Powder coated 208 Accurate 36-270CGs that I cast on Sunday. This is in prep for my 35 whelen reloading efforts to find a good all round heavy boolit load for my three hungry whelens.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Powder coated 208 Accurate 36-270CGs that I cast on Sunday. This is in prep for my 35 whelen reloading efforts to find a good all round heavy boolit load for my three hungry whelens.
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I found a a good deal last week on a Remington BDL in 35 Whelen. Good deals on guns have been really hard to find lately... It had a 70's (?) Bushnell Scopechief 4 Prismatic BDC on it. The elevation...
I spent the weekend casting up 200+ more Accurate 36-270CG's. I plan on taking half and Heat treating them and leaving the other half un-heat treated. I also tried a different way of seating the gas...
I voted other. However, it is still in the 35 cal realm. For me it would have to be the 35 Whelen. It appears to be a cast friendly cartridge. It can use pistol or rifle boolits or bullets for that...
My initial goal was to reach minute of deer at around 2100 to 2200 fps for an all purpose load with both of my current 35 Whelens.
First rifle is a tried and true JES rebored Mossberg Patriot and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I sized and gas checked 173 Accurate 360-230 gr that I cast the previous evening. I then took 72 of of them, heat treated and quenched. I followed up with that batch and powder coated them. The...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well I gave it a go last night after work. It took a little longer to get the mold to temp, but once it started dropping good bullets it did fine. I would cast in all three cavities when I stopped to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I just started casting about 6 weeks ago and really am enjoying it. I started with a Lee 2 cavity mold and quickly bought a custom Accurate 3 cavity mold. The Accurate mold has three different cavity...
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I just picked up my first CVA rifle. V2 scout in 35 Whelen. I was wanting to do the same thing and upgrade to a thumbhole stock. When you order one from them does it come with everything you need to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Guilty Lurker here, but I finally am coming into the fold. I just refined my first batches of WW and range scrap. I finally got all my stuff lined up and bought my first mold. I have been pouring...
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 |