Thanks Bret, a buddy of mine has the Lee .338 I will see if he will loan it to me. As dropped the C329-205-1R comes out right around .332....just cast about 50 of them. I'll try 'em unsized.
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thanks Bret, a buddy of mine has the Lee .338 I will see if he will loan it to me. As dropped the C329-205-1R comes out right around .332....just cast about 50 of them. I'll try 'em unsized.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Thanks Buckshot, Yep, slugged the bore on the Steyr three times, always comes out to .3295". Have not done a chamber cast, nor checked throat dimensions. I purchased five of these things from...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Weather finally permitted an opportunity to spend quality time at the range to work on two cast loads for my Enfield and my M95. Some interesting, conflicting results between the two.
First: 1941...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Bought over 20 of them in the last year to find three that were at or under .330" groove, plus meeting chamber dimensions. 16 of the ones that did not make my tolerance parameters ran anywhere from...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Buckshot, I had Lee open up my mould (C329-205-1R) a tad, that is why mine drop over .330", and yes, when I did the chamber cast I did a chamber OD dimension. It was .3655, whereas the spec calls out...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
twotoe, this one slugs at .316 lands and .3295 grooves. Nothing wrong with accuracy, holds 1" groups at 60 yards with the Unique loads, just not enough to hold stability at 100+. With the slow <1500...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Guess we could assume that she is "full of it"!!
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
My Grandfather always had three compost pits going, rotating yearly. Remember pouring cow urine and other animal waste(including our own) and covering with straw. He'd come back in a year or so then...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Help! This is becoming frustrating. Trying to get a consistant, universal (either plinking or hunting in a pinch) load behind a Lee C329-205-1R cast bullet with gas check. This bullet drops at...
Forum: Military Rifles
Need suggestions guys!
First, I have a M95 Steyr carbine with a mirror bore, slugged at .330" major dia.(grooves) and .3145 minor dia. (lands).
Second, casting WW + 10% tin added out of the Lee...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Try Becky at Lodgewood Mfg in Whitewater, WI.
http://www.lodgewood.com
262-473-5444
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Getting ready to load some up too! But I want to use Unique. I sized my bullets to .331" and gas checked 'em, they weigh 208 grains with GC's. I'm thinking 14-15 grains of Unique should do the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I have found that 15 grains of Unique behind a Lee 312 165 2R w/GC (drops at .314), sized to .312 works exceptionally well in both my 1941 Lithgow and my Mosins. No pressure signs, average of 1620...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I use this same bullet for my Mosin 91/30, my AK, my M44&M38, for my Type 99 Arisaka, and my .303 Enfield. For all of them except the 7.62 X 39 I have used 80% loads of H4895 with very mixed results....
Forum: Our Town
I do quite a bit of reloading at the range, around my cabin, and even camping. I carry a Lee hand press with me in a knapsack quite often, along with a pound of powder. Depending on what gun I grab,...
Forum: Our Town
Does any one have a simple, in the field way to attach gas checks to bullets? It is not convenient to carry a sizer ino the field just to attach the gas checks. Also, I load multiple calibers with...
Forum: Leverguns
32 grains of H4895, CCI large rifle primer, 150 gr LFNGC sized .309" = 2290 fps average over 20 cartridges. 33 grains (maxed out) of H4895, CCI LR primer, 170 grain Hornady JFN's @ .308" = 2305 fps...
Forum: Leverguns
Just find a .356, the only difference in the cartridge is one is rimmed, while the other isn't. Basically the same performance.
Forum: Leverguns
This is where ya'll hang'n out? Jeez, I thought you all were try'n to ditch me!
Forum: Leverguns
That's sounds way too much! Give me the contact info and I'll talk some sense to the fella.
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 |