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Just wanted to pass along something that was brought to my attention by my boolit buddy Stocker. When he cast the flat-nose version of the 358318 boolit from N.O.E., he recognized that it had...

After a great deal of advice, I'm expecting my rebarreled M-1917 (Remington) with a 1:14 twist in the mail. I opted for stainless, and the 1:12 wasn't available. I'm very confident that this barrel...

R.C. Hatter:

Your post touches on a number of points that I have considered while starting to put together my first 35 Whelen. Our approach and perceived requirements are different though. Like...

Thanks for the replies. 1:14 is the choice, and I better believe it!
Obviously lots of knowledgeable Whelen fans out there, and you can be sure I'll keep asking questions. This is the only...

Have wanted to own a Whelen for quite awhile, and it would seem to be the perfect moose hunting calibre. I'm converting my 30-06 Enfield, and before making a barrel change I would like to identify...

Lloyd Smale, all we seem to get up north are Hornady, so whenever I ask about checks I'm talking Hornady. I had heard a rumour that Lyman was out of the gas-check business?

Bass, thanks for that...

It's great to have this level of concencus, and sure helps make one feel a little less anal. I think I'll accept annealing my checks as standard procedure and tighten them all up.

Now if I can...

RufusG:

That's how I got started with cast boolits, buying from a reputable dealer. You've had some good advice here already, and slugging your barrel and thinking oversize is my primary...

I've done some searching to get this pinned down, but don't seem much further ahead. I would be interested to know how seriously many of you take this aspect of boolit preparation.

Does shooting...

KCSO, I would like to second your comments on Lar45 and his Carnauba lube.

I'm not extensively experienced with boolit lube, and quite frankly did not want to get into the science and mystery of...

Well hunting season ended abruptly for me on Oct. 26. A three foot snowfall knocked out all power and telephone lines, and only emergency road plowing was being done. We are still getting six inch...

Well hunting season ended abruptly for me on Oct. 26. A three foot snowfall knocked out all power and telephone lines, and only emergency road plowing was being done. We are still getting six inch...

I didn't want to give the impression that I'm not succeeding with soft-nose boolits, only that I would like to cut my reject rate down (approx. 25%) as this is a time consuming process. I just wish I...

I've been enjoying my efforts at trying to creat the perfect Soft-nose bullet, utilizing the info. provided by BruceB and others. Definately making progress here, and am now at the testing stage of...

Jwhite:
I have had great success with the NEI-108 mold in a original Winchester M-71. I found that by "Beagling" up to .350 the smaller dimensioned nose was engraving nicely into the rifling and...

This thread is primarily about paper patched boolits, so I'm going to just quickly mention that I have just recently had great success with "Beagling" or enlarging the cast boolit by installing...

Living where I do, I'm not able to purchase the proper paper and glue to make a real PP boolit at this point. So after talking things over with my shooting buddy, he suggested that I try wrapping...

Please, lets not debate about micro-groove barrels being any good. They are good, and as I previously mentioned, I have been shooting one for almost fifty years! That issue has been hacked on ad...

I too am very interested in this subject. I'm another Marlin Micro-groove shooter that is wading through the complexities of shooting cast boolits with this type of rifling.

I've recently been...

Tomf52
I recently asked a similar question and the responses helped me a lot. Try reading this thread (if you haven't already) first and then go for asking further details specific to your needs....

Thank you for the advice given.

Those who lobby for softer hunting boolits have made a strong case, and I'm impressed enough that I'll begin experiments with lower hardness levels. I'm sure I can...

I hesitate to comment at this point, because I appreciate the advice being given.....all of it, and hope it continues.

I just want to say that I have not given up on the necessity of boolit...

I am at a bit of a crossroads early in my experience with cast boolits, and would appreciate some advice. I'm an experienced hunter, including use of commercial cast boolits but have limited actual...

So many great responses to this post that I just have to give thanks. It always comes back to getting busy and try it out yourself, but these contributions do put one on track and save time.

I've...

Yeah, it did take awhile for me to get the ok. to use the new oven. Now when I tell her about the next step, she's gonna say " YOUR GOING TO DO WHAT IN MY SINK"!!! Who told you I was big and strong?...