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Thread: .31 Buck shot

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    Boolit Master Blood Trail's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Newtire View Post
    I got one of those molds. Couldn't get any good castings from it. Tried getting it hot but the handles got too hot to hold on to. What's the secret to getting it to cast?
    Care to sell it?


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    We graphite bird shot to make it flow better in the shot hopper and charge bar. Gets rid of clumping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    I put three layers three of these in a Win ounce and an eighth shot cup in a AA hull with a moderate charge of powder--just enough to cycle through a Rem 1100 and get 10-12 inch patterns at 25 yards from a modified choke tube. I didn't get tighter patterns from a full choke.
    Have you considered why? Does your pellet stack pattern work against a tighter choke?
    Last edited by RMc; 12-02-2018 at 01:25 PM.

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    I tumble all the round ball castings I make, from #4 Buck up to .735 round balls in a Harbor Freight double chamber tumbler. About 3hrs. later you can barely tell where the flat spot was. On the larger balls, fifty caliber and up I sand the sprue bump off with a delta 1" vertical belt sander before tumbling. Gp

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    you can't cast a round ball without a flat spot there has to be some room for lead to go into the mold. i also use the lee mold for my shotguns. i do lube most of my shot because i don't always use a wad. i don't hunt and just shoot for fun and wads are an unnecessary expence. as long as they pattern ok then why worry about a little flat spot?

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    Red Bear, Ummmm, what do you mean? Certainly we can load shotshells without using one piece plastic shotcup wads...... but some sort of wad is essential.
    Cast is an adjective, a noun and a verb. Cast works as both imperative and past tense without any additional letters or helping verbs.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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