Hallo, Heute ging ich zu Feuer mein Gewehr...sorry, wrong language. So today I stopped by the rifle range to try out some plain base bullets in my 88 Commission rifle. I used a Lee 175 mold that I recently converted from a gc base to plain base, and I wanted to see if I could get these to shoot accurately as a low cost and simpler alternative to using gas checks. The bullets were cast from wheel weights and left unsized. I dipped them in LLA and loaded them on top of 9 to 10 gr Red Dot. The boolits mic at .325+ and my bore is .324. The 9gr loads shot very well, with groups of ~1.3" @ 50yd. The 10gr load really opened up the groups to around 6". I have not chrono'd the loads yet, but will soon. Apparently, the 10gr load is too hot for the plain base.
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