Thanks Guy's

[jjamna]

This is a follow up on the earlier post "You won't believe this".
I bought this H&R Target because they have discontinued them this year. I had been looking at them for sometime. As the earlier post said it shot all over the place. I ordered the Lee 250 grain mold and it shot better. I ask a ? What is Beagleing a mold mean? and someone sent me to the castpics link at the bottom of the page. It has a real good discription of beagling so I thought I would try it. My mold is .379 and I need .381 or .382. Any way I beagled the mold and got a out of round .386 x .380 -This is not good. Tried again with a little better results. I don't remember exact measurments but I loaded 5 of them. They didn't shoot bad. Also at the castpics link I found an article on mold lapping. I thought "this may work" so I got to work. I would lap a while then clean and check it. When I got it throwing .3815 boolits I loaded them with 9.5 gr Unique and some with 50 gr Blackpowder. The results were super.(see Pictures) I need to work a little more on the BP loads but they are still not bad. Also thanks to this website I have a Marlin 1895 CB 45-70 that shoots this good also. It didn't until I got info here at Cast Boolits buts that is another thread.
Sorry for the long post but maybe it will help someone else with the same problem. I would still like to get a mold at .382 because my gun slugs at .381 so if anyone comes up with one to get rid of PM me.
1st pic is 9.5 gr Unique at 100 yds Factory Sights
2nd pic is 50 gr American Pioneer at 100yds Factory sights

[Scrounger]

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[jjamna]

Thanks a Million Scrounger. I now have them downloaded.

[ktw]

I would still like to get a mold at .382 because my gun slugs at .381 so if anyone comes up with one to get rid of PM me.

There was a group buy for a .383" Gas Check bullet a couple of years ago.

Thread Here



I would be interested in seeing a similar, plain based version done someday.

-ktw

[jjamna]

Yes I think a plain base at .383 would be perfect for my gun. I could always size down if needed. Its a lot easier to go down than up.
That is a good looking boolit. Have you heard anyone say how they shoot?

[ktw]

No, I haven't heard any reports, other than that it tended to throw a bullet slightly larger than spec (~.3850).

You could also order one up in any diameter you want from some place like LBT (http://www.lbtmoulds.com/moulds.shtml) or Mountain Molds (http://www.mountainmolds.com/). I have been tempted to give one of the LBTs a try but currently have too many projects going as it is.

-ktw

[garandsrus]

Ktw, Jjamna,

Buckshot ran the group buy. He is using the boolit in his current 38-55. I am also using it in my H&R Target. It drops about .383 from the mold.

I size to .381 for the H&R. I haven't shot a lot of these as I just finished my size die, but the first trial groups have been about 2" at 100 yds.

If you would like to try some, send me a PM and I'll get them in the mail.

John