After reading the many success stories here of the 311299 boolit in the Garand and Spfd 03, I had to order one. My first casts dropped dropped right at .311 and 199.5 gr (+/- a couple tenths). For my initial RIA 03 test loads, I sized to .310 and loaded 10 with 29 gr of 3031 and 10 with 19gr of 2400.
Even though it's high 30's today, I wanted to see what I was working with so I ran out to the range. This picture is the first 5 rounds I shot (the 3031 loads)......I'm thinking my rifle likes it. I don't have a picture of the 2400 loads but they did ok too but not like this. Oh, this was at 50 yards and when it warms up I'll spend more time playing and go out to 100 yds. Oh, one more thing that really made a difference for this group was I was using the Lyman Hawkeye - it really works. Front sight was clear for the first time in a few years. Life is good!