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Have you considered using a patched full bore roundball as your slug? The patch would give you the gas seal you need and help engage the rifling which is good since you're talking about using a...

I agree with Mr. Cash on this one.....well said.

I would go a step further and add the 35Rem to that lineup. Brass might not be as commonly available as the 30/30, but isn't any harder to find...

I went with the 20" factory upper in 450BM and paired it up with my 24" Bushmaster varminter. Makes for an excellent deer rifle in the fall and then switches back to my varmint gun when the season is...

I have been dabbling in cat sneeze loads for the marlin 336 30-30. Been reading up and playing around with reduced loads using pistol powders (unique, w231, and power pistol). My goal is to keep...

Nice! I doubt you will recover many of those boolits from a moose.....those hammer heads are gonna plow right on thru.

Success!

My new Lyman mold had a base pin handle that was not very sturdy. It failed after only two casting sessions and the wooden handle broke right off. The wood was too thin and the poor fit...

With w296 I find the 400grain boolits get there with around 21 grains and a charge of 26ish grains to push the 355grainers. I have not messed with 325 grain boolits in the .480.

I picked up a SBH in .480 off gunbroker back in 2011 and it has been my favorite pistol for deer hunting.
Feeding that .480 is what got me into reloading. You can't help but love it once you get...

If the price is decent, Grab It! The ultra slug guns are definitely worth having.

My brother and I both have 12ga H&R ultra sluggers that we have been using for deer in the Michigan shotgun...

Yeah, it is something I can't ever recall seeing before.

I maintain a hummingbird feeding station at home and have been getting absolutely mobbed in the last few days. The little birds are heading...

A starting load of 15.0 grains of W296 under the 400 grain Lee PB boolit will be right about that ballpark. Even at lower speeds it will knock whitetail down with ease, but I have found that pushing...

A good mild load. I'm interested to hear the performance you get from this boolit using a hotter magnum load. That big long heavy for calibur boolit should sing when pushed harder.

They draw flies like a pig pen because they are such filthy little beasts.
I agree with 1bluehorse, they are tough and the 22lr is marginal.
and yeah, eeeeeew, no way I would eat one either....

I can't wait to see it in a Hunter model. That will be a MUST HAVE for me.



Not at all, Matt. Both Hornady and Starline makes it. Pick up a 500 pack of virgin brass from Starline and treat it...

Now that sounds interesting. How about a pic of that full waddie.

It was my pleasure, Steve.
Thanks for the lead.

Thanks lobowolf,
Alliant's online data does list one 480 load for Power Pistol, but it is geared toward speer gold dot HPs, not cast.

I've e-mailed them requesting data, but in the meantime I was...

I've been using W296 in making cast loads for the 480Ruger. Works great, but I happen to have a decent supply of Alliant Power Pistol on hand. It would be nice to be able to use it in the 480 because...

In the summer months it's nice to do casting sessions late at night. A big fan pumping that cool night air into the garage makes it pleasant.

Well said Geezer......Exactly the same for me,

Nothing wrong with being a little OCD/Anal in this line of work :oops:

Yes, Used to be a little picky.....as I get more into reloading I find I'm being more picky.

I have messed around with hotrodding wadcutters in the .38special and .357mag. I just loaded up a batch of .38s (moderate pressure) earlier this week. My loads used boolits cast from Lyman 358432 and...

Gentlemen, thank you for your replies.


Full power wadcutter loads using unique and W296 is what I have been making with the 358432 and with good results in my 3" sp101. Sounds like they are both...

I'm looking at the 358495 and it looks almost the same as the 358432 that I have. The 495 looks to be a few grains lighter and has a sharper shoulder (the shoulder of the 432 looks to be slightly...

This may be a pretty simple question for you experienced booliteers....

I'm looking at a LYMAN 429348CW mold. It's a two cavity plain base wadcutter mold.
I'm trying to find out what the CW...