gas check and...
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 |